Conservation biological control and the management of biological control services: are they the same?

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Moshe Coll, born in Israel in 1957, is an Associate Professor of Insect Ecology, Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Rehovot. He received his B.Sc. in Biology (1982) and M.Sc. in Zoology (1985) from Tel-Aviv University, and his PhD. (1991) in Entomology from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA (UMD). He was a Research Entomologist (1992– 1994, US Department of Agriculture); Adjunct Assistant Professor (1993–1994, UMD); Senior Lecturer (1997–2007, HUJI); and Visiting Scientist (2001– 2002, Macquarie University, Australia). His research interests involve the ecology and behavior of insects, and biological and integrated control of agricultural pests. He studies, in particular, interaction between herbivores and their natural enemies, ecological consequences of omnivory and antagonistic interactions between natural enemies. He co-edited a book and has authored or co-authored approximately 60 book chapters and peer-reviewed papers. He teaches four courses, has mentored some 40 graduate students and post-docs, is the academic head of the International M.Sc. Program in Plant Sciences (HUJI), and has served as a subject editor for Biological Control. Phytoparasitica (2009) 37:205–208 DOI 10.1007/s12600-009-0028-5