Insect biodiversity : science and society / edited by Dr. Robert G. Foottit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada, Professor Peter H. Adler, Clemson University, South Carolina, US.

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Publication details: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.Edition: Second editionDescription: volumes : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cmISBN:

9781118945537

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23 595.7 In7-2

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v. I. Introduction / Peter H. Adler and Robert G. Foottit -- The importance of insects / Geoffrey G.E. Scudder -- Part I. Insect biodiversity : regional examples. Insect biodiversity in the Nearctic region / Hugh V. Danks and Andrew B.T. Smith ; Amazonian rainforests and their richness and abundance of terrestrial arthropods on the edge of extinction : abiotic-biotic players in the critical zone / Terry L. Erwin, Laura S. Zamorano and Christy J. Geraci ; Insect biodiversity in the Afrotropical region / Clarke H. Scholtz and Mervyn W. Mansell ; Biodiversity of Australasian insects / Peter S. Cranston ; Insect biodiversity in the Palearctic region / Boris A. Korotyaev, Alexander S. Konstantinov and Mark G. Volkovitsh -- Part II. Insect biodiversity : taxon examples. Biodiversity of aquatic insects / John C. Morse ; Biodiversity of Diptera / Gregory W. Courtney, Thomas Pape, Jeffrey H. Skevington ad Bradley J. Sinclair ; Biodiversity of Heteroptera / Thomas J. Henry ; Biodiversity of Coleoptera / Patrice Bouchard, Andrew B.T. Smith, Hume Douglas, Matthew L. Gimmel, Adam J. Brunke and Kojun Kanda ; Biodiversity of Hymenoptera / John T. Huber ; Diversity and significance of Lepidoptera : a phylogenetic perspective / Paul Z. Goldstein -- Part III. Insect biodiversity : tools and approaches. The science of insect taxonomy : prospects and needs / Quentin D. Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller ; Insect species : concepts and practice / Michael F. Claridge ; Molecular dimensions of insect taxonomy in the genomics era / Amanda Roe, Julian Dupuis and Felix Sperling ; DNA barcodes and insect biodiversity / John-James Wilson, Kong-Wah Sing, Robin M. Floyd and Paul D.N. Hebert ; Insect biodiversity informatics / Norman F. Johnson ; Parasitoid biodiversity and insect pest management / John Heraty ; The taxonomy of crop pests : the aphids / Gary L. Miller and Robert G. Foottit ; Adventive (non-native) insects and the consequences for science and society of species that become invasive / Alfred G. Wheeler, Jr and E. Richard Hoebeke ; Biodiversity of blood-sucking flies : implications for humanity / Peter H. Adler ; Reconciling ethical and scientific issues for insect conservation / Michael J. Samways ; Taxonomy and management of insect biodiversity / Ke Chung Kim ; Insect biodiversity : millions and millions / May Berenbaum -- v. 2. Introduction: A brief history of revolutions in the study of insect biodiversity / Peter H. Adler and Robert G. Foottit -- Part I. Habitats and regions. Insect biodiversity in the Arctic / Ian D. Hodkinson ; Insect biodiversity in Indochina : a window into the riches of the Oriental region / Seunghwan Lee and Ram Keshari Duwal ; Biodiversity of arthropods on islands / Rosemary G. Gillespie and Kipling Will ; Beneficial insects in agriculture : enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services / Matthew S. Jones and William E. Snyder ; Insects in caves / David C. Culver and Tanja Pipan -- Part II. Taxa. Biodiversity of the thysanurans (microcoryphia and zygentoma) / Luis F. Mendes ; Biodiversity of zoraptera and their little-known biology / Jae C. Choe ; Biodiversity of embiodea / Janice S. Edgerly ; Biodiversity of orthoptera / Hojun Song ; Biodiversity of phasmatodea / Sven Bradler and Thomas R. Buckley ; Biodiversity of dermaptera / Fabian Haas ; Biodiversity of grylloblattodea and mantophasmatodea / Monika J. B. Eberhard, Sean D. Schoville and Klaus-Dieter Klass ; Biodiversity of blattodea : the cockroaches and termites / Marie Djernæs ; Biodiversity of mantodea / Frank Wieland and Gavin J. Svenson ; Biodiversity of psocoptera / Edward L. Mockford ; Biodiversity of ectoparasites : lice (phthiraptera) and fleas (siphonaptera) / Terry D. Galloway ; Biodiversity of thysanoptera / Laurence A. Mound ; The diversity of the true hoppers (hemiptera : auchenorrhyncha) / Charles R. Bartlett, Lewis L. Deitz, Dmitry A. Dmitriev, Allen F. Sanborn, Adeline Soulier-Perkins and Matthew S. Wallace ; The biodiversity of sternorrhyncha : scale insects, aphids, psyllids, and whiteflies / Nate B. Hardy ; Biodiversity of the neuropterida (insecta : neuroptera, megaloptera, and raphidioptera) / John D. Oswald and Renato J. P. Machado ; Biodiversity of strepsiptera / Jeyaraney Kathirithamby ; Biodiversity of mecoptera / Weslay J. Bicha -- Part III. Perspectives. The fossil history of insect diversity / Conrad C. Labandeira ; Phenotypes in insect biodiversity research / István Mikó and Andrew R. Deans ; Global change and insect biodiversity in agroecosystems / David R. Gillespie, Matthew J. W. Cock, Thibaud Decaëns, Philippa J. Gerard, Sandra D. Gillespie, Juan J. Jiménez and Owen O. Olfert ; Digital photography and the democratization of biodiversity information / Stephen A. Marshall ; Bee (hymenoptera : apoidea: anthophila) diversity through time / Sophie Cardinal ; Insect biodiversity in culture and art / Gene Kritsky and Jessee J. Smith.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. I. Introduction / Peter H. Adler and Robert G. Foottit --
The importance of insects / Geoffrey G.E. Scudder --
Part I. Insect biodiversity : regional examples. Insect biodiversity in the Nearctic region / Hugh V. Danks and Andrew B.T. Smith ; Amazonian rainforests and their richness and abundance of terrestrial arthropods on the edge of extinction : abiotic-biotic players in the critical zone / Terry L. Erwin, Laura S. Zamorano and Christy J. Geraci ; Insect biodiversity in the Afrotropical region / Clarke H. Scholtz and Mervyn W. Mansell ; Biodiversity of Australasian insects / Peter S. Cranston ; Insect biodiversity in the Palearctic region / Boris A. Korotyaev, Alexander S. Konstantinov and Mark G. Volkovitsh --
Part II. Insect biodiversity : taxon examples. Biodiversity of aquatic insects / John C. Morse ; Biodiversity of Diptera / Gregory W. Courtney, Thomas Pape, Jeffrey H. Skevington ad Bradley J. Sinclair ; Biodiversity of Heteroptera / Thomas J. Henry ; Biodiversity of Coleoptera / Patrice Bouchard, Andrew B.T. Smith, Hume Douglas, Matthew L. Gimmel, Adam J. Brunke and Kojun Kanda ; Biodiversity of Hymenoptera / John T. Huber ; Diversity and significance of Lepidoptera : a phylogenetic perspective / Paul Z. Goldstein --
Part III. Insect biodiversity : tools and approaches. The science of insect taxonomy : prospects and needs / Quentin D. Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller ; Insect species : concepts and practice / Michael F. Claridge ; Molecular dimensions of insect taxonomy in the genomics era / Amanda Roe, Julian Dupuis and Felix Sperling ; DNA barcodes and insect biodiversity / John-James Wilson, Kong-Wah Sing, Robin M. Floyd and Paul D.N. Hebert ; Insect biodiversity informatics / Norman F. Johnson ; Parasitoid biodiversity and insect pest management / John Heraty ; The taxonomy of crop pests : the aphids / Gary L. Miller and Robert G. Foottit ; Adventive (non-native) insects and the consequences for science and society of species that become invasive / Alfred G. Wheeler, Jr and E. Richard Hoebeke ; Biodiversity of blood-sucking flies : implications for humanity / Peter H. Adler ; Reconciling ethical and scientific issues for insect conservation / Michael J. Samways ; Taxonomy and management of insect biodiversity / Ke Chung Kim ; Insect biodiversity : millions and millions / May Berenbaum --
v. 2. Introduction: A brief history of revolutions in the study of insect biodiversity / Peter H. Adler and Robert G. Foottit --
Part I. Habitats and regions. Insect biodiversity in the Arctic / Ian D. Hodkinson ; Insect biodiversity in Indochina : a window into the riches of the Oriental region / Seunghwan Lee and Ram Keshari Duwal ; Biodiversity of arthropods on islands / Rosemary G. Gillespie and Kipling Will ; Beneficial insects in agriculture : enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services / Matthew S. Jones and William E. Snyder ; Insects in caves / David C. Culver and Tanja Pipan --
Part II. Taxa. Biodiversity of the thysanurans (microcoryphia and zygentoma) / Luis F. Mendes ; Biodiversity of zoraptera and their little-known biology / Jae C. Choe ; Biodiversity of embiodea / Janice S. Edgerly ; Biodiversity of orthoptera / Hojun Song ; Biodiversity of phasmatodea / Sven Bradler and Thomas R. Buckley ; Biodiversity of dermaptera / Fabian Haas ; Biodiversity of grylloblattodea and mantophasmatodea / Monika J. B. Eberhard, Sean D. Schoville and Klaus-Dieter Klass ; Biodiversity of blattodea : the cockroaches and termites / Marie Djernæs ; Biodiversity of mantodea / Frank Wieland and Gavin J. Svenson ; Biodiversity of psocoptera / Edward L. Mockford ; Biodiversity of ectoparasites : lice (phthiraptera) and fleas (siphonaptera) / Terry D. Galloway ; Biodiversity of thysanoptera / Laurence A. Mound ; The diversity of the true hoppers (hemiptera : auchenorrhyncha) / Charles R. Bartlett, Lewis L. Deitz, Dmitry A. Dmitriev, Allen F. Sanborn, Adeline Soulier-Perkins and Matthew S. Wallace ; The biodiversity of sternorrhyncha : scale insects, aphids, psyllids, and whiteflies / Nate B. Hardy ; Biodiversity of the neuropterida (insecta : neuroptera, megaloptera, and raphidioptera) / John D. Oswald and Renato J. P. Machado ; Biodiversity of strepsiptera / Jeyaraney Kathirithamby ; Biodiversity of mecoptera / Weslay J. Bicha --
Part III. Perspectives. The fossil history of insect diversity / Conrad C. Labandeira ; Phenotypes in insect biodiversity research / István Mikó and Andrew R. Deans ; Global change and insect biodiversity in agroecosystems / David R. Gillespie, Matthew J. W. Cock, Thibaud Decaëns, Philippa J. Gerard, Sandra D. Gillespie, Juan J. Jiménez and Owen O. Olfert ; Digital photography and the democratization of biodiversity information / Stephen A. Marshall ; Bee (hymenoptera : apoidea: anthophila) diversity through time / Sophie Cardinal ; Insect biodiversity in culture and art / Gene Kritsky and Jessee J. Smith.

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