Insects and Sustainability of Ecosystem Services

ISBN: 9780367867287 出版年：2013 页码：388 Schowalter, Timothy D CRC Press

With few exceptions, insects are perceived in industrialized countries as undesirable pests. In reality, relatively few insects interfere with us or our resources. Most have benign or positive effects on ecosystem services, and many represent useful resources in non-industrialized countries. Challenging traditional perceptions of the value of insec