Insect Species Conservation

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

T. R. New (Author)

9780521732765, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 May 2009

272 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.44 kg

'… great to read … a valuable resource for land managers, conservation professionals and students alike and offers a practical framework and advice to help us better protect insect species into the future.' Nick Fountain-Jones, Austral Ecology

Insects are the most diverse and abundant animals that share our world, and conservation initiatives are increasingly needed and being implemented globally, to safe guard the wealth of individual species. This book provides sufficient background information, illustrated by examples from many parts of the world, to enable more confident and efficient progress towards the conservation of these ecologically indispensable animals. Writing for graduate students, academic researchers and professionals, Tim New describes the major ingredients for insect species management and conservation, and how these may be integrated into effective practical management and recovery plans.

1. Needs and priorities for insect species conservation
2. Plans for insect species conservation
3. Habitat, population and dispersal issues
4. Current and future needs in planning habitat and resource supply
5. Beyond habitat: other threats to insects, and their management
6. Adaptive management options: habitat re-creation
7. Reintroductions and ex situ conservation
8. Roles of monitoring in conservation management
9. Promotion of insect species for wider conservation attention
10. Insect management plans for the future.

Subject Areas: Environmental management [RNF], Zoology: Invertebrates [PSVT], Zoology & animal sciences [PSV], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]