Abstract
The reasons for studying the population dynamics of insect natural enemies are basically twofold. Firstly, predators and parasitoids are an important component of terrestrial communities (LaSalle and Gauld, 1994), so therefore are of central interest to the ecologist who attempts to unravel the complexity of factors driving the dynamics of species interactions. Secondly, the knowledge gained from studies of predator and parasitoid populations may be of immense practical value in insect pest management (Hassell, 1978, 2000b; DeBach and Rosen, 1991; Van Driesche and Bellows, 1996).
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Kidd, N. A. C., & Jervis, M. A. (2005). Population dynamics. In Insects As Natural Enemies: A Practical Perspective (pp. 435–523). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2625-6_7
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