| Main Title |
Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-Prey Foods [electronic resource] / |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Lundgren, Jonathan G.
|
| Publisher |
Springer Netherlands, |
| Year Published |
2009 |
| Call Number |
QL360-599.82 |
| ISBN |
9781402092350 |
| Subjects |
Life sciences ;
Botany ;
Plant diseases ;
Zoology ;
Invertebrates
|
| 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 |
