Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: New, Tim R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; History.; Applied ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; History of Science.; Applied Ecology.

This multi-authored book, with contributions from many of the leading and most influential workers in insect conservation, traces the development of the discipline and its acceptance as an important component of biodiversity conservation.  Practical and political problems of the genesis of insect co...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• List of contributors
• Tim New. Introduction to insect conservation, an emerging discipline
• Section 1. Organisations in the United Kingdom
• Section 2. North  American developments
• Section 3. The  temperate southern regions
• Section 4. Regional  themes and developments
• Section 5. Looking  forward
• Index.