Arthropod Diversity and Conservation

David L. Hawksworth (Curatore)

Alan T. Bull (Curatore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2006

Despite their enormous bulk and complexity of architecture, plants make up only around a quarter of a million of the 8 million or so species on Earth. The major components of biodiversity, instead, are the smaller, largely unseen, silent majority of invertebrates – most of which are arthropods. Vertebrates, a mere blip on the biotic horizon, are elevated in importance in the bigger scheme of things only by the human psyche. This collection of more than 30 peer-reviewed papers focuses on the diversity and conservation of arthropods, whose species inhabit virtually every recess and plane – and feature somewhere in virtually every food web – on the planet. Highlighting issues ranging from large-scale disturbance to local management, and from spatial heterogeneity to temporal patterns, these papers reflect some of the most exciting new research taking place today – and in some of the most biodiverse corners of the planet.

• Curatore: David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Collana: Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation
• Anno: 2006
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 525 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9781402052033

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