Environmental Impact of Invertebrates for Biological Control of Arthropod

Methods and Risk Assessment

By: Franz Bigler (Editor), Dirk Babendreier (Editor), Ulrich Kuhlmann (Editor)

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Hardcover | 8 January 2006

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This book provides an invaluable review of the current methodologies used for assessing the environmental impacts of invertebrate biological agents used to control pests in agriculture and forestry. It explores methods to evaluate post-release effects and the environmental impact of dispersal, displacement and establishment of invertebrate biological control agents. It covers methodology on screening for contaminants, the use of molecular methods for species identification and the determination of interbreeding.

The book also discusses the use and application of information on zoogeographical zones, statistical methods and risk-benefit analysis. It gives practical advice on how to perform science-based risk assessments and on how to use new technology and information.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Agriculture & Farming Pest Control & Plant Diseases Science Biology, Life Sciences Zoology & Animal Sciences Zoology & Invertebrates Insects & Entomology Agronomy & Crop Production Botany & Plant Sciences

Current status and constraints in the assessment of non-target effects	p. 1
Selection of non-target species for host specificity testing	p. 15
Host specificity in arthropod biological control, methods for testing and interpretation of the data	p. 38
Measuring and predicting indirect impacts of biological control : competition, displacement and secondary interactions	p. 64
Risks of interbreeding between species used in biological control and native species, and methods for evaluating their occurrence and impact	p. 78
Assessing the establishment potential of inundative biological control agents	p. 98
Methods for monitoring the dispersal of natural enemies from point source releases associated with augmentative biological control	p. 114
Risks of plant damage caused by natural enemies introduced for arthropod biological control	p. 132
Methods for assessment of contaminants of invertebrate biological control agents and associated risks	p. 145
Post-release evaluation of non-target effects of biological control agents	p. 166
Molecular methods for the identification of biological control agents at the species and strain level	p. 187
The usefulness of the ecoregion concept for safer import of invertebrate biological control agents	p. 202
Statistical tools to improve the quality of experiments and data analysis for assessing non-target effects	p. 222
Principles of environmental risk assessment with emphasis on the New Zealand perspective	p. 241
Environmental risk assessment : methods for comprehensive evaluation and quick scan	p. 254
Balancing environmental risks and benefits : a basic approach	p. 273
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