Forests and Insect Conservation in Australia
Lieferzeit: 7-14 Werktage
- Artikel-Nr.: 10474185
Beschreibung
1. Forests and their insect inhabitants
1.1 Introduction: the ecological milieu
1.2 Deforestation
1.3 Fragmentation
1.4 Selective logging
1.5 Losses of insects
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2. Australia's forest ecosystems: conservation perspective for invertebrates
2.1 Introduction: extent and variety of Australia's forests
2.2 Impetus for management
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3. Changes and threats to Australia's forests
3.1 Introduction: needs for management
3.2 Management priorities
3.3 Plantation forestry
3.4 Agricultural conversion
3.5 Agroforestry
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4. Insects in native and alien forests in Australia
4.1 Introduction: the diversity and ecological roles of Australia's forest insects
4.2 Major forest pests
4.3 Alien insects on native trees
4.4 Development of conservation concern for insects in Australia's forests
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5. Studying insects for conservation in forests
5.1 Introduction: problems of access and enumeration
5.2 Assessing diversity
5.3 Insects and forest edges
5.4 Some key groups and concerns
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6. Insect flagships and indicators in forests
6.1 Conservation and flagship insect species in forests
6.2 Conservation and indicator taxa
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7 .Conservation versus pest suppression: finding the balance7.1 Introduction: key concerns and resources
7.2 Alien species
7.3 Ecological patterns
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8. Saproxylic insects and the dilemmas of dead wood
8.1 Introduction: the conservation significance of dead wood
8.2 Coarse woody debris
8.3 Tree stumps
8.4 Salvage logging
8.5 Fine woody debris
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9. Forest management for insects: issues and Approaches
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Fire and management
9.3 Ecological traps
9.4 Forest reserves and landscape structure
9.5 Corridors and connectivity
9.6 Retention forestry
9.7 Scattered and Veteran trees
9.8 Urban forests
9.9 Riparian vegetation
9.10 Implications of climate change
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10. Forest management for insect conservation in Australia
10.1 Introduction: perspective
10.2 Forest protection
10.3 Forest regeneration and landscape design
10.4 Gaps
10.5 Modifyng forest management
10.6 Needs and prospects
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