Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry

Main Description
Insects are major pests of both natural and plantation forests in the tropics. This book is the first to provide a broad-based, international review of this subject at a level suitable for advanced students and practitioners. It describes the ecology and biology of the insects with special reference to the economic damage they cause to trees. All relevant control strategies are addressed.

Reviews
"The authors discuss six well-documented case studies of insect tropical pest and link possible outcomes with themes raised earlier in the book. They stress that IPM should involve a great deal of planning aimed at preventing potential pest problems rather than at curing them. Training of local experts in IPM expertise is also recognized as important if IPM implementation in tropical silviculture is to be achieved successfully. The book is a very welcome addition to any forester's library".
Eric Bauce, Bulletin of Entomological Research
"This textbook is a mine of useful and thought-provoking information that should be on the bookshelf of every forestry entomologist, both temperate and tropical."
Crop Protection, 2003

Main Contents
Preface
Tropical Forests
• Forests
• The tropics Socio-economics in the tropics
• Forest types in the tropics
• Forest food webs � trophic interactions
• Forest pests Impact of forest insects in the tropics
• Prevention rather than cure
• The plan of the book
Tropical forests and insect biodiversity
• Introduction Biodiversity
• Variations in insect biodiversity within tropical forests
• Biodiversity and ecosystem stability � its role in pest ecology
Abiotic and biotic influences on tropical insects
• Introduction
• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors
Host tree/insect relationships
• Introduction
• Host nutrients
• Host defences
• Host vigour and stress
• Co-evolution of insects and tropical forests
Tropical forest pests � ecology, biology and impact
• Introduction
• Defoliation
• Sap feeding
• Bark and wood feeding
• Shoot boring
• Fruit and seed boring
• Gall forming
• Root feeding
• Stem and branch cutters
Management systems I: planning stage
• Introduction
• Purpose of growing trees
• Sites available for planting and their conditions
• Tree selection and plant resistance
• Socio-economics and forest pest management
• The basis for decision making � projects to acquire and disseminate entomological knowledge
Management Systems II: nursery stage
• Introduction
• Main pest types in forest nurseries
• Factors predisposing insect attack � immediate and subsequent problems
• Management of nursery pests
Management systems III: plantation stage
• Introduction
• Silviculture and pest management
• Biological control Insecticides and pheromones
Management systems IV: forest health surveillance and quarantine
• Forest health monitoring
• Quarantine
Integrated pest management (IPM)
• Introduction
• Appropriate strategies
• Advice and extension
• Economics and impact assessment
• General infrastructure
• Example 1: Phoracantha semipunctata in California
• Example 2: Defoliating Lepidoptera in eucalypt plantations in Brazil
• Example 3: Eucalyptus grasshoppers in Paraguay
• Example 4: Aonidiella orientalis in the Lake Chad basin
• Example 5: Dendrolimus puncatatus in Vietnam and China
• Example 6: Hypsipyla spp. In Old and New World Bibliography Index