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dc.contributor.author | Holwell, Greg I | en |
dc.contributor.author | Andrew, Nigel R | en |
local.source.editor | Editor(s): Adam Stow, Norman Maclean, Gregory I Holwell | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-18T14:24:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Austral Ark: The State of Wildlife in Australia and New Zealand, p. 278-297 | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781107033542 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17336 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Insects represent the largest component of Australasia's animal diversity. While the uniqueness and conservation needs of Australia and New Zealand's vertebrates are generally understood, the importance of our insects and the threats they face are less appreciated. Some groups, including locally endemic butterflies and flightless giants, such as giant weta, are important for raising public awareness of insect conservation. However, our understanding of how broad processes influence insect populations and communities is in its infancy. Part of the issue is due to a complete lack of knowledge of the biology of the vast majority of insect species, as most insects in Australasia remain undescribed. In this chapter we discuss insect biodiversity in Australia and New Zealand and discuss both insect species and diversity conservation, contrasting patterns in Australia and New Zealand. We then discuss some of the major threats facing insect species and diversity, specifically focussing on the impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation, predation by invasive rodents and climate change. Lastly, we discuss interactions between insects and humans including the provision of ecosystem services by insects in an agricultural context, human consumption of insects (entomophagy) and concerns surrounding the lack of taxonomic expertise for insects in Australasia. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Austral Ark: The State of Wildlife in Australia and New Zealand | en |
dc.relation.isversionof | 1 | en |
dc.title | Protecting the small majority: insect conservation in Australia and New Zealand | en |
dc.type | Book Chapter | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Invertebrate Biology | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Terrestrial Ecology | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Greg I | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Nigel R | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060208 Terrestrial Ecology | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060808 Invertebrate Biology | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 960805 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | en |
local.identifier.epublications | vtls086745266 | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.email | nandrew@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | B1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20150203-163713 | en |
local.publisher.place | Cambridge, United Kingdom | en |
local.identifier.totalchapters | 29 | en |
local.format.startpage | 278 | en |
local.format.endpage | 297 | en |
local.title.subtitle | insect conservation in Australia and New Zealand | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Holwell | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Andrew | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:nandrew | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0002-2850-2307 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:17550 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Protecting the small majority | en |
local.output.categorydescription | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | en |
local.relation.url | http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/207014222 | en |
local.search.author | Holwell, Greg I | en |
local.search.author | Andrew, Nigel R | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2015 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 310308 Terrestrial ecology | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 310913 Invertebrate biology | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences | en |
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