Insect Conservation and Islands /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2008. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.