caa a22 4500 397570457 CHVBK 20180308164839.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/ee/25.6.1462 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/ee/25.6.1462 Ehler L. E. Department of Entomology University of California Davis, California Book Review [Elektronische Daten] [L. E. Ehler] IN RECENT YEARS, we have witnessed a growing concern over the environmental impact of biological-control agents, particularly the exotic agents used in classical biological control. Many conservation biologists have been critical of biological-control workers and have openly challenged the assumption that biological control is without environmental risks. Much of the debate has consisted of biological-control workers emphasizing the benefits, with conservation biologists emphasizing the risks. When assembling the chapters for Biological Control: Benefits and Risks, Hokkanen and Lynch asked authors to consider both benefits and risks of biological control. This book is the outcome of a workshop held in Finland in March, 1992 and is the 4th title in the plant and Microbial Biotechnology Research Series (J. M. Lynch, ed.), a series covering the integration of plant and microbial biology in modem biotechnological science. Twenty-eight chapters are organized around 5 themes: (1) biological invasions, 4 chapters; (2) classical biocontrol, 4 chapters; (3) augmentative biocontrol, 10 chapters; (4) use of genetically modified organisms, 6 chapters; and (5) economics and registration, 4 chapters. An unsigned statement preceding the title page states that "After intensive discussion it was concluded that we must emphasize the benefits more, while not ignoring the potential risks.” This turns out to be the general tone of many of the chapters and, with respect to the benefits discussed, there is not much new information presented. While biological-control workers may be comfortable with this approach, it may not sit well with many conservation biologists. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Book Reviews nationallicence Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/6(1996-12-01), 1462-1462 0046-225X 25:6<1462 1996 25 ee https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.6.1462 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 book-reviews jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/25.6.1462 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ehler L. E. Department of Entomology University of California Davis, California NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Entomology Oxford University Press 25/6(1996-12-01), 1462-1462 0046-225X 25:6<1462 1996 25 ee Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford