Nontarget Effects of Biological Control - Hardcover

 
9780792377252: Nontarget Effects of Biological Control
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0792377257 ISBN 13: 9780792377252
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions; the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species; dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands; and the lack of research on the efficacy and impact of biocontrol attempts. The debate has been strongly polarized between conservationists and biological control practitioners. This study proposes that retrospective analyses of systems in place in which nontarget effects are now documented or suspected provide the necessary information for planning and evaluating future releases to reduce risk. The book presents case histories of past biological control introductions from island and continental ecosystems.

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Review

`I would think that this book is a `must read' for anyone directly or indirectly associated with the practice of biological control.'
Bradford A. Hawkins in Ecology, 81:11 (2000)

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Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0792377257
ISBN 13 
9780792377252
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
329
Editor
Follett Peter A., Duan Jian J.

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