There are very few natural enemies so maladapted as to rely on prey as their sole nutritional resource. The importance of non-prey sources of nutrition have received disproportionately less attention than prey when one considers how important non-prey foods are to the evolution and ecology of natural enemies. This book examines the intricate and diverse interactions between non-prey foods and natural enemies from both parties’ perspectives, beginning at an organismal level and taking the reader on a journey that illustrates how these interactions are inextricably tied to the outcome of biological control programs targeting insects and weed seeds. Organized according to major classes of non-prey foods, including micro-organisms, sugar sources, pollen, and seeds Completecompilations of granivorous carabids and pollinivorous natural enemies Discusses the nutrition and defense of non-prey foods, as pertinent to entomophagousspecies Outlines broad similarities in the morphology and physiology of entomophagous insects that facilitates omnivory
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-9234-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 375
- Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés