Download or read book Canopy Arthropod Research in Europe written by Andreas Floren and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measuring Arthropod Biodiversity written by Jean Carlos Santos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a wide range of sampling methods for investigating different arthropod groups. Each chapter is organized to describe and evaluate the main sampling methods (field methods, materials and supplies, sampling protocols, effort needed, and limitations); in addition, some chapters describe the specimen preparation and conservation, species identification, data collection and management (treatment, statistical analysis, interpretation), and ecological/conservation implications of arthropod communities. The book aims to be a reference for zoologists, entomologists, arachnologists, ecologists, students, researchers, and for those interested in arthropod science and biodiversity. We hope the book will contribute to advance knowledge on field assessments and conservation strategies. Arthropods represent the most speciose group of organisms on Earth, with a remarkable number of species and interactions still to be described. These invertebrates are recognized for playing key ecological roles in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Because of the increasing and relentless threats arthropods are facing lately due to a multitude of human induced drivers, this book represents an important contribution to assess their biodiversity and role in ecosystem functioning and generation of ecosystem services worldwide.
Download or read book Saproxylic Insects written by Michael D. Ulyshen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers extensive information on insect life in dying and dead wood. Written and reviewed by leading experts from around the world, the twenty-five chapters included here provide the most global coverage possible and specifically address less-studied taxa and topics. An overarching goal of this work is to unite literature that has become fragmented along taxonomic and geographic lines. A particular effort was made to recognize the dominant roles that social insects (e.g., termites, ants and passalid beetles) play in saproxylic assemblages in many parts of the world without overlooking the non-social members of these communities. The book is divided into four parts: · Part I “Diversity” includes chapters addressing the major orders of saproxylic insects (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Blattodea), broadly organized in decreasing order of estimated global saproxylic diversity. In addition to order-level treatments, some chapters in this part discuss groups of particular interest, including pollinators, hymenopteran parasitoids, ants, stag and passalid beetles, and wood-feeding termites. · Part II “Ecology” discusses insect-fungal and insect-insect interactions, nutritional ecology, dispersal, seasonality, and vertical stratification. · Part III “Conservation” focuses on the importance of primary forests for saproxylic insects, offers recommendations for conserving these organisms in managed forests, discusses the relationships between saproxylic insects and fire, and addresses the value of tree hollows and highly-decomposed wood for saproxylic insects. Utilization of non-native wood by saproxylic insects and the suitability of urban environments for these organisms are also covered. · Lastly, Part IV “Methodological Advancements” highlights molecular tools for assessing saproxylic diversity. The book offers an accessible and insightful resource for natural historians of all kinds and will especially appeal to entomologists, ecologists, conservationists and foresters.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Cicadoidea Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha written by Allen F. Sanborn and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third in a series of catalogs and bibliographies of the Cicadoidea covering 1981-2010. The work summarizes the cicada literature, providing a means for easy access to information previously published on a particular species or to allow researchers the ability to locate similar work that has been published on other species. A total of 2,591 references are included in the bibliography. The book is a source of biological and systematic information that could be used by zoologists, entomologists, individuals interested in crop protection, and students studying entomology as well as anyone interested in cicadas or who require specific information on the insects. Each genus/species is identified with the reference, the page number, any figures (if applicable), the topics covered by the reference, any synonymies, and any biogeographic information mentioned for the species in the individual reference. An added benefit to the catalog is that it is the first complete species list for the Cicadoidea, including all synonymies and new combinations through 2012. - Provides nearly four times the number of references of the previous catalog, demonstrating the explosion of data since that time - Contains all references found that mention a genus or species name in the work - Includes more than 300 additional references that were not in the two previous works on this subject - Features the first complete species list for the Cicadoidea, including all synonymies
Download or read book Canopy Arthropods written by Nigel E. Stork and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As forests are cut down, altered and fragmented, the communities of organisms associated with them are also affected. Predictions of global species extinction rates based on forest loss range 1% to 10% each decade. Because arthropods comprise the largest component of animal species richness, it is inevitable that many arthropod species will become extinct. Millions of these species are thought to live in the forest canopy. During the last twenty years recognition of the importance of canopy arthropods to global biodiversity and the crucial roles arthropods play in forests has led to a revolution in the study and understanding of the arthropod community structure in the forest canopy. Recent advances have been greatly aided by the development of improved sampling techniques and new methods of access to the forest canopy. Canopy Arthropods brings together for the first time a wide range of the most recent studies of arthropods living in forest canopies and comes from a truly international team of contributors.
Download or read book Conopidae Diptera written by Jens-Hermann Stuke and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Catalogue of the Conopidae offers the first complete list of this Diptera family worldwide since 1919. 808 recent and fossil species, together with their synonyms, belonging to 57 genera are listed. All original descriptions have been verified by the author. Type material and its depository is described for every species, the published distribution for each species is documented at the country level, and a complete list of references is provided for every record. Published information concerning hosts, possible hosts and egg carriers is compiled, with some 309 host species being reported for 73 species of Conopidae. With more than 1450 literature citations, this catalogue presents by far the most complete taxonomic assessment of this family produced to date.
Download or read book Understanding Patterns and Mechanisms of Forest Canopy Diversity and Ecosystem Functions in a Changing World written by Akihiro Nakamura and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arthropods of Tropical Forests written by Yves Basset and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-23 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthropods are the most diverse group of organisms on our planet and the tropical rainforests represent the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems. This book, written by 79 authors contributing to 35 chapters, aims to provide an overview of data collected during recent studies in Australia, Africa, Asia, and South America. The book focuses on the distribution of arthropods and their use of resources in the rainforest canopies, providing a basis for comparison between the forest ecosystems of the main biogeographical regions. Topics covered include the distribution of arthropods along vertical gradients and the relationship between the soil/litter habitat and the forest canopy. The temporal dynamics of arthropod communities, habitats and food selection are examined within and among tropical tree crowns, as are the effects of forest disturbance. This important book is a valuable addition to the literature used by community ecologists, conservation biologists entomologists, botanists and forestry experts.
Download or read book Conservation of Biodiversity written by Neville Norman Winchester and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The high canopy (33m-65m) from an ancient Sitka spruce forest in the Carmanah Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was investigated to examine the structure and diversity of the arthropod fauna. A fixed-access canopy system was developed to facilitate arthropod sampling in this habitat. Within the canopies of 5 ancient Sitka spruce trees, arthropods associated with branches were collected by cutting 270 branches over 6 time intervals. Branches were enclosed in plastic bags and contents were examined in the laboratory where 1,268 individuals were enumerated and assigned to feeding guilds. Arthropods associated with the branches in the canopy were dominated by individuals in the phytophagous, predator and parasitoid guilds. Individual trees and seasonality both contributed significantly to the proportional structuring of the phytophagous and predator guilds. Vertical partitioning was not a significant factor in guild proportionality. Interaction effects were only significant for the phytophagous guild. The documentation of high predator loading in a structurally and functionally diverse ecosystem such as ancient forest canopies is in concert with previous studies and supports observations on reduced herbivory in mature, structurally complex forests. I suggest that canopy habitats provide a template important for examining questions about the maintenance of biodiversity in ancient forests. Further understanding of the factors involved may provide us with predictive information that could be used to examine patterns in community structure and provide answers to process-driven biodiversity and conservation questions. I collected samples bi-weekly throughout the growing season, from replicated moss/soil samples and malaise traps from 5 study sites associated with the ancient Sitka spruce forests: 2 ancient forest Sitka spruce canopies, ancient forest interior, transition zone (edge between ancient forest and clear-cut), and clear-cut (6 years old). I recorded 71 species of Oribatida ( 2,117 specimens), representing 51 genera and 34 families. Taxonomic distincness was most pronounced in the canopy moss/soil mats where oribatid mites are members of a distinct arboreal community that is not just a random sub-set of the ground fauna. Comparisons between the high-canopy and three ground sites indicated that overall, species percent similarity was low. Thirty and 28 species of oribatids were recorded from the 2 canopy sites, of which 12 species are canopy specific. Species exhibiting strict arboreal specificity are all in the Brachyphlina, from the families Thyrisomidae, Damaeidae, Eremaeidae, Oripodidae, Gymnodamaeidae,Oppiidae,Peloppiidae, Galumnatidae, and Cymbaeremaeidae. I consider oribatids of the canopy to be inhabitants of islands, in the sense that they are isolated from their ground coimterparts and have a distinct fauna that is characterized by two ecological groups of species; wandering species with dispersal capabilities and arboreal species with low dispersal capabilities. I conclude that oribatid mites can be used as a surrogate for other ancient forest soil microarthropods, and predict that arboreal specificity will also be pronounced in these taxa. I explored dispersal capabilities further, where 36 species of Oribatida (2596 specimens), representing 29 genera and 21 families were recorded from replicated malaise traps positioned in the canopy and on the forest floor. Colonization of malaise traps was 100% in the canopy, 91% in the forest floor and 47% in the clear-cut.Nine of these species were not recorded using high gradient extractions of moss/sod from the canopy or forest floor or clear-cut. Thirty of these species are Brachypyiina, with the families Eremaeidae, Peloppiidae and Ceratozetidae represented by three or more species. Colonizing specimens were predominantly adult, and represent sexually vreproducing taxa; immatures comprised only 0.9% to 4.2% of specimens. Ceratoppia spp., Eporibatula sp.1, Dorycranosus sp.l, Sphaerozetes sp. 1 and Oribatella sp. 1 had a ftequency > 50% in the forest floor malaise traps, and Eporibatula sp. I, Sphaerozetes sp. 1 and Dendrozetes sp. 1 had a frequency > 50% in canopy malaise traps. Phoresy as a source of the oribatid fauna in the malaise traps is unlikely as only Paraleius sp. 1 of the species represented is modified for this mode of dispersal. The number of species recorded from malaise traps, and the frequency, relative abundance and seasonality of many of them support the hypothesis that active aerial dispersal by random movement is an important mode of colonization of canopy habitats. I examined features related to the Centinelan extinction concept and asked whether or not this is applicable to northern temperate ancient forest arthropods. Habitat loss in these forest systems on Vancouver Island is well documented and at present, of 89 ancient forest watersheds over 5000 ha in size, only 6 remain undisturbed by logging. Examination of identified arthropod species ( 1,311 to date), indicates that the structurally complex habitat acts as a reservoir for biological diversity. Of particular importance to the maintenance of arthropod biodiversity is the documentation of those species that are new to science or species that are restricted to habitats only found in ancient forests. The new species (approx. 120) so far recorded represent a contribution towards categorizing the endemic arthropod fauna of this ancient forest. I expect that, with continued taxonomic resolution, this list of undescribed species will be significantly increased. Specific examples include Hypogastrura arborea Fjellberg, Anacliliea vallis Coher and A winchesteri Coher, Cinara n. sp. Voegtlin, and Miniliomosina n. sp. Marshall. This type of habitat specificity is well documented for the oribatid mites and for the staphylinid beetles where I have documented 8 new species of Omaliinae which appear to rely on ancient forests as a source area to maintain reproductively viable subpopulations. Without proper documentation, I suggest that the arthropod fauna of ancient forests contain species that are candidates for the Centinelan extinction concept -- extinction of species unknown before their demise and hence unrecorded. In conclusion, my studies present evidence from several arthropod groups to indicate that the ancient forests of the Carmanah Valley act as a source habitat for several species, many of which are currently undescribed. Habitat specificity is most pronounced in the canopy where soil micro-arthropods such as the oribatid mites exhibit arboreal specificity. The importance of describing these species assemblages coupled with the inclusion of dynamic processes such as dispersal into the framework of how we think about arthropods in ancient forests is a challenge that lies ahead for the entomological research community. Recognizing these components should assist efforts in addressing the conservation of biodiversity in these ancient forests.
Download or read book Descriptive Taxonomy written by Mark F. Watson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age when biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, it is vital that floristic and faunistic information is up to date, reliable and easily accessible for the formulation of effective conservation strategies. Electronic data management and communication are transforming descriptive taxonomy radically, enhancing both the collection and dissemination of crucial data on biodiversity. This volume is written by scientists at the forefront of current developments of floras and faunas, along with specialists from applied user groups. The chapters review novel methods of research, development and dissemination, which aim to maximise the relevance and impact of data. Regional case studies are used to illustrate the outputs and impacts of taxonomic research. Integrated approaches are presented which have the capacity to accelerate the production of floras and faunas and to better serve the needs of a widening audience.
Download or read book Diptera Diversity written by Thomas Pape and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive synopsis of the biodiversity of Diptera, with chapters on all regional faunas, Diptera as ecological indicators, statistical techniques for estimating species diversity based on the known fauna, molecular tools and trends in digital publication.
Download or read book Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems written by Simon R. Leather and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems highlights the problems faced by entomologists working in forest ecosystems. Insects play a major part in all aspects of ecology Brings together the methodology needed to investigate insects through the various strata of the forest canopy Covers techniques associated with various specialised groups of forest insects Each chapter is backed up by a sound approach to experimental design and data analysis Essential reading for advanced students and researchers as well as teachers
Download or read book Alien Terrestrial Arthropods of Europe written by Alain Roques and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canopy Arthropod Communities in the Southern Appalachians written by Chantal Marie Blanton and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tropical Forest Canopies Ecology and Management written by Karl-Eduard Linsenmair and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tropical Forest Canopies Ecology and Management written by K.E. Linsenmair and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost half of all life on earth may exist in the world's forest canopies. They may also play a vital role in maintaining the planet's climate, yet they remain largely unexplored owing to difficulties of access. They are renowned for their great diversity and role in forest functioning, yet there are still great gaps in the understanding of this `last biological frontier'. This seminal book shows how canopy science is now in a position to answer many of the outstanding questions, among which are some of the most pressing environmental issues society is presently facing. It represents a major summary of the current understanding of canopy ecology, and maps a path forward into a greater understanding of tropical forest ecology and management at a time when the very future of this ecosystem is threatened by humanity's actions.
Download or read book Exploring Complex Ecological Patterns in Hyper diverse Tropical Canopy Arthropod Communities Using Modern Genetic Technologies written by Thomas Creedy and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
