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Pests and Pestilence: The Management of Invasive Species, Pests and Disease in New Zealand
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Pests and Pestilence: The Management of Invasive Species, Pests and Disease in New Zealand
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Phil Lester
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:296 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 160 |
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| Category/Genre | The environment
Pollution and threats to the environment |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781776920082
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| Classifications | Dewey:333.9523 |
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| Illustrations |
30 colour photographs
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Te Herenga Waka University Press
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| Imprint |
Te Herenga Waka University Press
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| Publication Date |
11 August 2022 |
| Publication Country |
New Zealand
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Description
'Pestilence' is a word that conjures up destruction at a large scale. It can be a plague of ravenous rabbits, millions of wilding pines that swallow up landscapes, a virus that brings the world to its knees within weeks of emergence.
Author Biography
A professor in ecology and entomology at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Phil Lester has published around 150 papers on invasive species and their management. He has specialised in the management of invasive ants and wasps and the parasites and diseases affecting bees. Phil has won Fulbright and Royal Society Te Aparangi James Cook Research Fellowships. He is an appointed member of the Environmental Protection Authority's Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Committee, which considers the use of hazardous substances and new organisms for pest control in New Zealand. His previous books are The Vulgar Wasp (2018) and Healthy Bee, Sick Bee (2020).
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