Forest Entomology in East Africa
Forest Insects of Tanzania
Samenvatting
East African forests, among the world’s most biologically rich and diverse, are subject to multiple pressures, including insects. As the first work to focus exclusively on East African forest insects, this monograph distils 135 years of scientific and historical literature extending from before the colonial era to the present into an authoritative survey of this region’s major pests of trees and wood, as well as their antagonists.
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1. Introduction to Tanzania. 1.1. General. 1.2. Physiography and soils. 1.3. Climate. 1.4. Natural forests. 1.5. Man-made forests. 1.6. Protected forests. 1.7. Endemism.
2. History of forest entomology in Tanzania. 2.1. Pre-colonial period (before 1891). 2.2. German colonial period (1891-1919). 2.3. British colonial period (1919-1961). 2.4. Post-independence (1961-1992). 2.5. Post-Rio (after 1992).
3. Defoliating insects. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Defoliating Beetles (Coleoptera). 3.3. Defoliating caterpillars (Lepidoptera). 3.4. Defoliating grasshoppers (Saltatoria).
4. Sap-feeding insects. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Thrips (Thysanoptera). 4.3. Bugs (Hemiptera).
5. Shoot-, bark-, and woodborers. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Coleopterous borers. 5.3. Hymenopterous borers. 5.4. Lepidopterous borers.
6. Ants and termites. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Ants (Formicidae). 6.3. Termites (Isoptera).
7. Flower, fruit and seed feeders. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Flower, fruit and seed-feeding beetles. 7.3. Fruit and seed-feeding Hemiptera. 7.4. Fruit and seed-feeding Lepidoptera.
8. Root and root collar feeders. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2. Root feeding Coleoptera. 8.3. Root feeding Hemiptera. 8.4. Root collar feeding Lepidoptera. 8.5. Root feeding Orthoptera.
9. Forest-based insect industries. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2. Edible insects (entomophagy). 9.3. Bees and beekeeping (apiculture). 9.4. Wild silk moths (sericulture). 9.5. Collectibles.
References. Index.