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Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects [electronic resource] / edited by Tim R. New.

By: New, Tim R [editor.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012Description: XII, 435p. 60 illus., 41 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400729636.Subject(s): Life sciences | Science -- History | Applied Ecology | Conservation biology | Entomology | Life Sciences | Conservation Biology/Ecology | Entomology | History of Science | Applied EcologyDDC classification: 577 Online resources: Click here to access online
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 conservation are traced, and current and future scenarios and priorities for progress are discussed.  The book is thereby both an encapsulated history of insect conservation and a template for the future, of interest to science historians, entomologists, and conservation biologists, policy-makers and practitioners in many parts of the world.
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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.

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 conservation are traced, and current and future scenarios and priorities for progress are discussed.  The book is thereby both an encapsulated history of insect conservation and a template for the future, of interest to science historians, entomologists, and conservation biologists, policy-makers and practitioners in many parts of the world.

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