Loading...

Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems

ISBN: 978-1-405-14029-4

May 2008

Wiley-Blackwell

316 pages

Description
Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems highlights the problems faced by entomologists working in forest ecosystems.
  • Insects play a major part in all aspects of ecology
  • Brings together the methodology needed to investigate insects through the various strata of the forest canopy
  • Covers techniques associated with various specialised groups of forest insects
  • Each chapter is backed up by a sound approach to experimental design and data analysis
  • Essential reading for advanced students and researchers as well as teachers
About the Author
Simon Leather is currently Reader in Applied Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Imperial College’s Silwood Park campus. He has been researching the population biology of agricultural and forest pests, particularly insects, for over 25 years.
Features

  • Insects play a major part in all aspects of ecology

  • Brings together the methodology needed to investigate insects through the various strata of the forest canopy

  • Covers techniques associated with various specialised groups of forest insects

  • Each chapter is backed up by a sound approach to experimental design and data analysis

  • Essential reading for advanced students and researchers as well as teachers