Trapping of Small Organisms Moving Randomly Principles and Applications to Pest Monitoring and Management

Monitoring traps baited with potent attractants of animals like insects have long played a critical role in revealing what pests are present and when they are active. However, pest managers have been laboring without the tools necessary for quick and inexpensive determination of absolute pest densit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miller, James R. (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Adams, Christopher G., Weston, Paul A., Schenker, Jeffrey H.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2015.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Ecology.
Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Monitoring traps baited with potent attractants of animals like insects have long played a critical role in revealing what pests are present and when they are active. However, pest managers have been laboring without the tools necessary for quick and inexpensive determination of absolute pest density, which is the cornerstone of pest management decisions. This book fills that gap by demonstrating how catch numbers from monitoring traps can be translated into measures of pests per given area of crop and accurate projections of damage. An unhappy fact of life from the human perspective is that small animals such as insects, mites, mollusks, and nematodes compete severely for our food and fiber. Moreover, some of these creatures vector diseases such as malaria, which kills more than a million humans each year. An imperative of a civilized world is that pests be accurately monitored so that control measures like pesticides are used only when the benefits clearly outweigh the risks to the health of humans, non-target organisms, and the environment.
Descripción Física:XVIII, 114 p., 81 il., 30 il. col
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783319129945