Hymenoptera and conservation /
Hymenoptera, the bees, wasps and ant, are one of the largest insect orders, and have massive ecological importance as pollinators and as predators or parasitoids of other insects. These roles have brought them forcefully to human notice, as governors of some key ecological services that strongly inf...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | Hymenoptera, the bees, wasps and ant, are one of the largest insect orders, and have massive ecological importance as pollinators and as predators or parasitoids of other insects. These roles have brought them forcefully to human notice, as governors of some key ecological services that strongly influence human food supply. Recent declines of pollinators and introductions of alien pests or biological control agents are only part of the current concerns for conservation of Hymenoptera, and of the interactions in which they participate in almost all terrestrial ecosystems. Both pests and benefi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118381311 1118381319 9781118381250 1118381254 9781283542371 1283542374 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118381250 |
