This single volume describes the animals that are most injurious and costly to humans, examining the important roles of these pests throughout history and the implications of the never-ending wars we wage against the natural world.
Introduction Pesticides Insecticides and Acaricides Antihelminthics Rodenticides The Future of Pesticides Pesticides and the Environment Organochlorines—A Persistent Problem Avermectins and Ivermectins—Disaster for Dung Fauna Tributyltin—Marine Gender-bender Pesticides and Environmental Protection Pesticide Resistance Pests and Ecosystems Tsetse and the African Wilderness Pest and Host Interactions—Hidden Complexity Our Place in the Environment and Our Obligations Modern Agriculture Integrated Crop Management Arachnids Chiggers House Dust Mites Scabies Mite Scorpions Spiders Ticks Varroa Mite Crustaceans Fish Lice Gill Maggots Insects Aphids Asian Long-horned Beetle Bark Beetles Bedbug Biting Midges Black Flies Boll Weevil Citrus Leaf Miner Cockroaches Colorado Potato Beetle European Corn Borer Fleas Gypsy Moth Head Louse and Body Louse Horse Botflies Housefly Japanese Beetle Kissing Bugs Locusts Mealybugs Mediterranean Fruit Fly Mosquitoes Pharaoh Ant Planthoppers Pubic Louse Red Imported Fire Ant Rice, Maize, and Granary Weevils Sand Flies Scale Insects Screwworm Sheep Ked Tabanids Termites Thrips Tsetse Warble Flies Whiteflies Molluscs Oyster Drills Slugs and Snails Zebra Mussels Nematodes Nematode Pests of Animals (Including Humans) Nematode Pests of Plants Platyhelminthes Cestodes Monogeneans Trematodes Vertebrates Black Rat Brown Rat Cane Toad European Rabbit Feral Goats Feral Pigeons House Mouse Red-billed Quelea Sea Lamprey Snakes Glossary Selected Bibliography Web Resources Index
Ross Piper, PhD, is an independent scholar. He holds a first-class degree in zoology from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK, and a PhD in entomology from the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Each of the seven chapters is devoted to a specific taxonomic
phylum and further divided alphabetically by popular name. These
segments engagingly and accessibly explain species activity and
impact, while incorporating enlarged and detailed black-and-white
photographs. Sidebars offer comprehensive species lists or
additional information on unusual pest traits. Further reading
lists follow both chapter segments and sidebar texts in this
wonderfully vivid and highly informative text.
*Library Journal*
The writing style is engaging, and explanations are clear and
easily understood. Sidebars are utilized to highlight interesting
facts. . . . This fascinating and thought-provoking book would be
of interest to student researchers as well as to the general
browser.
*Booklist*
This is not a book with all the answers, but an excellent
introduction to the vast array of pests and the troubles they
cause, including key references to begin a more thorough study of
managing any particular pest. Summing Up: Recommended.
*Choice*
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