15. Disasters by Design: Outbreaks along Urban Gradients
- Pedro Barbosa2,
- Deborah K. Letourneau3,
- Anurag A. Agrawal4,5
Published Online: 29 JUN 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118295205.ch15
Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Book Title
Insect Outbreaks Revisited
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How to Cite
Raupp, M. J., Shrewsbury, P. M. and Herms, D. A. (2012) Disasters by Design: Outbreaks along Urban Gradients, in Insect Outbreaks Revisited (eds P. Barbosa, D. K. Letourneau and A. A. Agrawal), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118295205.ch15
Editor Information
- 2
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
- 3
Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
- 4
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
- 5
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 29 JUN 2012
- Published Print: 27 JUL 2012
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444337594
Online ISBN: 9781118295205
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Keywords:
- applied perspectives;
- disasters by design, outbreaks along urban gradients;
- urbanization, land as forests, deserts, prairies;
- arthropod pest outbreaks and urban gradient features;
- features and mechanisms, contributing to outbreaks;
- low biodiversity and catastrophic loss in cities;
- impervious surfaces, water infiltration and drought stress;
- phenological synchrony of host and herbivore;
- predator–prey interaction effects;
- top-down suppression relaxation of herbivores in cities
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Case studies of arthropod outbreaks along urban gradients
Features and mechanisms contributing to outbreaks
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References