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

Acknowledgments.

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTHROPODS.

CHAPTER 1 INSECTS AND THEIR RELATIVES.

CHAPTER 2 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF INSECTS.

SECTION 2: FOOD RELATIONSHIPS.

CHAPTER 3 FOOD RESOURCES FOR WILDLIFE.

CHAPTER 4 WILDLIFE DIETS.

CHAPTER 5 INSECTS IMPORTANT AS FOOD FOR WILDLIFE.

CHAPTER 6 INSECTS AND ECOSYSTEMS.

SECTION 3: ARTHROPODS AS DISEASE VECTORS AND PESTS.

CHAPTER 7 TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE AGENTS TO WILDLIFE BY ARTHROPODS.

CHAPTER 8 INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENTS TRANSMITTED TO WILDLIFE BY ARTHROPODS.

CHAPTER 9 PARASITIC DISEASE AGENTS TRANSMITTED TO WILDLIFE BY ARTHROPODS.

CHAPTER 10 ARTHROPODS AS PARASITES OF WILDLIFE.

SECTION 4: PEST MANAGEMENT AND ITS EFFECTS ON WILDLIFE.

CHAPTER 11 PESTICIDES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON WILDLIFE.

CHAPTER 12 ALTERNATIVES TO INSECTICIDES.

SECTION 5: CONSERVATION ISSUES.

CHAPTER 13 INSECT–WILDLIFE RELATIONSHIPS.

CHAPTER 14 INSECT AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.

Glossary.

Index.