Silent Earth : averting the insect apocalypse / Dave Goulson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goulson, Dave, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insects--Ecology.

Insects.

Insects--Conservation.

Insect populations.

Physical Description:

328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Summary:

An award-winning entomologist and conservationist, drawing on thirty years of research, examines the evidence of an alarming drop in insect numbers around the world, which could cause an ecological disaster.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I WHY INSECTS MATTER

1. A Brief History of Insects

2. The Importance of Insects

3. The Wonder of Insects

pt. II INSECT DECLINES

4. Evidence for Insect Declines

5. Shifting Baselines

pt. III CAUSES OF INSECT DECLINES

6. Losing Their Home

7. The Poisoned Land

8. Weed Control

9. The Green Desert

10. Pandora's Box

11. The Coming Storm

12. Bauble Earth

13. Invasions

14. The Known and Unknown Unknowns

15. Death by a Thousand Cuts

pt. IV WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

16. A View from the Future

pt. V WHAT CAN WE DO?

17. Raising Awareness

18. Greening our Cities

19. The Future of Farming

20. Nature Everywhere

21. Actions for Everyone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: 9781787333345 Goulson, Dave. London : Jonathan Cape, 2021

ISBN:

9780063088207

0063088207

OCLC:

1268939520

Publisher Number:

99988676006