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• catalog abstract ""Increasing attention has been focused on biodiversity in recent years, based on a number of arguments to justify the conservation of the world's flora and fauna. Such arguments may be economic - that species may have potential for food or medicine - or ecological - that the extinction of any species affects the overall ecological balance. Little attention, however, has been focused on which groups have the greatest impact on maintaining diversity." "Hymenoptera is one of these groups. It not only forms a major component of diversity itself, but is vital in sustaining diversity in other groups. Hymenoptera species (bees, wasps, ants and sawflies) are major plant pollinators, seed dispersers, and parasitoids and predators of other arthropods (and hence important in biological control). This volume therefore tackles an important subject and concentrates on three key issues: how species of Hymenoptera affect diversity in other organisms; whether Hymenoptera is a group prone to extinction; and the consequences if Hymenoptera species are differentially removed from terrestrial ecosystems. The book is essential reading for entomologists and those concerned with biodiversity and conservation."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b5260796.
• catalog contributor b5260797.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description ""Increasing attention has been focused on biodiversity in recent years, based on a number of arguments to justify the conservation of the world's flora and fauna. Such arguments may be economic - that species may have potential for food or medicine - or ecological - that the extinction of any species affects the overall ecological balance. Little attention, however, has been focused on which groups have the greatest impact on maintaining diversity." "Hymenoptera is one of these groups. It not only forms a major component of diversity itself, but is vital in sustaining diversity in other groups. Hymenoptera species (bees, wasps, ants and sawflies) are major plant pollinators, seed dispersers, and parasitoids and predators of other arthropods (and hence important in biological control). This volume therefore tackles an important subject and concentrates on three key issues: how species of Hymenoptera affect diversity in other organisms; whether Hymenoptera is a group prone to extinction; and the consequences if Hymenoptera species are differentially removed from terrestrial ecosystems. The book is essential reading for entomologists and those concerned with biodiversity and conservation."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "(cont.) Parasitic Hymenoptera, biological control, and biodiversity / J. LaSalle -- Parasitoid webs / J. Memmott and H.C.J. Godfray -- Refuges, host population dynamics and the genesis of parasitoid diversity / B.A. Hawkins -- The role and enhancement of parasitic Hymenoptera biodiversity in agroecosystems / M.A. Altieri, J.R. Cure, and M.A. Garcia -- Spatial patterns in the description and richness of the Hymenoptera / K.J. Gaston -- What does tropical society want from the taxonomist? / D.H. Janzen -- Measuring biodiversity for choosing conservation areas / P.H. Williams, R.I. Vane-Wright, and C.J. Humphries -- Costa Rica : an innovative approach to the study of tropical biodiversity / R. Gámez and I.D. Gauld.".
• catalog description "Hymenoptera : their diversity, and their impact on the diversity of other organisms / J. LaSalle and I.D. Gauld -- Intraspecific biodiversity in Hymenoptera : implications for conservation and biological control / T.R. Unruh and R.H. Messing -- Threats to the diversity of solitary bees in a Neotropical dry forest in Central America / S.B. Vinson, G.W. Frankie, and J. Barthell -- Effects of increasing land utilization on species representation and diversity of aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa / F.W. Gess and S.K. Gess -- Comparison of the arboreal ant mosaic in Ghana, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, and Australia--its structure and influence on arthropod diversity / J.D. Majer -- Bees, pollination systems, and plant diversity / J.L. Neff and B.B. Simpson -- Diversity of native bees and agroecosystems / C. O'Toole.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xi, 348 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Hymenoptera and biodiversity.".
• catalog identifier "085198830X".
• catalog isFormatOf "Hymenoptera and biodiversity.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Wallingford, Oxon, UK : C.A.B. International,".
• catalog relation "Hymenoptera and biodiversity.".
• catalog spatial "Tropics.".
• catalog subject "595.79 20".
• catalog subject "Biodiversity Tropics.".
• catalog subject "Biodiversity.".
• catalog subject "Hymenoptera Tropics.".
• catalog subject "Hymenoptera.".
• catalog subject "QL563 .H953 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents "(cont.) Parasitic Hymenoptera, biological control, and biodiversity / J. LaSalle -- Parasitoid webs / J. Memmott and H.C.J. Godfray -- Refuges, host population dynamics and the genesis of parasitoid diversity / B.A. Hawkins -- The role and enhancement of parasitic Hymenoptera biodiversity in agroecosystems / M.A. Altieri, J.R. Cure, and M.A. Garcia -- Spatial patterns in the description and richness of the Hymenoptera / K.J. Gaston -- What does tropical society want from the taxonomist? / D.H. Janzen -- Measuring biodiversity for choosing conservation areas / P.H. Williams, R.I. Vane-Wright, and C.J. Humphries -- Costa Rica : an innovative approach to the study of tropical biodiversity / R. Gámez and I.D. Gauld.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Hymenoptera : their diversity, and their impact on the diversity of other organisms / J. LaSalle and I.D. Gauld -- Intraspecific biodiversity in Hymenoptera : implications for conservation and biological control / T.R. Unruh and R.H. Messing -- Threats to the diversity of solitary bees in a Neotropical dry forest in Central America / S.B. Vinson, G.W. Frankie, and J. Barthell -- Effects of increasing land utilization on species representation and diversity of aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa / F.W. Gess and S.K. Gess -- Comparison of the arboreal ant mosaic in Ghana, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, and Australia--its structure and influence on arthropod diversity / J.D. Majer -- Bees, pollination systems, and plant diversity / J.L. Neff and B.B. Simpson -- Diversity of native bees and agroecosystems / C. O'Toole.".
• catalog title "Hymenoptera and biodiversity / edited by J. LaSalle and I.D. Gauld.".
• catalog type "text".