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Insect Populations - In Theory and in Practice (Hardcover)
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Insect Populations - In Theory and in Practice (Hardcover)
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Insects are far and away the largest group of animals on earth,
with over a million described species, and they occupy a wide range
of ecological niches - they may be herbivores, predators, parasites
or decomposers. Some are of particular economic importance as pests
of agriculture and forestry, as vectors of animal and human
disease, or as species of interest to wildlife conservation, so an
understanding of the processes determining their numbers is of
considerable practical value. Entomologists have played a leading
role in developing a theoretical basis to population ecology, but
we still do not have adequate experimental and observational proof
for many of the theoretical ideas that have been proposed. As a
result, the subject has been beset with arguments for more than 50
years. This volume attempts to reconcile some of those
controversies, while also reviewing the state of our knowledge at
the end of the 20th century. The editors have drawn together views
which reflect the full range of opinions on how natural populations
are stabilized. The book covers the main alternative views in
population theory and contains recent field studies of insect
populations. This Royal Entomological Society Symposium volume
should be of interest to all entomologists and ecologists,
particularly those who wish to know more about population dynamics.
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