TY - BOOK AU - Wagner,Michael R. AU - Cobbinah,Joseph R. AU - Bosu,Paul P. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Forest Entomology in West Tropical Africa: Forests Insects of Ghana SN - 9781402065088 U1 - 595.7 23 PY - 2008/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Netherlands KW - LIFE SCIENCES KW - FORESTS AND FORESTRY KW - ZOOLOGY KW - ENTOMOLOGY KW - FORESTRY KW - FORESTRY MANAGEMENT KW - ANIMAL SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY/BIOGEOGRAPHY N1 - Forest Entomology in Ghana -- Defoliating Insects -- Sap-Feeding Insects -- Wood Borers of Living Trees -- Pests of Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds -- Pests of Logs, Lumber, and Forest Products -- Termites -- Utilitarian Use of Forest Insects N2 - The forests of West Africa are complex, beautiful and under continued threat of over exploitation. This monograph, in its second edition, remains the only comprehensive source of information on economically important forest insects in West Africa. Many pest insects discussed in this book have the potential to greatly alter the utilization of these valuable tropical forests. Several key pests such as mahogany shoot borer, odum gallfly and pests of endangered tree species like Pericopsis, are extensively discussed. This comprehensive treatise of insects includes information on the general forest cover types and insects of utilitarian value. The book will be a great value to foresters, forest entomologists, researchers, conservation biologists and others with a basic biological interest in West Africa forests UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6508-8 ER -