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Integrated pest management for collections : proceedings of 2011: a pest odyssey, 10 years later / edited by Peter Winsor ... [et al.]
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069.53 INT
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Swindon: English Heritage
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2011
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viii, 223 p. : col. ill., plans ; 29 cm.
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9781848021143
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Book
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Mass international travel, climate change and other factors contribute to the spread of new pests, and the pests themselves are constantly seeking out weaknesses in our defences. An understanding of the threats pests pose to collections and the necessity
for a systematic approach to combat them is now firmly embedded in the work of collection care practitioners
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Contents:
1. Ten years on : from vodka beetles to risk zones -- 2. Ten years of integrated pest management at English Heritage -- 3. Efficacy, effects, economics : the problem of distributing pest control advice to cover contingency -- 4. Integrating IPM risk zones
and environmental monitoring at the Museum of London -- 5. Mapping museum pest activity : a review of the development of KE EMu as a tool for pest management -- 6. Developing and implementing an integrated pest management concept in the large collections of the National Museums in Berlin -- 7. Building with pest management in mind : a case study from the Canadian Museum of Nature -- 8. The brown carpet beetle, Attagenus smirnovi : how will climate change affect its future pest status? -- 9. Moths, Exosex and floor voids at Hampton Court Palace -- 10. The wider use and interpretation of insect monitoring traps -- 11. Dealing with an infestation of Reesa vespulae while preparing to move to new stores -- 12. The measured, slimline implementation of integrated pest management at the National Trust for Scotland -- 13. Driven to distraction by moths : IPM on the Riverside Museum Project -- 14. The problems of house mice in historic houses and museums -- 15. Minus 20 degrees in the sun -- 16. Mobigas at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia and the struggle for recognition by quarantine authorities -- 17. Assessment of the Thermo-Lignum oven pest eradication treatment on natural and synthetic polymers and resins -- 18. Effects of fumigants and non-chemical treatments on DNA molecules and proteins : case studies on natural history specimens and proteinaceous components of museum objects -- 19. Integrated pest management at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan : re-evaluation of preventive measures and control strategies -- 20. To bag or not to bag? Treatment of a large Solomon Islands war canoe and the growing threat of drywood termites to collections in Australia -- 21. Webbing clothes moth in the Victoria and Albert Museum's British galleries : a successful campaign -- 22. Outsmarting the persistent moths : strategic planning for pest control at Nordiska Museet -- 23. Quick, quick, put the lid back on! -- 24. But how do I know I've got pests? -- 25. Crazy as a bedbug : the Integrated Pest Management Working Group's development of resources and best practices for the museum community -- 26. Skins, shoes and 2,500 saplings : combining integrated pest management and contemporary art installations -- 27. Where do we go from here? The challenges of implementing an IPM programme at the British Museum -- Abstracts of poster presentations.
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