The Surprising Lives of Bark Beetles
Mighty Foresters of the Insect World
$71.74
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2022
Summary
A loving look at one of the world’s most maligned, misunderstood, and fascinating insects
Famous foe of forestry professionals and despised spreader of Dutch elm disease, bark beetles have a bad reputation: the World’s Worst Forest Pests. They chew through timber profits and kill healthy trees, turning forests from carbon sinks into carbon sources. But entomologist Jiri Hulcr sees more to these evil weevils than meets the eye, and offers you a closer look—literally. W…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781683402633 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1683402634 |
| Author: | Jiri Hulcr, Marc Abrahams |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
| Imprint: | University Press of Florida |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 6mm |
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Critics Review
”[A] spirited tour… . [Hulcr and Abrahams] do a stellar job of recasting their maligned subjects as being more worthy of study than scorn. Budding entomologists will find lots to appreciate.“–Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Jiri Hulcr
Jiri Hulcr is associate professor of forest entomology at the University of Florida and a founding member of ProForest, a forest health research group.
Marc Abrahams is a science writer, the editor of Annals of Improbable Research, and the founder of the Ig Nobel Prize.
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