Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems

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Résumé

Mediterranean forest ecosystems have been submitted for millenniums to intensive continuous human pressures combined with deep modifications in their various components, resulting in the present unbalanced situation of these ecosystems. This situation, exacerbated during the last decades by long range climatic modifications, is responsible for the today alarming sanitary conditions of the Mediterranean forest on a large scale.
No region is spared and most tree species are concerned, be they introduced, pseudo-climax or primitive. Eucalyptus plantations, pine stands, primitive cork-oak and cedar forests all exhibit living trees that are prey to insects and fungi, often extending over large dieback areas. The Mediterranean ecosystems have also always been characterized by a high diversity of living organisms, both animal and plants.
Mediterranean areas are thus highly favourable places to study biocenotics and plant-animal evolutionary relationships. They also provide numerous models for closely related situations, which is very useful for comparisons and building general rules. Owing to the intense humain pressure, preservation of the biodiversity in these areas is also a crucial problem on all scales, from genes to landscapes.
The objective of this book is to show the diversity of the entomological problems in the forested Mediterranean areas and its ambition is to be used as a basis to elaborate future cooperative research. It has been built from selected presentations at the first international symposium "MEDINSECT'. organized jointly by the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, France), the Centre National de la Recherche Forestière (Rabat, Morocco) and the University of Orléans (France), in Rabat from 6 to 11 May 2002 on the Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, completed by additional syntheses.
The topics largely exceed the Mediterranean basin itself. In addition to the north and the south rims of the Mediterranean Sea, New Zealand, South African, and North and Central American situations are examined. A general overview of the entomological situation and research topics in the forests of these different regions is made, and detailed examples of research carried out in these areas are presented, including life cycles and general biology of pests, control methods, relations with host trees, inter- and multi-specific relationships.
The ecosystem functioning and the necessity of biodiversity preservation on all scales are also present.

Sommaire

    • Insects in the Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems
    • Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems and Insect Biodiversity
    • Life Cycles and Relations with Host Trees
    • Survey and Control

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/06/2005
  • Editeur
  • Collection
  • ISBN
    2-7380-1194-2
  • EAN
    9782738011947
  • Présentation
    Broché
  • Nb. de pages
    275 pages
  • Poids
    0.505 Kg
  • Dimensions
    16,0 cm × 24,0 cm × 2,0 cm

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Ce livre présente l'état actuel des recherches entomologiques dans les divers écosystèmes forestiers méditerranéens du monde. Unique en son genre, il comble une lacune importante dans le domaine de l'entomologie forestière et méditerranéenne. Il comprend 4 parties principales : bilans des travaux de recherches ; biodiversité entomologique ; cycles biologiques et relations avec les arbres hôtes ; surveillance et contrôle des populations d'insectes.
Chercheurs, enseignants et étudiants du supérieur ainsi que gestionnaires et décideurs forestiers y trouveront matière à réflexion et de nombreuses informations actualisées.

À propos des auteurs

F. Lieutier is a professor of zoology and ecology at the University of Orleans, France. The main part of his research activities has been concerned with tree - insect relationships in general, especially conifer resistance to bark beetles and their associated fungi, in relation to intra-specific genetic variations and environmental factors. He has coordinated several European projects in these fields and has been the chairman of the IUFRO Working Group " Tree resistance to Insects " for 10 years.
D. Ghaioule is a research engineer at the Division de Recherche et d'Expérimentation Forestière of Rabat, Morocco. His research field is forest entomology in general, but focuses mainly on conifer - bark beetle - fungi relationships.

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