Hymenoptera And Conservation

Author : T. R. New
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118381327
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hymenoptera and Conservation written by T. R. New and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hymenoptera, the bees, wasps and ant, are one of the largest insect orders, and have massive ecological importance as pollinators and as predators or parasitoids of other insects. These roles have brought them forcefully to human notice , as governors of some key ecological services that strongly influence human food supply. Recent declines of pollinators and introductions of alien pests or biological control agents are only part of the current concerns for conservation of Hymenoptera, and of the interactions in which they participate in almost all terrestrial ecosystems. Both pests and beneficial species abound within the order, sometimes closely related within the same families. Many taxa are both difficult to identify, and very poorly known. This global overview, the first such account for the whole of the Hymenoptera, discusses a broad range of themes to introduce the insects and their conservation roles and needs, and how their wellbeing may be approached. The book is intended as a source of information for research workers, students, conservation managers and naturalists as an introduction to the importance of this dominant insect order.

Author : George Else
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780861390052
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conservation of Bees and Wasps written by George Else and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian David Gauld
Publisher : Manhattan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Biological Significance and Conservation of Hymenoptera in Europe written by Ian David Gauld and published by Manhattan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynn V. Dicks
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1907807020
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bee Conservation written by Lynn V. Dicks and published by Pelagic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild bees. The authors worked with an international group of bee experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild bees. They range from protecting natural habitat to controlling disease in commercial bumblebee colonies. For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project, where that intervention has been tested and its effects on bees quantified. The result is a thorough guide to what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of bee conservation actions throughout the world. Bee Conservation is the first in a series of synopses that will cover different species groups and habitats, gradually building into a comprehensive summary of evidence on the effects of conservation interventions for all biodiversity throughout the world. By making evidence accessible in this way, we hope to enable a change in the practice of conservation, so it can become more evidence-based. We also aim to highlight where there are gaps in knowledge. Evidence from all around the world is included. If there appears to be a bias towards evidence from northern European or North American temperate environments, this reflects a current bias in the published research that is available to us. Conservation interventions are grouped primarily according to the relevant direct threats, as defined in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Unified Classification of Direct Threats.

Author : T. R. New
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118409256
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lepidoptera and Conservation written by T. R. New and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third in a trilogy of global overviews of conservation of diverse and ecologically important insect groups. The first two were Beetles in Conservation (2010) and Hymenoptera and Conservation (2012). Each has different priorities and emphases that collectively summarise much of the progress and purpose of invertebrate conservation. Much of the foundation of insect conservation has been built on concerns for Lepidoptera, particularly butterflies as the most popular and best studied of all insect groups. The long-accepted worth of butterflies for conservation has led to elucidation of much of the current rationale of insect species conservation, and to definition and management of their critical resources, with attention to the intensively documented British fauna ‘leading the world’ in this endeavour. In Lepidoptera and Conservation, various themes are treated through relevant examples and case histories, and sufficient background given to enable non-specialist access. Intended for not only entomologists but conservation managers and naturalists due to its readable approach to the subject.

Author : Andrew Austin
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 9780643066106
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hymenoptera written by Andrew Austin and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2000 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of terrestrial anthropods and compromises the sawflies, wasps, ants, bees and parasitic wasps. This book examines the current state of all major areas of research for this important group of insects, including systematics, biological control, behaviour and use in education.

Author : John LaSalle
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hymenoptera and Biodiversity written by John LaSalle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing attention has been focused on biodiversity in recent years, based on a number of arguments to justify the conservation of the world's flora and fauna. Such arguments may be economic - that species may have potential for food or medicine - or ecological - that the extinction of any species affects the overall ecological balance. Little attention, however, has been focused on which groups have the greatest impact on maintaining diversity. Hymenoptera is one of these groups. It not only forms a major component of diversity itself, but is vital in sustaining diversity in other groups. Hymenoptera species (bees, wasps, ants and sawflies) are major plant pollinators, seed dispersers and parasitoids and predators of other arthropods (and hence important in biological control). This volume therefore tackles an important subject and concentrates on three key issues: how species of Hymenoptera affect diversity in other organisms; whether Hymenoptera is a group prone to extinction; and the consequences if Hymenoptera species are differentially removed from terrestrial ecosystems. The book is essential reading for entomologists and those concerned with biodiversity and conservation.

Author : Michael Charles Day
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287119117
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards the Conservation of Aculeate Hymenoptera in Europe written by Michael Charles Day and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : N.M. Collins
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0323149308
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conservation of Insects and Their Habitats written by N.M. Collins and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : G R. ELSE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The conservation of bees and wasps written by G R. ELSE and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: