Perspectives in ecological theory and integrated pest management

Overview: ecology and IPM Marcos Kogan and Paul C. Jepson 1. An ecologist's view of IPM Richard Levins 2. Ecology and the human factor: ecological scales and levels of IPM integration Marcos Kogan Part I. Level one IPM: Species- And Population-Level Processes Marcos Kogan and Paul C. Jepson: 3. Ecosystematics and IPM Darlene Judd 4. Populations, metapopulations: elementary units of IPM systems Linton Winder and Ian Woiwod 5. Arthropod behavioural ecology and IPM Ronald Prokopy and Bernard Roitberg 6. Arthropod sexual behaviour and IPM Ring Carde 7. Ecology of arthropod/ plant interactions and IPM John C. Reese and Marcos Kogan 8. Nutritional ecology of plant feeding arthropods and IPM Antonio Panizzi 9. Conservation biology, biodiversity and IPM Steve D. Wratten, Dieter F. Hochuli, Geoff M. Gurr and Jason Tylianakis 10. Entomopathogen ecology in biocontrol systems Flavio Moscardi 11. Ecological risks of biocontrol agents: impact on IPM Heikki Hokkanen, Joop van Lenteren and Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen Part II. Level Two IPM: Community-Level Processes - Multiple Pest Marcos Kogan and Paul C. Jepson 12. Long distance movement of arthropods and dynamics of crop field colonisation Keith Walters, Richard Baker and Ray Cannon 13. Ecology of genetically transformed host plants and natural enemies George Kennedy and Fred Gould 14. Host plants/ herbivores/ natural enemies: dynamics of tritrophic interactions Andrew P. Gutierrez and Johann Baumgartner 15. Weed ecology, habitat management and IPM Robert Norris 16. Ecological bases of weed management with herbivorous arthropods and plant pathogens Peter McEvoy and Christopher C. Mundt 17. Ecology of plant pathogens and IPM Joyce Loper 18. Ecology of vertebrate pests and IPM Gary W. Witmer 19. Ecological bases of habitat management for IPM Daniel McGrath Part III. Level Three IPM: Ecosystems-Level Processes Marcos Kogan and Paul C. Jepson: 20. Ecosystems- concepts, analyses, and practical implications in IPM Timothy D. Schowalter 21. Ecosystems ecology and IPM Clara Nicholls and Miguel Altieri Part IV. Ecological Scale-Independent Processes Marcos Kogan and Paul C. Jepson: 22. Molecular ecology: applications to IPM Paul J. De Barro, O. R. Edwards and P. Sunnucks 23. Ecotoxicology and IPM Paul C. Jepson 24. Environmental/ ecological economics and IPM.