Insects and diseases of Mediterranean forest systems [electronic resource] / Timothy D. Paine, François Lieutier, editors.
Paine, Timothy D. (Timothy Douglass), editor.; Lieutier, François, editor.
2016
QK314.5
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Title Insects and diseases of Mediterranean forest systems [electronic resource] / Timothy D. Paine, François Lieutier, editors.
ISBN 9783319247441 (electronic book)
3319247441 (electronic book)
9783319247427
3319247425
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24744-1
Published Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vii, 892 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-24744-1 doi
Call Number QK314.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 634.9/66
Summary Mediterranean climates are characterized by mild wet winters and warm dry summer conditions. They can be found around the Mediterranean Sea and on portions of the southwest coasts of North America, South America, Australia, and Africa. All of the Mediterranean climate zones have been recognized as centers of endemism and members of the specialized communities may be at significant risk of extinction. The plant communities in regions have converged on similar dense evergreen sclerophyllous vegetation types. The insect and disease issues are often specific to the Mediterranean forest systems rather than shared with the temperate forests. In addition to the specific native insects and diseases, the forests are also subject to the invasion of exotic species. The forests are also at risk from high degrees of human activity, including changing patterns of forest fires, land management activities, intensive plantation forestry using introduced timber species from other Mediterranean climate zones, and atmospheric deposition. Combined with elements of global climate change that may disproportionately affect Mediterranean climate systems, this creates a number of significant management issues that are unique to the Mediterranean forests. This volume is an effort to compile the experiences of leaders of the research communities within the Mediterranean climate zones around the world. The research findings from one part of the world can be applied to new areas or can be used as a foundation for research to address related problems in those areas. It is our goal that the information contained in this volume will contribute to understanding the unique aspects of Mediterranean forest systems and to protecting these critical resources.
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Lieutier, François, editor.
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Introduction
Introduction to Mediterranean forest systems
Mediterranean Basin
Defoliators in native insect systems of the Mediterranean basin
Native fruit, cone and seed insects in the Mediterranean Basin
Native sap-sucker insects in the Mediterranean Basin.
Bark beetles of Mediterranean conifers
Native buprestid and longhorn beetles in the Mediterranean Basin
Foliage feeding invasive insects: defoliators and gall makers
Invasive fruit, cone and seed insects in the Mediterranean Basin
Invasive sap-sucker insects in the Mediterranean Basin
Alien wood-boring beetles in Mediterranean regions
The pine wood nematode and its local vectors in the Mediterranean Basin
Invasive Insects in the Mediterranean Forests of Chile
Insects and diseases of Mediterranean forests: A South African perspective
Native defoliators of Australian Mediterranean forest trees
Native borers of Australian Mediterranean forest trees
Invasive insects in Mediterranean forest systems: Australia
Native Bark Beetles and Wood Borers in Mediterranean Forests of California
Native Diseases of California Mediterranean Forest Angiosperms
Diseases of Conifers in California
Invasive Bark and Ambrosia Beetles in California Mediterranean Forest Systems
Goldspotted oak borer in California: Invasion history, biology, impact, management, and implications for Mediterranean forests worldwide
Pitch canker in California Mediterranean Conifer Systems
Insects Colonizing Eucalypts in California. -Sudden Oak Death in California
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer and Fusarium Dieback in California. -Air Pollution
Responses of Mediterranean forest phytophagous insects to climate change
FOLLOW THE WATER: Extreme Drought and the Conifer Forest Pandemic of 2002-03 Along the California Borderland
General conclusions.

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