Insect diversity, declines and conservation in Australia / Tim R. New.
2022
QL487 .N38 2022
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Title
Insect diversity, declines and conservation in Australia / Tim R. New.
Author
New, T. R., author.
ISBN
9783030901349 (electronic bk.)
3030901343 (electronic bk.)
9783030901332
3030901335
3030901343 (electronic bk.)
9783030901332
3030901335
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-90134-9 doi
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QL487 .N38 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
595.70994
Summary
Declines and losses of insects throughout the world have wide ramifications for the sustainability of terrestrial and inland water ecosystems, and for humanity. Those changes are complex and confusing to quantify and evaluate as bases for assessing needs and priorities for conservation. Australias insect fauna is taxonomically and ecologically diverse, highly endemic (and, so, unique) and also very imperfectly known, so that establishing numerical and distributional templates for insect diversity against which to measure changes must generally rely on very incomplete information but aided by awareness of a number of clearly threatened species and evidence that profound changes to natural habitats from human activities continue. This book explores the major themes and problems in facilitating and expanding insect conservation interest and practice in Australia, through discussing how diversity may be evaluated, how changes might occur and the global significance of Australias insects, as prelude to outlining practical conservation measures that must be pursued with incomplete documentation and understanding of the fauna. Insect conservation studies and examples (with extensive references given) from many parts of the world are discussed to display how progress may be increased in Australia. Themes such as focus on particular taxa or sites, habitat restoration and protected areas, threat recognition and alleviation, education and citizen science, attention to wider landscape/ecosystem protection, and honing conservation policy to increase attention to insects, are all integral components of developing measures to protect Australias insect heritage. They are discussed in the context of increasing awareness of insect diversity and understanding the richness and vulnerability of numerous native taxa and their restricted environments.
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Fascinating life sciences.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Reality of Insect Declines
Chapter 2. The Problems of Interpreting Changes
Chapter 3. Assessing and Understanding Insect Diversity
Chapter 4. Improving Understanding of Insect Diversity
Chapter 5. Drivers of Decline
Chapter 6. Insect Conservation Need in the Southern Hemisphere
Chapter 7. Levels of Concern and Approach
Chapter 8. Defining and Countering Threats
Chapter 9. Facilitating Conservation Progress
Chapter 10. A Future for Australias Insects.
Chapter 2. The Problems of Interpreting Changes
Chapter 3. Assessing and Understanding Insect Diversity
Chapter 4. Improving Understanding of Insect Diversity
Chapter 5. Drivers of Decline
Chapter 6. Insect Conservation Need in the Southern Hemisphere
Chapter 7. Levels of Concern and Approach
Chapter 8. Defining and Countering Threats
Chapter 9. Facilitating Conservation Progress
Chapter 10. A Future for Australias Insects.