Chapter 5. E. F. Legner, T. S. Bellows. 1999. Exploration for natural enemies. Pages 87-101. In: Thomas S. Bellows, T. W. Fisher, L. E. Caltagirone, D. L. Dahlsten, G. Gorth, C. B. Huffaker. 1999. Handbook of Biological Control: Principles and Applications of Biological Control. San Francisco CA: Academic Press, 1046 pages.

Keywords: Areas for search, consideration on geographic origin of pest, Icerya purchase, Hypericum perforatum, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Gonipterus scutellatus, Ceratocystis, Cryphonectria parasitica, Parlatoria oleae, Chromaphis juglandicola, Amyelois transitella, Harrisinia brillans, Saissetia oleae, Circulifer tennellus, Heliocoverpa zea, Carpocapsa pomonella, Aonidiella aurantii, Tetranychus, Panonychus ulmi, Nezara viridula, Pectinophora gossypiella, securing natural enemies in the native range, searching outside the native range, risk assessment and evaluation of natural enemy potential, terrestrial vertebrates, phytophagous arthropods and phytopathogens, terrestrial scavengers, aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates, parasitic and predaceous arthropods and arthropod pathogens, assessing natural enemy potential, planning, preparation, and execution of a foreign collecting trip,

permits, regulations and quarantine facilities, funding, the explorer/collector, planning the trip, conducting the exploration