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What Good Are Bugs?: Insects in the Web of Life

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Author(s): Gilbert Waldbauer
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 384

CONTENTS
......Page 8
Macrocosm......Page 12
HELPING PLANTS......Page 18
1. Pollinating......Page 20
2. Dispersing Seeds......Page 55
3. Supplying Food......Page 70
4. Providing Defense......Page 89
5. Giving Sustenance......Page 106
6. Giving Protection......Page 145
LIMITING POPULATION GROWTH......Page 166
7. Controlling Plant Populations......Page 168
8. Controlling Insect Populations......Page 206
9. Controlling Vertebrate Populations......Page 232
CLEANING UP......Page 270
10. Recycling Dead Animals......Page 272
11. Recycling Dung......Page 290
12. Recycling Dead Plants......Page 306
Microcosm......Page 322
Selected Readings......Page 328
Acknowledgments......Page 354
Index......Page 356