Insect Conservation and Islands /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: New, Tim R. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
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505 0 |a 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 Stick Insect (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. 
650 0 |a Biodiversity. 
650 0 |a Conservation biology. 
650 0 |a Ecology . 
650 0 |a Nature conservation. 
650 0 |a Evolutionary biology. 
650 1 4 |a Biodiversity. 
650 2 4 |a Conservation Biology/Ecology. 
650 2 4 |a Nature Conservation. 
650 2 4 |a Evolutionary Biology. 
700 1 |a New, Tim R.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks