Arthropod Interactions and Responses to Disturbance in a Changing World
Author: Shannon M. Murphy
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2020-06-16
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 288963759X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Shannon M. Murphy
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2020-06-16
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 288963759X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Tim R. New
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-03-02
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 3030901343
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Problems of insect enumeration and assessment of needs are addressed in the contexts of rapid and substantial losses and changes to all key Australian terrestrial and freshwater environments and promoting awarenesss of the importance of insects. Further definition of the insect fauna and its peculiarities can aid threat alleviation and practical management to protect and conserve this unique and largely endemic biodiversity. Written for the many environmental managers and naturalists who are not primarily entomologists, the ten chapters expand from considerations of insect decline and diversity to the unique features of the Australian fauna and its characterisation. Cases and examples from throughout the world illustrate the major needs, approaches and priorities to sustaining a poorly known, diverse and ecologically varied insect heritage of global significance.
Author: Nigel E. Stork
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As forests are cut down, altered and fragmented, the communities of organisms associated with them are also affected. Predictions of global species extinction rates based on forest loss range 1% to 10% each decade. Because arthropods comprise the largest component of animal species richness, it is inevitable that many arthropod species will become extinct. Millions of these species are thought to live in the forest canopy. During the last twenty years recognition of the importance of canopy arthropods to global biodiversity and the crucial roles arthropods play in forests has led to a revolution in the study and understanding of the arthropod community structure in the forest canopy. Recent advances have been greatly aided by the development of improved sampling techniques and new methods of access to the forest canopy. Canopy Arthropods brings together for the first time a wide range of the most recent studies of arthropods living in forest canopies and comes from a truly international team of contributors.
Author: Therese M. Poland
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-02-01
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 3030453677
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the ecology, impacts, and practical tools for management of invasive species. It covers species of all taxonomic groups from insects and pathogens, to plants, vertebrates, and aquatic organisms that impact a diversity of habitats in forests, rangelands and grasslands of the United States. It is well-illustrated, provides summaries of the most important invasive species and issues impacting all regions of the country, and includes a comprehensive primary reference list for each topic. This scientific synthesis provides the cultural, economic, scientific and social context for addressing environmental challenges posed by invasive species and will be a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers, natural resource managers and practitioners.
Author: Christian C. Voigt
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-12-07
Total Pages: 606
ISBN-13: 3319252208
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss. Increasing interactions between humans and bats as a result of hunting, disease relationships, occupation of human dwellings, and conflict over fruit crops are explored in depth. Finally, contributors highlight the roles that taxonomy, conservation networks and conservation psychology have to play in conserving this imperilled but vital taxon. With over 1300 species, bats are the second largest order of mammals, yet as the Anthropocene dawns, bat populations around the world are in decline. Greater understanding of the anthropogenic drivers of this decline and exploration of possible mitigation measures are urgently needed if we are to retain global bat diversity in the coming decades. This book brings together teams of international experts to provide a global review of current understanding and recommend directions for future research and mitigation.
Author: Timothy D. Paine
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-05-24
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 140205162X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Demand for timber and fibre continues to grow and is being met by increased reliance on plantation forestry. Many of the plantations that are being grown around the globe are non-native species that have characteristics of rapid growth and good commercial qualities. In some cases, the high rates of production are a result of the absence of native herbivore and diseases. This limited pest status is threatened as pest species move around the globe. At the same time there is concern about threats of these non-native plantation species on native communities and the impact of changing climates on forest productivity. This volume explores many of these issues for the first time.
Author: Paulo S. Oliveira
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-08-17
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 110715975X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first volume devoted to anthropogenic effects on interactions between ants and flowering plants, considered major parts of terrestrial ecosystems.
Author: Timothy D. Schowalter
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2011-05-31
Total Pages: 652
ISBN-13: 0123813514
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This text integrates the traditional emphases on insect diversity, life history adaptations and species interactions with insect roles in ecosystems subject to environmental changes.
Author: Gary W. Felton
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2020-12-30
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 2889663051
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
Author: Douglas John Levey
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 085199525X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides information on the historical and theoretical perspectives of biodiversity and ecology in tropical forests, plant and animal behaviour towards seed dispersal and plant-animal interactions within forest communities, consequences of seed dispersal, and conservation, biodiversity and management.