The Ecology of Fungal Entomopathogens (Hardcover)

Deep space and hidden depths: understanding the evolution and ecology of fungal entomopathogens.- Fungal evolution and taxonomy.- Molecular ecology of fungal entomopathogens: molecular genetic tools and their applications in population and fate studies.- Principles from community and metapopulation ecology: application to fungal entomopathogens.- Challenges in modelling complexity of fungal entomopathogens in semi-natural populations of insects.- Fungal entomopathogens in a tritrophic context.- Entomopathogenic fungi and insect behaviour: from unsuspecting hosts to targeted vectors.- Fungal entomopathogens in the rhizosphere.- Endophytic fungal entomopathogens with activity against plant pathogens: ecology and evolution.- Ecological considerations in producing and formulating fungal entomopathogens for use in insect biocontrol.- Fungal pathogens as classical biological control agents against arthropods.- Ecological factors in the inundative use of fungal entomopathogens.- Conservation biological control using fungal entomopathogens.