Arthropod Trophic Associations in Natural, Urban, Agricultural, Aquatic and Forest Ecosystems: Destabilizing Agents
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 8511
Special Issue Editors
Interests: stored-product protection; chemical control; non-chemical control; stored-product insect biology and ecology; insect morphology; insect identification; insect population growth; insect demography; aphid parasitoids; forest entomology
Interests: stored-product protection; stored-product insect biology; chemical control; non-chemical control; trapping and sampling; taxonomy; aphid parasitoids; forest entomology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The trophic associations of arthropods (Insecta and Arachnida) constitute a complex natural system. However, they can be destabilized by biotic and abiotic factors. The impacts of destabilizers such as pesticides, climate change, water and air pollution, fertilizers, environmental degradation, industrial waste, pharmaceutical products, and changes in biodiversity on arthropods are yet to be discovered. Therefore, we are pleased to invite submissions of research and review articles to this Special Issue of Insects. Papers that consider the effects of the above factors on beneficial arthropods (e.g., predators, parasitoids, pollinators, etc.) are welcome.
Dr. Erifili P. Nika
Dr. Nickolas G. Kavallieratos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biodiversity
- pesticide
- pollution
- climate crisis
- food chain
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