Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach

Author:   Timothy D. Schowalter (Professor of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) ,  Timothy D. Schowalter (Professor of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Edition:   5th edition
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9780323856737


Pages:   942
Publication Date:   24 February 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Timothy D. Schowalter (Professor of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) ,  Timothy D. Schowalter (Professor of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   5th edition
Weight:   2.060kg
ISBN:  

9780323856737


ISBN 10:   032385673
Pages:   942
Publication Date:   24 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Overview SECTION I: Ecology of Individual Insects 2. Responses to Abiotic Conditions 3. Resource Acquisition 4. Resource Allocation SECTION II: Population Ecology 5. Population Systems 6. Population Dynamics 7. Biogeography  SECTION III: Community Ecology 8. Species Interactions 9. Community Structure 10. Community Dynamics SECTION IV: Ecosystem Level 11. Ecosystem Structure and Function 12. Herbivory 13. Pollination, Seed Predation and Seed Dispersal 14. Decomposition and Pedogenesis 15. Insects as Regulators of Ecosystem Processes  Section V. Applications and Synthesis 16. Insects and Ecosystem Services 17. Applications to Pest Management and Conservation 18. Synthesis

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Timothy D. Schowalter received his Ph.D. degree in Entomology from the University of Georgia in 1979. He is currently a Professor of Entomology at Louisiana State University, where he also served as the department head until 2015. Previously, he was a professor of entomology at Oregon State University, Corvallis. Dr. Schowalter served as Program Director for Integrative and Theoretical Ecology at the National Science Foundation, where he was involved in developing global change and terrestrial ecosystem research initiatives at the federal level. He also served as a U.S. delegate to international conventions to develop collaboration between U.S. Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and long-term sites in Hungary and East Asia and the Pacific.

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