WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM Ecology and Management -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Invasive Alien Species - a Threat to Global Biodiversity and Opportunities to Prevent and Manage Them -- 2. Monitoring of Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) in Europe 1992-2003 -- 3. A Synopsis of the Nutritional Ecology of Larvae and Adults of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Le Conte) in the New and Old World - Nouvelle Cuisine for the Invasive Maize Pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera in Europe? -- 4. Western Corn Rootworm, Cucurbits and Cucurbitacins -- 5. Natural Mortality Factors Acting on Western Corn Rootworm Populations: a Comparison between the United States and Central Europe -- 6. Movement, Dispersal and Behaviour of Western Corn Rootworm Adults in Rotated Maize and Soybean Fields -- 7. Within-field Spatial Variation of Northern Corn Rootworm Distributions -- 8. Heterogeneous Landscapes and Variable Behaviour: Modelling Rootworm Evolution and Geographical Spread -- 9. Sampling Devices and Decision Rule Development for Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Adults in Soybean to Predict Subsequent Damage to Maize in Indiana -- 10. Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) and the Crop Rotation Systems in Europe -- 11. Application of the Areawide Concept Using Semiochemical basedInsecticide Baits for Managing the Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) Variant in the Eastern Midwest -- 12. Genetically Enhanced Maize as a Potential Management Option for Corn Rootworm: YieldGard® Rootworm Maize Case Study -- 13. Is Classical Biological Control against Western Corn Rootworm in Europe a Potential Sustainable Management Strategy?.

14. Maize Growing, Maize High-risk Areas and Potential Yield Losses due to Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) Damage in Selected European Countries -- Index.