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Urban pest management: A conceptual framework
Urban Ecology, 1983Abstract Urban integrated pest management (IPM) is concerned with a dynamic system consisting of a seminatural urban ecosystem and characteristics human components, linked by information channels. Systems science provides the perspective and organization required to deal with this complex, multiresource system.
Sawyer, A. J., Casagrande, R. A.
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The Urban Forest Can Be A Pest
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 1986Abstract“Pest” is frequently defined as anything that causes trouble, annoyance, or discomfort. Almost everyone hears about the benefits of trees for the urban environment. If management recognizes the pest potential of the urban forest, it can be the asset it was intended to be in our urban areas. Urban forests and trees usually become a pest (1) when
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Climate change and urban pest management.
2017Abstract This chapter presents a general review on how climate change could affect the population dynamics, distribution, density and diversity of urban pests, as well as their management. Particular focus is given on mosquitoes, flies, termites, ants, ticks, and cockroaches. Temperature, the primary indicator commonly used to determine climate
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Climate change impacts on urban pests
2017Abstract This book reviews the influence of climate change on urban and public pests such as mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and wood pests (such as termites), with respect to population, distribution, disease, damage and control. Consisting of 13 chapters, the book systematically addresses how the impact of climate change on pests in urban areas differs
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Microbial Control of Urban Pests — Cockroaches, Ants and Termites
2000Urban pests, represented in this chapter by cockroaches, ants and termites, present a unique challenge for microbial control. They are all known to detect and avoid both chemical and microbial pesticides, they have few natural enemies to integrate with microbial pesticides, the relatively constant environment is often inhibitory to infection by fungi ...
Richard J. Milner, Roberto M. Pereira
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Mega‐urbanization drives genetic homogeneity and local adaptation in a lepidopteran urban pest
Insect ScienceAbstract Urbanization significantly impacts genetic connectivity and imposes selective pressures on insect populations, particularly in urban habitats. Although these effects are well documented at the scale of individual cities, the impact of mega‐urbanization on species occupying large urban agglomerations ...
Yimin Zhang +12 more
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Invasive Insect Pests of Forests and Urban Trees in Russia: Origin, Pathways, Damage, and Management
Forests, 2022Ivan Kerchev +2 more
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Urban Integrated Pest Management
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 1978W. Olkowski, H. Olkowski
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Modelling the spread of tree pests and pathogens in urban forests
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 2023Cerian Webb +2 more
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