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OverviewDespite their enormous bulk and complexity of architecture, plants make up only around a quarter of a million of the 8 million or so species on Earth. The major components of biodiversity, instead, are the smaller, largely unseen, silent majority of invertebrates – most of which are arthropods. Vertebrates, a mere blip on the biotic horizon, are elevated in importance in the bigger scheme of things only by the human psyche. This collection of more than 30 peer-reviewed papers focuses on the diversity and conservation of arthropods, whose species inhabit virtually every recess and plane – and feature somewhere in virtually every food web – on the planet. Highlighting issues ranging from large-scale disturbance to local management, and from spatial heterogeneity to temporal patterns, these papers reflect some of the most exciting new research taking place today – and in some of the most biodiverse corners of the planet. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David L. Hawksworth , Alan T. BullPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006 Volume: 1 Weight: 0.916kg ISBN: 9789048173099ISBN 10: 9048173094 Pages: 525 Publication Date: 18 November 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Arthropod diversity in Lama forest reserve (South Benin), a mosaic of natural, degraded and plantation forests; T. Lachat et al.- Ecosystem disturbances and diversity increase: implications for invertebrate conservation; R. Dias Loyola et al.- The diversity and distribution of the fruit bat fauna (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Megachiroptera) of Danjugan Island, Cauayan, Negros Occidental, Philippines (with notes on the Microchiroptera); R. O’Malley et al.- Effects of landscape elements on the distribution of the rare bumblebee species Bombus muscorum in an agricultural landscape; T. Diekötter et al.- How ant nests increase soil biota richness and abundance: a field experiment; A.M. Boulton, K.D. Amberman.- Host specificity, alpha- and beta-diversity of phytophagous beetles in two tropical forests in Panama; F. Ødegaard.- Vertical and temporal patterns of biodiversity of fruit-feeding butterflies in a tropical forest in Uganda; F. Molleman et al.- Associations between weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidea) and plants, and conservation values in two tussock grasslands, Otago, New Zealand; T.J. Murray et al.- Effects of management intensity and season on arboreal ant diversity and abundance in coffee agroecosystems; S.M. Philpott et al.- Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability in leaf litter ant populations in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo; T.O. Bickel et al.- Comparing relative model fit of several species-accumulation functions to local Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea butterfly inventories of Mediterranean habitats; A. Jiménez-Valverde et al.- The habitat requirement of the Genji-firefly Luciola cruciata (Coleoptera : Lampyridae), a representative endemic species of Japanese rural landscapes; M. Takeda et al.- Diversity of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in Galicia, Northwest Spain: estimating thecompleteness of the regional inventory; A. Baselga, F. Novoa.-Topographic heterogeneity plays a crucial role for grasshopper diversity in a southern African megabiodiversity hotspot; S. Gebeyehu, M.J. Samways.- Landscape effects on the genetic structure of the ground beetle Poecilus versicolor STURM 1824; A.-C. Sander et al.- The response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to selection cutting in a South Carolina bottomland hardwood forest; M.D. Ulyshen et al.- Factors influencing bug diversity (Insecta: Heteroptera) in semi-natural habitats; C. Zurbrügg, T. Frank.- Insect colonisation of fruiting bodies of the wood-decaying fungus Fomitopsis pinicola at different distances from an old-growth forest; M. Jonsson, G. Nordlander.- Dragonfly assemblages in arid tropical environments: a case study from western Namibia; F. Suhling et al.- Richness, abundance, and complementarity of fruit-feeding butterfly species in relict sacred forests and forest reserves of Ghana; J.L. Bossart et al.- Ecological impact assessment of the Aznalcóllar mine toxic spill on edaphic coleopteran communities in the Guadiamar River basin (Southern Iberian Peninsula); A.M. Cárdenas, J.M. Hidalgo.- Diversity of the scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) communities in the plantations of moist pine forests of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest and the Tuchola Forest (Poland); E. Durska.- Spatial distribution of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and moths (Lepidoptera) in the Mrtvý luh bog, Šumava Mts (Central Europe): a test of habitat island community; A. Bezdek et al.- Surrogate habitats demonstrate the invasion potential of the African pugnacious ant; P. Addison, M.J. Samways.- Impacts of catastrophic earthquakes on the insect communities in estuarine mangroves, northern Taiwan; C.-J.W. Maa et al.- Countryside Stewardship Scheme and butterflies: a studyReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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