Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/57604
Title: Insects
Contributor(s): Saunders, Manu E  (author)orcid ; Leather, Simon (author); Stockan, Jenni A (author); Yeates, David (author)
Publication Date: 2023-04-13
DOI: 10.1017/9781108758826
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/57604
Abstract: 

Insects are the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth. They are critical to ecosystem function in terrestrial and aquatic systems, yet they are one of the most understudied groups of organisms. Only a small proportion of the more than five million insect species have been assessed by the IUCN Red List. For most of these species, there is not enough evidence to know what is happening to their populations. In fact, for most insect species globally, there is very little data available on where they live, how they live and what environmental conditions they need to persist in the long term. A number of threats affect insect biology and life cycles generally, including climate change, habitat clearing, invasive species, use of broad-spectrum pesticides, and pollution of soil and waterways. These threats should be addressed immediately to prevent further declines in insect populations. To understand insects better, greater investment in research and documentation of the world's insect diversity is urgently needed.

Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: The Living Planet: The State of the World's Wildlife, p. 227-248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781108731652
9781108758826
1108758827
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310308 Terrestrial ecology
410401 Conservation and biodiversity
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 180606 Terrestrial biodiversity
280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
WorldCat record: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1349224992
Editor: Editor(s): Norman Maclean
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Environmental and Rural Science

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