Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Potential of Ecological Infrastructures to Restore Conservation Biological Control: Case Study in Spanish Olive Groves
Daniel Paredes, Luis Cayuela and Mercedes Campos (Departamento de Protección Ambiental. Estación Experimental de Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain, and others)
Chapter 2. Biological Pest Control of the Tetranychid Mite Oligonychus perseae in Avocado and Challenges to Face in a Climate Change Scenario
Celeste Guzmán and Marta Montserrat (Departamento de Fruticultura Subtropical, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora”, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain)
Chapter 3. Biodiversity of Spiders in Agroecosystems: Community Structure, Conservation and Roles as Biological Control Agents
Jacinto Benhadi-Marín, José A. Pereira, Albino Bento, José Paulo Sousa and Sónia A.P. Santos (Mountain Research Center (CIMO), School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 4. Tracking the Movement of Pest Predators in Arable Crop Landscapes: Implications in Conservation Biological Control Strategies
Filipe Madeira and Xavier Pons (Universitat de Lleida, Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, Agrotecnio Centre, Lleida, Spain)
Chapter 5. Bioecology of Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Management Strategies to Increase Biological Control of the Olive Fruit Fly
Lara A. Pinheiro, Pilar Medina, Albino Bento, José Alberto Pereira, and Sónia A. P. Santos (Mountain Research Center (CIMO), School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 6. Biological Control Based on Native Parasitoids Associated with Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu in Invaded Countries
Ana Santos, José Alberto Pereira, Sónia A.P. Santos, Ambra Quacchia, and Albino Bento (Mountain Research Center (CIMO), School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal, and others)
Index
Additional Information
Audience: Professors, researchers and students in the area of agricultural and biological sciences.
Technicians in the area of agriculture
Farmers
People interested in biological control of pests