Insect Conservation and Islands - nieuw boek

EAN (ISBN-13): 9781402087820
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1402087829
Verschijningsjaar: 2008
Uitgever: Springer-Verlag
252 Bladzijden
Taal: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9781402087820

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Auteur van het boek: iris murdoch

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Auteur: Tim R. New
Titel: Insect Conservation and Islands
Uitgeverij: Springer; Springer Netherland
251 Bladzijden
Verschijningsjaar: 2008-06-19
Dordrecht; NL
Taal: Engels
96,29 € (DE)
99,00 € (AT)
118,00 CHF (CH)
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EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Biologie/Ökologie; Biodiversität (Artenvielfalt); Verstehen; Entomology; Evolution; Insect Ecology; Insect conservation; Island biogeography; Orthoptera; biodiversity; insect; B; Biodiversity; Conservation Biology; Evolutionary Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ökologie, Biosphäre; Umweltschutz; Evolution; BB

A special issue on insect conservation and islands.- Insect conservation on islands: setting the scene and defining the needs.- Butterflies of European islands: the implications of the geography and ecology of rarity and endemicity for conservation.- Island size is not the only consideration. Ranking priorities for the conservation of butterflies on Italian offshore islands.- A multidimensional characterization of rarity applied to the Aegean tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae).- The occurrence and distribution of carabid beetles (Carabidae) on islands in the Baltic Sea: a review.- Conservation of Southern Ocean Islands: invertebrates as exemplars.- Preliminary conservation status and needs of an oceanic island fauna: the case of Seychelles insects.- Insect conservation in early succession on islands: lessons from Surtsey, Iceland, and the Krakatau Archipelago, Indonesia.- Issues and implications for research on disturbed oceanic islands illustrated through an ant survey of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.- Conservation status and needs of butterflies (Lepidoptera) on the Torres Strait Islands.- Climate variability, biological control and an insect pest outbreak on Australia’s Coral Sea islets: lessons for invertebrate conservation.- Grasshopper outbreak challenges conservation status of a small Hawaiian Island.- History of weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) translocation in New Zealand: lessons learned, islands as sanctuaries and the future.- Possible rescue from extinction: transfer of a rare New Zealand tusked weta to islands in the Mercury group.- Population studies and conservation of Jamaica’s endangered swallowtail butterfly Papilio (Pterourus) homerus.- Notes on the biology, captive management and conservation status of the Lord Howe Island StickInsect (Dryococelus australis) (Phasmatodea).- Invasive species threats to native aquatic insect biodiversity and conservation measures in Hawai’i and French Polynesia.- Philosophical justifications for the extirpation of non-indigenous species: the case of the grasshopper Schistocerca nitens (Orthoptera) on the Island of Nihoa, Hawaii.
Original papers and reviews Key themes in insect conservation and biogeography Contributions by many leading authorities