NONTARGET EFFECTS OF BIOLOGICA

Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Part 1: Perspectives. 1. Critical Issues Related to Nontarget Effects in Classical Biological Control of Insetcs; L.E. Ehler. 2. Nontarget Effects of Biological Control: What Are We Trying to Miss? J.A. Lockwood. 3. The Frequency and Strength of Nontarget Effects of Invertebrate Biological Control Agents of Plant Pests and Weeds; P. Stiling, D. Simberloff. 4. The Impact of Nontarget Concerns on the Practice of Biological Control; R.H. Messing. Part 2: Parasitoids and Predators. 5. Predicting the Risk from Biological Control Agent Introductions: A New Zealand Approach; B. Barratt, et al. 6. Parasitoid Drift in Hawaiian Pentatomoids; P.A. Follett, et al. 7. Evaluating Nontarget Effects of Classical Biological Control: Fruit Fly Parasitoids in Hawaii as a Case Study; J.J. Duan, R.H. Messing. 8. Trichogramma Nontarget Impacts: A Method for Biological Control Risk Assessment; D.B. Orr, et al. 9. Coccinellid Introductions: Potential for and Evaluation of Nontarget Effects; J.J. Obrycki, et al. 10. Food Webs as a Tool for Studying Nontarget Effects in Biological Control; J. Memmott. Part 3: Weeds. 11. Why Things Bite Back: Unintended Consequences of Biological Weed Control; P.B. McEvoy, E.M. Coombs. 12. Importation Protocols and Risk Assessment of Weed Biological Control Agents in Australia: The Example of Carmenta nr ithacae; T. Withers, et al. 13. Negative Ecological Effects of the Musk Thistle Biological Control Agent, Rhinocyllus conicus; S.M. Louda. 14. Biological Control of Musk Thistle: A Reassessment; J.R. Nechols. Part 4: Pathogens. 15. Predicting the Host Range of Entomopathogenic Fungi; A.E. Hajek, L. Butler. 16. Monitoring the Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki on Nontarget Lepidoptera in Woodlands and Forests of Western Oregon; J.C. Miller. 17. Environmental Impacts of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Used for Biological Control in Soil; M. Barbercheck, L.C. Millar. Index.

`I would think that this book is a `must read' for anyone directly or indirectly associated with the practice of biological control.' Bradford A. Hawkins in Ecology, 81:11 (2000)