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Title Root feeders : an ecosystem perspective / edited by Scott N. Johnson, Philip J. Murray
Published Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Root Feeders -- An Ecosystem Perspective; Part I: Techniques for Studying Root Feeders; Part II: Root Feeders in Context; Part III: Root Feeders in the Wider Ecosystem; Species Index; Subject Index
Summary "Bringing together a broad range of viewpoints and approaches, Root Feeders presents a comprehensive review of knowledge on root herbivores and illustrates their importance within ecosystems. Chapters discuss problems of visualizing the organisms in the soil, their role in agriculture, grassland and forest ecosystems, and present specific case studies on the management, control and influence of root feeders. Covering all aspects from food web ecology to the effects of climate change, this will be valuable reading for researchers and professionals in agricultural entomology, plant science, ecology and soil science."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Insect nematodes -- Ecology
Roots (Botany) -- Ecology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
Insects.
Nematoda.
Climatic change.
Insect pests.
Plant parasitic nematodes.
Plant pests.
Roots.
Roots (Botany) -- Ecology
Form Electronic book
Author Johnson, Scott N.
Murray, Philip J.
LC no. 2008017801
ISBN 9781845934620
1845934628
1281862975
9781281862976
9786611862978
6611862978