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This book discusses the beneficial and harmful effects of insects and explains their development and significance for biodiversity.Threatening pests or threatened beneficials? Biting midges are wonderful insects. The animals are so tiny and uniquely shaped that they are particularly good at pollinating the small and tight flowers of the cocoa tree. Without them, there would be much less chocolate. We associate other insects more with the damage that they cause. Mosquitoes and wasps bite us. Moth larvae damage textiles and contaminate foods. Ants undermine our paths and flies are just a pain.But what exactly is our relationship with insects? Are they more beneficial or harmful? What role do they play in the world? What are the effects of climate change: Will the number of insects continue to increase?
Contents
Foreword Introduction1. Insects as Beneficials1.1 Insects Pollinate Plants1.1.1 Pollination1.1.2 Plants and their Pollinators1.1.3 Flies, the Unknown Pollinators1.1.4 The Value of Insect Pollination1.2 Insects Accelerate Plant Growth1.3 Insects Promote Biodiversity1.4 Insects Connect the Food Chain1.5 Insects as the Most Important Element of Nutrition1.5.1 Insects as Food1.5.2 Insects as Feed1.6 Insects Help Considerably with Hygiene1.7 Insects as Inexpensive Biocide Alternatives1.8 Insects Support the Economy and Society Science, Textile Production, Medicine, Chemistry, Criminology2. Insects as Pests2.1 Insects as a Danger to Humans2.1.1 Virus-Transmitting Insects2.1.2 Causes and Trends of Virus Transmission2.1.3 Diseases that Are Caused by Mosquitoes: Chikungunya Fever, Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, St. Louis Encephalitis, West-Nile Fever2.1.4 Diseases that Are Caused by Ticks: Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE), Crimean-Congo-Hemorrhagic Fever, Lyme Borreliosis, Q-Fever, Rickettsia2.1.5 Other Dangers Caused by Insects: Tsetse Fly, Sarcoptes, "Killer Bees", Wasps and Bees, Dust Mines, Fleas, Lice, Oak Processionary Moth2.2 Insects as a Danger to Animals2.2.1 Nagana2.2.2 Bluetongue Disease2.2.3 Schmallenberg Virus2.2.4 Louping Ill2.3 Insects as a Danger to Plants2.3.1 Agricultural Damage in Developing and Threshold Nations: Danger to the Manioc Plant due to Insects, Spreading of FruitFlies, Locust Infestations, Storage Pests2.3.2 Agricultural Damage in Europe: European Corn Borer, Introduced Pests, "Post-Harvest" Damage2.3.3 Forest Damage3. Insects Today and in the Future3.1 Anthropogenic Effets on Habitats3.1.1 Climate Change3.1.2 Urbanization and Traffic3.1.3 Agriculture3.1.4 Sulfur and Nitrogen Emissions3.1.5 Forestry3.2 Population Development3.3 Outlook4. Conclusion: Hated, Threatened and Worth ProtectingList of InsectsGlossaryNotesWhy Every Exchange Counts (Thanks)
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