Insect conservation and Australia's grasslands
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Insect conservation and Australia's grasslands
Springer, c2019
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Australia's varied grasslands have suffered massive losses and changes since European settlement, and those changes continue under increasingly intensive human pressures for development and agricultural production. The values of native grasslands for conservation of endemic native biodiversity, both flora and fauna, have led to strong interests in the protection of remaining fragments, especially near urban centres, and documentation of the insects and other inhabitants of grasslands spanning tropical to cool temperate parts of the country. Attention to conservation of grassland insects in Australia is relatively recent, but it is increasingly apparent that grasslands harbour many localised and ecologically specialised endemic species. Their conservation necessarily advances from very incomplete documentation, and draws heavily on lessons from the far better-documented grasslands elsewhere, most notably in the northern hemisphere, and undertaken over far longer periods. From those cases, and the extensive background to grassland management to harmonise conservation with production and amenity values through honing use of processes such as grazing, mowing and fire, the needs and priorities for Australia can become clearer, together with needs for grassland restoration at a variety of scales.
This book is a broad overview of conservation needs of grassland insects in Australia, drawing on the background provided elsewhere in the world on the responses to disturbances, and the ecological importance, of some key insect groups (notably Orthoptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera) to suggest how insect conservation in native, pastoral and urban grasslands may be advanced. The substantial references given for each chapter facilitate entry for non-entomologist grassland managers and stewards to appreciate the diversity and importance of Australia's grassland insects, their vulnerabilities to changes, and the possibilities for conserving them and the wider ecological roles in which they participate.
目次
1 Introduction to grasses and grasslands
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Grasses
1.3 Grasslands
1.4 Grassland remnants
References
2 Australian grasslands - variety and extent
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Australia's natural grassland estate
2.3 Alien grasses in Australia
2.4 Economic and ecological importance
References
3 Agents of change - Management and Succession
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Succession
3.3 Spillover effects
References
4 Intricacies of grassland management for conservation
4.1 Introduction: learning from a global perspective
4.2 European calcareous grassland
4.3 North American prairies
4.4 South Africa's Grassland Biome
4.5 South American grasslands
4.6 New Zealand tussock grasslands
References
5 Urban grasslands
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Turfgrass
5.3 Green roofs
References
6 Insects in grasslands - the key groups for understanding
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The key grassland insect groups
6.2.1 Orthoptera
6.2.2 Hemiptera
6.2.3 Coleoptera
6.2.4 Lepidoptera
6.2.5 Hymenoptera
6.3 Insect communities as grassland indicators
References
7 Flagship insect species in Australia's grasslands
7.1 Introduction: individual species as flagships for grasslands
7.2 Insect species conservation on Australia's grasslands
7.2.1 The Perunga grasshopper Perunga ochracea
7.2.2 The Matchstick grasshopper, Keyacris scurra
7.2.3 The Ptunarra brown butterfly, Oreixenica ptunarra
7.2.4 The Black Grass-dart butterfly, Ocybadistes
knightorum
7.2.5 The Golden sun-moth, Synemon plana
References
8 Pasture pests
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Key pest taxa
8.2.1 Lepidoptera
8.2.2 Pasture scarabs
8.2.3 Orthoptera
8.3 Nutrition and grass quality
8.4 Pest management
References
9 Maintaining ecological integrity and processes
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Pollination
9.3 Nectar supply
References
10 Grassland management for insect conservation: grazing, mowing and fire
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Grazing
10.3 Mowing
10.4 Fire
References
11 Grassland management for insect conservation: restoration
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Grassland restoration
References
Appendix 1. Australian grassland insects and grassland ecological communities listed under conservation legislation
Appendix 2. Australian grassland insects
Index
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