Biological Control of Pests

Class notes on Biological Control of Pests, by Dr. Marshall W. Johnson (taught at the University of Hawaii at Manoa). The chapters below are PDF files.

Nature of Biological Control (pp. 1-5)

History of Biological Control (pp. 6-11)

The Importance of Systematics (pp. 12-17)

Predator Biology (pp. 18-22)

Parasite Biology (pp. 23-37)

Predator-Parasitoid Traits (pp. 38-45)

Insect Pathology (pp. 46-51)

Weed Biological Control (pp. 52-59)

Population Dynamics (pp. 60-66)

Factors Affecting Growth (pp. 67-72)

Predator Models (pp. 73-77)

Parasitoid Models (pp. 78-84)

Factors Limiting Growth (pp. 85-91)

Model Summary (pp. 92-93)

Mortality Factors (pp. 94-97)

Foreign Exploration (pp. 98-104)

Establishment (pp. 105-111)

Environmental Impacts (pp. 112-116)

Biological Control Theories (pp. 117-122)

Case Histories (pp. 123-128)

Conservation (pp. 129-132)

Enhanced Biological Control (pp. 133-140)

Augmentation (pp. 141-144)

Natural Enemies in IPM (pp. 145-150)

Economics of Biological Control (pp. 151-154)

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