New Insects, Fire and Conservation

2014
ISBN: 978-3-319-08096-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, eBook

A global synthesis of the impacts of wildfires and controlled burning on insects, bringing together much hitherto scattered information to provide a guide to improved conservation management practice. The great variety of responses by insect species and assemblages demonstrates the often subtle balance between fire being a severe threat and a vital management component. Examples from many parts of the world and from diverse biotopes and production systems display the increasingly detailed appreciation of fire impacts on insects in terrestrial and freshwater environments and the ways in which prescribed burning may be tailored to reduce harmful ecological impacts and incorporated into protocols for threatened species and wider insect conservation benefits.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

New, Tim R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents 1 Fire ecology and insect ecology1.1 Introduction: a perspective of fires1.2 Fire regimes1.3 Pyromes1.4 Plant responses to fire1.5 Mosaics1.6 Refuges1.7 Habitat1.8 Integration2 Insect responses to fire2.1 Introduction2.2 Impacts and responses2.3 Pyrophilous insects2.4 Recovery from fire2.5 The variety of studies2.6 Interpreting the outcomes2.7 Focal groups3 Sampling and study techniques3.1 Introduction3.2 Methods3.3 Problems with rare species4 Ecological impacts of fires on insects4.1 Introduction4.2 Gradients in herbivory4.3 Plant vigour4.4 Interpreting change4.5 Impacts on freshwater insects4.6 Climate and scale4.7 Opportunism: learning from accidents5 Fires and insect pest management5.1 Introduction5.2 Forest pests5.3 Rangeland pests5.4 Saproxylic insects5.5 Invasive ants6 Fire in threatened species conservation management6.1 Introduction6.2 General lessons from examples6.3 Species: some cases7 Fire and insect assemblages7.1 Introduction7.2 Representative assemblages7.3 Changes and comparisons8 Fire as a management component8.1 Introduction8.2 Fire in wider management8.3 Untangling effects8.4 Fire retardants8.5 Fire suppression9 Prospects9.1 Introduction9.2 Natural disturbance?9.3 Prospects for protocolsReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Emeritus Professor Tim New is an entomologist with broad interests in insect systematics, ecology and conservation. For long based at La Trobe University, Melbourne, he has travelled widely to collect and study insects in many parts of the world, and his extensive publications on these topics include about 40 books. He is recognised globally as one of the leading advocates for insect conservation.