Entomological research in Mediterranean forest ecosystems

Preface - F. Lieutier & D. Ghaioule

Acknowledgments

List of contributors

Part 1 - Insects in the Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems

- Overview of entomological research concerning the forest ecosystems of the

northern rim of the Mediterranean Sea

- Overview of entomological research on the forest ecosystems of the regions

south of the Mediterranean Sea

- Overview on the entomological research in the Mediterranean forest

ecosystems of North and Central America

- Overview on the entomological research in the Mediterranean forest

ecosystems of South Africa

- Overview on the entomological research in the Mediterranean forest

ecosystems of New Zealand

Part 2 - Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems and Insect Biodiversity

- Overview of the arthropod fauna that colonises seed cones in the Mediterranean region

- Insect fauna of the Pinus nigra group in Italy

- Pest insects of cedars: Cedrus atlantica Manetti, C. libani A. Richard

and C. brevifolia Henry in the Mediterranean area

Part 3 - Life Cycles and Relations with Host Trees

- The life cycle of the pine processionary caterpillar in the bioclimatic conditions of a sub-Saharan region

- An evaluation of the radial growth losses of Atlas cedar following defoliation by Thaumetopoea bonjeani in the Belezma massif (Aurès, Algeria).

- Multiplication possibilities of an ecotype of the aphid Cedrobium laportei (Homoptera Lachnidae) on various provenances of the genus Cedrus.

- Initial data on the biology of Sphodroxia maroccana Ley (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) and an estimation of the damage due to this new pest on cork-oak seedlings in the Mamora Forest (Morocco)