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Insect Conservation and Urban Environments
This overview of the impacts of urbanisation on insect life and of the principles and practice of insect conservation in urban environments brings together examples and urban contexts from many parts of the world, to demonstrate the wide variety of urban threats and possible remedial measures to con...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Urban environments and insect wellbeing
- 2. Insects in urban environments
- 3. Insects along urban-rural gradients
- 4. Impacts on insect communities and species5. Alien species in urban environments
- 6. Urban insect pest management: implications for insect conservation
- 7. Selected urban threats to insects
- 8. Countering insect habitat losses and change in urban areas
- 9. Providing habitats for urban insects
- 10. Landscape connectivity for urban insects
- 11. Education and cultural awareness for the future.