Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects
Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects

Author: Tim R. New

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-03-14

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9400729634

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The history of interest and practice in insect conservation is summarised and traced through contributions from many of the leaders in the discipline, to provide the first broad global account of how insects have become incorporated into considerations of conservation. The essays collectively cover the genesis and development of insect conservation, emphasising its strong foundation within the northern temperate regions and the contrasts with much of the rest of the world. Major present-day scenarios are discussed, together with possible developments and priorities in insect conservation for the future.

Insect Conservation
Insect Conservation

Author: Michael J Samways

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2019-12-02

Total Pages: 559

ISBN-13: 1789241685

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Insects do not live in isolation. They interact with the abiotic environment and are major components of the terrestrial and freshwater biotic milieus. They are crucial to so many ecosystem processes and are the warp and weft of all terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems that are not permanently frozen. This means that insect conservation is a two-way process: insects as the subjects of conservation, while also they are useful tools for conserving the environment. This book overviews strategic ways forward for insect conservation. It is a general view of what has worked and what has not for the maintenance of insect diversity across the world, as well as what might be the right approaches for the future.

Insect Conservation and Urban Environments
Insect Conservation and Urban Environments

Author: Tim R. New

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 3319212249

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Includes chapters on assessing changes among assemblages and in individual species, the variety of general threats (notably habitat changes and impacts of alien species) and more particularly urban threats. The first global overview and synthesis of the impacts of urbanisation on insects and their relatives and the needs and theoretical and practical background to conserving them in urban environments. Insect dependence on open spaces in built-up areas suggests a wide range of management options for conservation, from individual site (including novel habitats such as green roofs) to landscape-level connectivity. These measures, all discussed with specific examples, involve all sectors of humanity, from government agencies to individual householders and ‘citizen scientist’ groups. Each chapter includes pertinent and recent.

Insect Conservation Biology
Insect Conservation Biology

Author: Royal Entomological Society of London. Symposium

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 1845932544

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These proceedings contain papers on insect conservation biology that are classified under 3 themes: (1) the current status of insect conservation, and major avenues for progress and hindrances (6 papers); (2) insects as model organisms in conservation biology (6 papers); and (3) future directions in insect conservation biology (6 papers).

Insect Species Conservation
Insect Species Conservation

Author: T. R. New

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-05-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0521510775

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This book brings together scattered information on insect conservation, providing a robust foundation for future progress, using examples from around the world.

Insect Conservation
Insect Conservation

Author: Michael J. Samways

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 0199298238

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This handbook outlines the main methods and techniques, both modern and traditional, used to measure insect diversity. With the growing relevance of insect conservation in nature, this guide should assist students in understanding a complicated field.

The Conservation of Insects and Their Habitats
The Conservation of Insects and Their Habitats

Author: N.M. Collins

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 0323149308

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The Conservation of Insects and their Habitats is a compilation of papers presented in the 15th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London held at the Department of Physics Lecture Theatre Imperial College, London, on September 14-15, 1989. The papers cover topics on the diversity of entomological habitats and ecologicalroles around the world, and highlight the value of insects to humanity. Some practical proposals for conservation, especially in tropical forests and on islands, where their diversity is greatest, are also given. This book will add to the continuing force for the conservation and protection of biological diversity of the Earth.

Insect Diversity Conservation
Insect Diversity Conservation

Author: Michael J. Samways

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-01-20

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0521783380

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This groundbreaking book is a contemporary global synthesis of the rapidly developing and important field of insect conservation biology. Insects play important roles in terrestrial ecological processes and in maintaining the world as we know it. They present particular conservation challenges, especially as a quarter face extinction within the next few decades. This textbook addresses the ethical foundation of insect conservation, and asks why should we concern ourselves with conservation of a butterfly, beetle or bug? The success of insects and their diversity, which have survived glaciers, is now facing a more formidable obstacle: the meteoric impact of humans. After addressing threats, from invasive alien plants to climate change, the book explores ways insects and their habitats are prioritised, mapped, monitored and conserved. Landscape and species approaches are considered. This book is for undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and managers in conservation biology or entomology, and the wider biological and environmental sciences.