Main Title |
Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-Prey Foods [electronic resource] / |
Type |
EBOOK |
Author |
Lundgren, Jonathan G.
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Publisher |
Springer Netherlands, |
Year Published |
2009 |
Call Number |
QL360-599.82 |
ISBN |
9781402092350 |
Subjects |
Life sciences ;
Botany ;
Plant diseases ;
Zoology ;
Invertebrates
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Internet Access |
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Collation |
XXXVI, 454 p. online resource. |
Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
Contents Notes |
Glucophagy -- The Functions of Non-Prey Foods in the Diets of Entomophagous Species -- The Sugar Feeders -- Floral Nectar -- Extrafloral Nectar -- Honeydew -- Pollinivory -- The Pollen Feeders -- Adaptations to Pollen feeding -- Pollen Nutrition and Defense -- Granivory -- The Seed Feeders -- Adaptations to Granivory -- Seed Nutrition and Defense -- Seed-Associated Food Bodies -- Seed Preferences of Natural Enemies -- Fungi and Microorganisms -- Mycophagy -- Symbioses with Microorganisms -- Applied Aspects of Non-Prey Foods for Natural Enemies -- Non-Prey Foods and Biological Control of Arthropods -- Plant-Incorporated Pest Resistance and Natural Enemies -- Biological Control of Weed Seeds in Agriculture Using Omnivorous Insects -- Conclusions and the Relative Quality of Non-Prey Foods for Natural Enemies. There are very few natural enemies so maladapted as to rely on prey as their sole nutritional resource. The importance of non-prey sources of nutrition have received disproportionately less attention than prey when one considers how important non-prey foods are to the evolution and ecology of natural enemies. This book examines the intricate and diverse interactions between non-prey foods and natural enemies from both parties' perspectives, beginning at an organismal level and taking the reader on a journey that illustrates how these interactions are inextricably tied to the outcome of biological control programs targeting insects and weed seeds. |
Place Published |
Dordrecht |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Progress in Biological Control ; 7 |
Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
PUB Date Free Form |
2009 |
Series Title Untraced |
Progress in Biological Control ; 7 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
computer |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
online resource |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20141014021210 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
SPRINGER |
Type |
EBOOK |
OCLC Rec Leader |
03011nam a22004935i 45 |