Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local and landscape scales to check pest build-up. This book brings together world leaders in theoretical, methodological and applied aspects to provide a comprehensive treatment of this fast-moving field. Chapter authors from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas ensure a truly international scope. Topics range from scientific principles, innovative research methods, ecological economics and effective communication to farmers, as well as case studies of successful use of biodiversity-based pest management some of which extend over millions of hectares or are enshrined as government policy. Written to be accessible to advanced undergraduates whilst also stimulating the seasoned researcher, this work will help unlock the power of biodiversity to deliver sustainable insect pest management. Visit wiley.com/go/gurr/biodiversity to access the artwork from the book.

Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local and landscape scales to check pest build-up. This book brings together world leaders in theoretical, methodological and applied aspects to provide a comprehensive treatment of this fast-moving field.Chapter authors from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas ensure a truly international scope. Topics range from scientific principles, innovative research methods, ecological economics and effective communication to farmers, as well as case studies of successful use of biodiversity-based pest management some of which extend over millions of hectares or are enshrined as government policy.Written to be accessible to advanced undergraduates whilst also stimulating the seasoned researcher, this work will help unlock the power of biodiversity to deliver sustainable insect pest management.Visit wiley.com/go/gurr/biodiversity to access the artwork from the book.

Preface, viiForeword, ixContributors, xINTRODUCTION, 11 Biodiversity and insect pests, 3Geoff M. Gurr, Steve D. Wratten and William E. SnyderFUNDAMENTALS, 212 The ecology of biodiversity-biocontrol relationships23William E. Snyder and Jason M. Tylianakis3 The role of generalist predators in terrestrial food webs:lessons for agricultural pest management, 41K.D. Welch, R.S. Pfannenstiel and J.D. Harwood4 Ecological economics of biodiversity use for pest management57Mark Gillespie and Steve D. Wratten5 Soil fertility, biodiversity and pest management, 72Miguel A. Altieri, Luigi Ponti and Clara I. Nicholls6 Plant biodiversity as a resource for natural products forinsect pest management, 85Opender Koul7 The ecology and utility of local and landscape scale effectsin pest management, 106Sagrario Gámez-Virués, Mattias Jonsson and BarbaraEkbomMETHODS, 1218 Scale effects in biodiversity and biological control: methodsand statistical analysis, 123Christoph Scherber, Blas Lavandero, Katrin M. Meyer, DavidPerovic, Ute Visser, Kerstin Wiegand and Teja Tscharntke9 Pick and mix: selecting flowering plants to meet therequirements of target biological control insects, 139Felix L. Wäckers and Paul C.J. van Rijn10 The molecular revolution: using polymerase chain reactionbased methods to explore the role of predators in terrestrial foodwebs, 166William O.C. Symondson11 Employing chemical ecology to understand and exploitbiodiversity for pest management, 185David G. James, Sofia Orre-Gordon, Olivia L. Reynolds (néeKvedaras) and Marja SimpsonAPPLICATION, 19712 Using decision theory and sociological tools to facilitateadoption of biodiversity-based pest management strategies199M.M. Escalada and K.L. Heong13 Ecological engineering strategies to manage insect pests inrice, 214Geoff M. Gurr, K.L. Heong, J.A. Cheng and J. Catindig14 China's 'Green Plant Protection' initiative: coordinatedpromotion of biodiversity-related technologies, 230Lu Zhongxian, Yang Yajun, Yang Puyun and Zhao Zhonghua15 Diversity and defence: plant-herbivore interactions atmultiple scales and trophic levels, 241Finbarr G. Horgan16 'Push-pull' revisited: the process of successfuldeployment of a chemical ecology based pest management tool259Zeyaur R. Khan, Charles A.O. Midega, Jimmy Pittchar, Toby J.A.Bruce and John A. Pickett17 Using native plant species to diversify agriculture276Douglas A. Landis, Mary M. Gardiner and Jean Tompkins18 Using biodiversity for pest suppression in urban landscapes293Paula M. Shrewsbury and Simon R. Leather19 Cover crops and related methods for enhancing agriculturalbiodiversity and conservation biocontrol: successful case studies309P.G. Tillman, H.A. Smith and J.M. HollandSYNTHESIS, 32920 Conclusion: biodiversity as an asset rather than a burden331Geoff M. Gurr, William E. Snyder, Steve D. Wratten and DonnaM.Y. ReadIndex, 340Colour plates fall between pages 84 and 85