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Effect of Climate Change on Insect Pest Management

Nigel R Andrew, Sarah J Hill

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Abstract

Insect responses to environmental change are crucial for understanding how agro-ecosystems will respond to climate change. Many insect species are pests of crops, but they also play crucial roles as parasitoids and predators of key pest species. Changes in an insect population's physiology, biochemistry, biogeography and population dynamics may occur among populations across their distribution, among the growing seasons, and among crop types. An insect population's response to a rapidly changing climate may also be variable when insects interact with different competitors, predators and parasitoids and impose costs at different life stages. This also can influence the overall food production systems that can be at critical risk from the impacts of climate change (IPCC 2014).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnvironmental Pest Management: Challenges for Agronomists, Ecologists, Economists and Policymakers
EditorsMoshe Coll, Eric Wajnberg
Place of PublicationChichester, United Kingdom
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
Pages197-223
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781119255550
Publication statusPublished - 2017

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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