Beneficial Insects
CHOICE Highly recommended 2020Insects are key components of life on our planet, and their presence is essential for maintaining balanced terrestrial ecosystems. Without insects humans would struggle to survive, and on a world scale food production would be severely compromised. Many plants and animals depend directly or indirectly on insects for their very survival, and this is particularly so in the case of insectivorous birds and other such creatures. The beneficial role of insects is often overlooked or misunderstood, and in farming circles their very presence on crops is often seen to be unwelcome. In reality, however, many insects are ge…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4822-6261-2
- EAN: 9781482262612
- Produktnummer: 31318714
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 325'266 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Dr David V. Alford began his entomological career at the world famous Rothamsted Experimental Station. He later joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food in Cambridge, where he was eventually appointed Regional Entomologist. He has wide experience of insects and mites associated with agricultural and horticultural crops, both at home and abroad, and has published many scientific papers and profusely illustrated reference books. In 2007 he was awarded the British Crop Protection Council's gold medal for services to crop protection in the UK, and in 2008 received the prestigious Anton de Bary Medal from the Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft e.V. in recognition of his work on general and applied entomology.
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