Insect Diversity and Ecosystem Services
Volume 1: Importance, Threats, Conservation, and Economic Perspectives
- 292 pages
- English
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Insect Diversity and Ecosystem Services
Volume 1: Importance, Threats, Conservation, and Economic Perspectives
About this book
This new innovative work on insects and their impact on the ecosystem covers the role of insects in environmental pollution, their use in sustainable agricultural services, and the industrial, forensic, and medical applications of insects and their pure products. The book also covers the entomological and molecular aspects of insects, identifies the gaps in the research, and looks at integrated management strategies for pests.
Volume 1: Importance, Threats, Conservation, and Economic Perspectives, reviews the different insect orders regarding their diversity and importance in providing free ecological services and discusses the diversity patterns of world biogeographic zones and how insects contribute to maintaining ecological diversity.
Volume 2: Environmental Indicators, Molecular Approaches, and Management Strategies discusses the role of insects as environmental indicators, the effect of pesticides on insect diversity, strategies to control the diversity of insects, medical and forensic importance of insects, exploring new insect species through DNA barcoding, integrated pest management, the role of insect population in agriculture, and eco-friendly pest management approaches.
Some topics covered in the book include:
- Role of insects for the sustainable agricultural development
- Commercial importance of insects and their products
- Food additive roles of insects and formulation of remedies for the reduction of disease pathogenesis
- Management strategies for pest control
Some specific topics include colony collapse disorder of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera l.) populations, insects as strong crime indicator tools in forensic sciences, insect-based value-added products, and more.
Together, these two volumes offer important information for researchers, academicians, scientists, industrialists, teachers, entomologists, and students for understanding the contribution of insects towards the sustainability of the ecosystem.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Editors
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Insect Biodiversity Conservation: Why It's Needed?
- 2. The Importance of Taxonomy in Biological Research
- 3. Aquatic Insect Ecosystems: Diversity, Role, and Conservation
- 4. Entomological Threats: Assessment, Approaches, and Challenges
- 5. Insect-Based Value-Added Products: Current Scenario and Future Scope
- 6. Caddisfly (Trichoptera): Diversity and Ecosystem Services
- 7. Trichoptera of Europe: Diversity, Importance, and Conservation
- 8. Current Status and Future Prospects of the Aphidophagous Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Pakistan
- 9. Bumblebees: Diversity, Role in Pollination Ecology, Threats, and Conservation
- 10. Review on Antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of India
- 11. Industrial Entomology: Progress and Economic Perspectives
- 12. Forensic Entomology: Progress and Implications
- Index