
Pests in the Urban Biome
William Robinson(Author)
CABI Publishing
Published on 11. December 2025
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-80062-639-3 (ISBN)
Description
Pests in the Urban Biome brings together the separate disciplines of urban entomology, urban wildlife studies, rodent biology and control, medical entomology, and plant ecology into one biogeographic space - the urban biome. The concept of the urban biome is defined and the scope and importance of this built biome is presented. The urban biome concept represents a broad change that will facilitate interdisciplinary research and will attract and encourage urban biologists. It brings together bioecological concepts, such as synanthropy, invasive species, and urban green and blue spaces, in one place. Written by one of the founding fathers of urban entomology, this book represents a paradigm change, defining a new approach to urban ecology and urban pest management. The objective of Pests in the Urban Biome is to serve as the basis of a new discipline to start an interdisciplinary discussion between scientists from a range of fields, and provide a rallying cry to researchers interested in the range of species that occur in and impact the global urban space. This book: Introduces the concept of urban environments as a single biome. Takes a new approach to understanding the species inhabiting and interacting in urban spaces Can be used as the basis of academic programmes and formal courses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
513 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80062-639-3 (9781800626393)
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Person
William H Robinson, Ph.D. is an urban entomologist. He was Professor and Director of the Urban Entomology Research Center at Virginia Tech University and Director of the Urban Entomology Research Center at Zhejiang University, China. He spent 30 years in academia conducting research on household and structural pests, insecticide application and delivery systems. He spent 20 years as Technical Director of B&G Equipment Company working on application technology. He has written two text books: Urban Entomology, Urban Insects and Arachnids, and five technician Training Manuals. He established the National Conference on Urban Pests, and the International Conference on Urban Pests.
Content
1: Anthropogenic Biomes 2: Landscape and Structure 3: Environmental Features 4: Ecological Fitness 5: Harborages 6: Reservoirs 7: House as Ecosystem 8: Synanthropic Traps 9: Pest Status and Climate Change