Insect biodiversity. Volume 1 : science and society / edited by Dr. Robert G. Foottit, Professor Peter H. Adler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foottit, R. (Robert G.), editor.

Adler, Peter H. (Peter Holdridge), 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insects--Variation.

Insects.

Insects--Evolution.

Insects--Ecology.

Biodiversity conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (876 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Summary:

Volume One of the thoroughly revised and updated guide to the study of biodiversity in insects The second edition of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings together in one comprehensive text contributions from leading scientific experts to assess the influence insects have on humankind and the earth's fragile ecosystems. Revised and updated, this new edition includes information on the number of substantial changes to entomology and the study of biodiversity. It includes current research on insect groups, classification, regional diversity, and a wide range of concepts and developing methodologies. The authors examine why insect biodiversity matters and how the rapid evolution of insects is affecting us all. This book explores the wide variety of insect species and their evolutionary relationships. Case studies offer assessments on how insect biodiversity can help meet the needs of a rapidly expanding human population, and also examine the consequences that an increased loss of insect species will have on the world. This important text: * Explores the rapidly increasing influence on systematics of genomics and next-generation sequencing * Includes developments in the use of DNA barcoding in insect systematics and in the broader study of insect biodiversity, including the detection of cryptic species * Discusses the advances in information science that influence the increased capability to gather, manipulate, and analyze biodiversity information * Comprises scholarly contributions from leading scientists in the field Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society highlights the rapid growth of insect biodiversity research and includes an expanded treatment of the topic that addresses the major insect groups, the zoogeographic regions of biodiversity, and the scope of systematics approaches for handling biodiversity data.

Contents:

Introduction

The importance of insects

Insect biodiversity : regional examples

Insect biodiversity in the nearctic region

Amazonian rainforests and their richness and abundance of terrestrial arthropods on the edge of extinction : abiotic-biotic players in the critical zone

Insect biodiversity in the afrotropical region

Biodiversity of australasian insects

Insect biodiversity in the palearctic region

Insect biodiversity : taxon examples

Biodiversity of aquatic insects

Biodiversity of diptera

Biodiversity of heteroptera

Biodiversity of coleoptera

Biodiversity of hymenoptera

Diversity and significance of lepidoptera : a phylogenetic perspective

Insect biodiversity : tools and approaches

The science of insect taxonomy : prospects and needs

Insect species, concepts and practice

Molecular dimensions of insect taxonomy in the genomics era

Dna barcodes and insect biodiversity

Insect biodiversity informatics

Parasitoid biodiversity and insect pest management

Taxonomy of crop pests : the aphids

Adventive (non-native) insects and the consequences for science and society of species that become invasive

Biodiversity of blood-sucking flies : implications for humanity

Reconciling ethical and scientific issues for insect conservation

Taxonomy and management of insect biodiversity

Insect biodiversity, millions and millions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2017).

ISBN:

9781118945544

1118945549

9781118945551

1118945557

9781118945568

1118945565

OCLC:

972640368