Overview
- First global survey that brings Australian forest insect biology and conservation into a practical context to facilitate their conservation
- Brings Australian forest insects and their conservation needs into wider global perspective for international readership
- Broad synthesis of complex ecological and management issues across varied forest types and political/practical operating environments
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About this book
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 of forest insects and how their conservation may be pursued through combinations of increased understanding, forest protection and silvicultural management in both natural and plantation forests. The relatively recent history of severe human disturbance to Australian forests ensures that reasonably natural forest patches remain and serve as ‘models’ for many forest categories. They are also refuges for many forest biota extirpated from the wider landscapes as forests are lost, and merit strenuous protection from further changes, and wider efforts to promote connectivity between otherwise isolated remnant patches. In parallel, the recent attention to improving forest insect conservation inharmony with insect pest management continues to benefit from perspectives generated from better-documented faunas elsewhere. Lessons from the northern hemisphere, in particular, have led to revelations of the ecological importance and vulnerability of many insect taxa in forests, together with clear evidence that ‘conservation can work’ in concert with wider forest uses. A brief outline of the variety of Australian tropical and temperate forests and woodlands, and of the multitude of endemic and, often, highly localised insects that depend on them highlights needs for conservation (both of single focal species and wider forest-dependent radiations and assemblages). The ways in which insects contribute to sustained ecological integrity of these complex ecosystems provide numerous opportunities for practical conservation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Forests and Insect Conservation in Australia
Authors: Tim R. New
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92222-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92221-8Published: 26 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06386-3Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92222-5Published: 27 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 276
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations
Topics: Entomology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Applied Ecology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Forestry