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fixed length control field |
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fixed length control field |
151211s2003 xxu eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
ISBN |
0813819660 (hardcover) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
ISBN |
9780813819662 (hardcover) |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
632.90973 Sumner 19479 1st 2003 Parasitology |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
Personal name |
Sumner, Daniel A. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Exotic Pests and Diseases :Biology and Economics for Biosecurity |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1st ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication |
USA : |
Name of publisher |
Wiley-Blackwell, |
Year of publication |
2003. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Number of Pages |
265 p. ; |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
Exotic pests and diseases have long been an important concern in agriculture. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent and complex because agricultural trade has been liberalized worldwide, and as a consequence, the probability of spreading a disease or a pest through national borders has become a real threat, not only for the agricultural industry but also for human health and the natural environment. This edited volume’s list of international contributors reads like a Who’s Who of international agricultural research! This book includes ten interdisciplinary case studies that focus on specific pests or diseases that represent a range of threats to U.S. agriculture, wild lands and the urban landscape, and possible government responses to these threats. Each chapter combines, in an original fashion, biological foundations and implications for the public, giving powerful insights to a series of public policy issues of national and international relevance. In many instances, economic analysis of alternative policies is included. Exotic pest control is discussed in a public good general framework, and under the international regulatory laws comprised by the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Protocol of the W |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Term |
Agriculture and state |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Term |
Parasitology |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Term |
Nonindigenous pests--Control |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Term |
Agriculture--Economic aspects |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Term |
Nonindigenous pests |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
Books |