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This is the first book to bring together a comprehensive account of global activities in biological control, providing a global overview of biological control programs with information from introduction biological control, conservation biological control, and augmentative biological control.
List of contents
HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 1 The diversity of biological control agents. 2 Conservation biological control. 3 Importation biological control. 4 Augmentative biological control. 5 Unintentional biological control. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 6 Benefits and risks of biological control. 7 Regulatory challenges for biological control. 8 Access and benefit-sharing and biological control. 9 Biological control and climate change. 10 Taxonomy and biological control. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 11 Public perceptions of biological control. 12 Economic impact of biological control. 13 Uptake of biological control. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES. 14 Biological control successes and failures: Oceania region. 15 Biological control successes and failures: African region. 16 Biological control successes and failures: Eurasian region. 17 Biological control successes and failures: Indo-Pacific/Oriental region.18 Biological control successes and failures: North American region. 19 Biological control successes and failures: Latin American region. FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL. 20 Integrating pest management with biological control. 21 Biological control as a conservation science. 22 An evolutionary ecology synthesis for biological control.
About the author
Dr Peter G. Mason is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Ottawa, Canada. The focus of his research is invasive alien species and importation biological control, with particular emphasis on host-range assessment and non-target impacts of parasitoids. He has served on the North American Plant Protection Organization Biological Expert Group and the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC) Commission on Access and Benefit-Sharing. He is an Honorary Member of IOBC Global.
Summary
This is the first book to bring together a comprehensive account of global activities in biological control, providing a global overview of biological control programs with information from introduction biological control, conservation biological control, and augmentative biological control.
