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      Urban Entomology book

      Insect and mite pests in the human environment

      Urban Entomology

      DOI link for Urban Entomology

      Urban Entomology book

      Insect and mite pests in the human environment
      ByWilliam H. Robinson
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1996
      eBook Published 8 October 2020
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Garland Science
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003059936
      Pages 448
      eBook ISBN 9781003059936
      Subjects Bioscience
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      Robinson, W.H. (1996). Urban Entomology: Insect and mite pests in the human environment (1st ed.). Garland Science. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003059936

      ABSTRACT

      This is a comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of entomology in the human environment. There is particular emphasis on control and biology of pests. The book provides students of entomology with a clear theoretical and practical foundation in household and structural insect pests.;This book should be of interest to senior undergraduates and masters students in entomology; pest control workers; researchers in the pesticide industry.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part Part One|127 pages

      Introduction to Urban Entomology

      chapter 1|10 pages

      General introduction

      chapter 2|15 pages

      Early humans and first encounters with insect pests

      chapter 3|13 pages

      Caves, villages and organized agriculture

      chapter 4|14 pages

      Early cities and urban environments

      chapter 5|16 pages

      Pest status of insects in the human environment

      chapter 6|18 pages

      The human environment and biocoenoses

      chapter 7|19 pages

      Insect control in the human environment

      chapter 8|20 pages

      Insect and mite pests in the human environment

      part Part Two|130 pages

      Domestic Pests

      chapter 9|34 pages

      Cockroaches

      chapter 10|40 pages

      Fleas, lice and mites

      chapter 11|25 pages

      Spiders and bugs

      chapter 12|29 pages

      Flour and fabric pests

      part Part Three|85 pages

      Peridomestic Pests

      chapter 13|24 pages

      Ants

      chapter 14|36 pages

      Flies

      chapter 15|23 pages

      Stinging Hymenoptera

      part Part Four|67 pages

      Structural Pests

      chapter 16|32 pages

      Termites

      chapter 17|33 pages

      Wood-infesting beetles

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