(Ebook) Forest insects in Europe Diversity functions and importance 1st Edition by Beat Wermelinger ISBN 9781032030319 1032030313

(Ebook) Forest insects in Europe Diversity functions and importance 1st Edition by Beat Wermelinger ISBN 9781032030319 1032030313

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ISBN 10: 1032030313
ISBN 13: 9781032030319
Author: Beat Wermelinger

(Ebook) Forest insects in Europe Diversity functions and importance 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 Diversity and functions of insects

1.1 Diversity of species and lifestyles

1.2 The forest habitat

1.3 The most important insect groups in the forest

1.4 Ecological functions and economic significance

Ecological functions

2 Insects and plant reproduction

2.1 Pollination of flowers

2.2 Dissemination of seeds

2.3 Influence on plant competition

2.4 Feeding on flowers and fruits

3 Turnover of green plant biomass

3.1 Caterpillar feeding

3.2 Other plant feeders

3.3 Plant-sap-sucking insects

4 Decomposition of wood

4.1 Colonizers of living trees

4.2 Pioneers on dead trees

4.3 Insects of the decomposition phase

4.4 Secondary dwellers in feeding galleries

4.5 Colonizers of tree fungi

4.6 Natural enemies of deadwood insects

5 Exploitation of animal waste

5.1 Colonization of carrion

5.2 Processing faeces

5.3 Other animal waste products

6 Maintaining soil fertility

6.1 Improving the soil structure

6.2 Decomposing organic matter

7 Food for other organisms

7.1 Food for birds

7.2 Food for other vertebrates

7.3 Hosts for microorganisms, fungi and parasitic worms

7.4 Insect products

8 Natural enemies

8.1 Predatory insects

8.2 Predatory spiders and mites

8.3 Parasitoids

8.4 True parasites

9 Antagonists of bark beetles

9.1 Prey and host location

9.2 Predators

9.3 Parasitoid wasps

9.4 Woodpeckers

9.5 Pathogens

9.6 Impact of antagonists

10 Ecological significance of red wood ants

10.1 Life forms and natural enemies

10.2 The ant nest

10.3 Establishing a colony

10.4 Ecological functions

11 Transport of organisms

11.1 Vectors of invertebrates

11.2 Vectors of fungi

12 Maintaining stand vitality

13 Shaping of ecosystems

13.1 From microhabitats to landscapes

13.2 The larch budmoth in Switzerland's Engadine

13.3 Bark beetles create new habitats

Economic significance

14 Economic damage

14.1 Leaf- and needle-feeding insects

14.2 Sucking insects

14.3 Bark beetles and other bark colonizers

14.4 Transmission of plant diseases

15 Insects and human health

15.1 Disease-transmitting ticks

15.2 Caterpillars with urticating hairs

15.3 Stinging insects

15.4 Medically useful insects

16 Usable insect products

16.1 Edible products

16.2 Commodities

16.3 Insects as food for human consumption

17 Introduced species

17.1 Invasive species in forests

17.2 Other alien species on woody plants

18 Endangered forest insects

18.1 Endangered forest butterflies

18.2 Endangered deadwood dwellers

Bibliography

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