Forests and Insect Conservation in Australia

• Main Author: New, Tim R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Entomology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology .; Applied ecology.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Forestry.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Applied Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

Losses of forests and their insect inhabitants are a major global conservation concern, spanning tropical and temperate forest regions throughout the world. This broad overview of Australian forest insect conservation draws on studies from many places to demonstrate the diversity and vulnerability o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Forests and their insect inhabitants
• 2. Australia's forest ecosystems: conservation perspective for invertebrates
• 3. Changes and threats to Australia's forests
• 4. Insects in native and alien forests in Australia
• 5. Studying insects for conservation in forests
• 6. Insect flagships and indicators in forests
• 7. Conservation versus pest suppression: finding the balance
• 8. Saproxylic insects and the dilemmas of dead wood
• 9. Forest management for insects: issues and Approaches
• 10. Forest management for insect conservation in Australia.