Insects and Wildlife: Arthropods and their Relationships with Wild Vertebrate Animals

Insects and Wildlife: Arthropods and their Relationships with Wild Vertebrate Animals provides a comprehensive overview of the interrelationships of insects and wildlife. It serves as an introduction to insects and other arthropods for wildlife management and other vertebrate biology students, and emphasizes the importance of insects to wild vertebrate animals. The book emphasizes how insects exert important influences on wildlife habitat suitability and wildlife population sustainability, including their direct and indirect effects on wildlife health. Among the important topics covered are:

• the importance of insects as food items for vertebrate animals;
• the role of arthropods as determinants of ecosystem health and productivity;
• the ability of arthropods to transmit disease-causing agents;
• an overview of representative disease-causing agents transmitted by arthropods;
• arthropods as pests and parasites of vertebrates;
• the hazards to wildlife associated with using using pesticides to protect against insect damage;
• insect management using techniques other than pesticides;
• the importance of insect conservation and how insects influence wildlife conservation.

Content:
Chapter 1 Insects and their Relatives (pages 1–33):
Chapter 2 Structure and Function of Insects (pages 34–81):
Chapter 3 Food Resources for Wildlife (pages 83–104):
Chapter 4 Wildlife Diets (pages 105–170):
Chapter 5 Insects Important as Food for Wildlife (pages 171–197):
Chapter 6 Insects and Ecosystems (pages 198–229):
Chapter 7 Transmission of Disease Agents to Wildlife by Arthropods (pages 231–244):
Chapter 8 Infectious Disease Agents Transmitted to Wildlife by Arthropods (pages 245–262):
Chapter 9 Parasitic Disease Agents Transmitted to Wildlife by Arthropods (pages 263–284):
Chapter 10 Arthropods as Parasites of Wildlife (pages 285–337):
Chapter 11 Pesticides and their Effects on Wildlife (pages 339–365):
Chapter 12 Alternatives to Insecticides (pages 366–383):
Chapter 13 Insect–Wildlife Relationships (pages 385–409):
Chapter 14 Insect and Wildlife Conservation (pages 410–436):