Environmental impact of invertebrates for biological control of arthropods : methods and risk assessment / edited by Franz Bigler and Dirk Babendreier and Ulrich Kuhlmann.
Material type: TextPublication details: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006.Description: xv, 299 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0851990584 (alk. paper)
- 9780851990583
- 632/.96 22
- SB933.3 .E58 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contributors
Foreword: Joop C.van Lenteren
Preface
Acknowledgement
1. Current status and constraints in the assessment of non-target effects
Dirk Babendreier, Franz Bigler and Ulrich Kuhlmann
2. Selection of Non-Target Species for Host Specificity Testing
Ulrich Kuhlmann, Urs Schaffner and Peter G. Mason
3. Host Specificity in Arthropod Biological Control, Methods for Testing and
Interpretation of the Data
Joop C. van Lenteren, Matthew J.W. Cock, Thomas S. Hoffmeister and Don P.A.
Sands
4. Measuring and Predicting Indirect Impacts of Biological Control: Competition,
Displacement, and Secondary Interactions
Russell Messing, Bernard Roitberg and Jacques Brodeur
5. Risks of Interbreeding Between Species Used in Biological Control and Native
Species, and Methods for Evaluating its Occurrence and Impact
Keith R. Hopper, Seth C. Britch and Eric Wajnberg
6. Assessing the Establishment Potential of Inundative Biological Control Agents
Guy Boivin, Ursula M. K¿lliker-Ott, Jeffrey Bale and Franz Bigler
7. Methods for Monitoring the Dispersal of Natural Enemies from Point Source
Releases Associated with Augmentative Biological Control
Nick J. Mills, Dirk Babendreier and Anton J.M. Loomans
8. Risks of Plant Damage Caused by Natural Enemies Introduced for Arthropod
Biological Control
Ramon Albajes, Cristina Castañ¿, Rosa Gabarra and ãscar Alomar
9. Methods for Assessment of Contaminants of Invertebrate Biological Control Agents
and Associated Risks
Mark S. Goettel and G. Douglas Inglis
10. Post-Release Evaluation of Non-Target Effects of Biological Control Agents
Barbara I.P. Barratt, Bernd Blossey, Heikki M.T. Hokkanen
11. Molecular Methods for the Identification of Biological Control Agents at the
Species and Strain Level
Richard Stouthamer
12. The Usefulness of the Ecoregion Concept for Safer Import of Invertebrate
Biological Control Agents
Matthew J.W. Cock, Ulrich Kuhlmann, Urs Schaffner, Franz Bigler and Dirk
Babendreier
13 Statistical Tools to Improve the Quality of Experiments and Data Analysis for
Assessing Non-Target Effects
Thomas S. Hoffmeister, Dirk Babendreier and Eric Wajnberg
14. Principles of Environmental Risk Assessment with Emphasis on the New Zealand
Perspective
Abdul Moeed, Robert Hickson and Barbara I.P. Barratt
15. Environmental Risk Assessment: Methods for Comprehensive Evaluation and
Quick Scan
Joop C. van Lenteren and Antoon J.M. Loomans
16. Balancing Environmental Risks and Benefits: a Basic Approach
Franz Bigler and Ursula K¿lliker-Ott
Glossary
Index
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