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The green menace : emerald ash borer and the invasive species problem / Jordan D. Marché II.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]Description: xvii, 300 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190668921 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 632/.763 23
LOC classification:
  • SB945.E48 M37 2017
Contents:
Background and context, 1888-1998 -- Detection and identification of EAB, 1998-2002 -- Biological invasions, integrated pest management, and EAB program support -- Emerald ash borer : biology, ecology, and behavior -- EAB's impact -- on communities, individuals, businesses, Native Americans, and Canadians -- The emerald ash borer battle in Michigan (and beyond) -- From girdled trees to purple traps : chemical lures, pheromones, and pesticides -- Natural enemies: biocontrols of EAB in Asia and North America -- Ash resistance; environmental and economic costs of EAB -- preventing another invasion? -- Conclusions: living with EAB.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background and context, 1888-1998 -- Detection and identification of EAB, 1998-2002 -- Biological invasions, integrated pest management, and EAB program support -- Emerald ash borer : biology, ecology, and behavior -- EAB's impact -- on communities, individuals, businesses, Native Americans, and Canadians -- The emerald ash borer battle in Michigan (and beyond) -- From girdled trees to purple traps : chemical lures, pheromones, and pesticides -- Natural enemies: biocontrols of EAB in Asia and North America -- Ash resistance; environmental and economic costs of EAB -- preventing another invasion? -- Conclusions: living with EAB.

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