Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline
- 1st Edition - September 13, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Jonatan Rodríguez, Petr Pysek, Ana Novoa
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 9 1 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 4 4 - 4
Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline offers the most updated knowledge on how invasive alien species affect insect diversity worldwide. The book provides ongoing r… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBiological Invasions and Global Insect Decline offers the most updated knowledge on how invasive alien species affect insect diversity worldwide. The book provides ongoing research and the most relevant information, covering the main aspects of the impact of biological invasions as well as future insights on mitigation and consequences. It discusses how the introduction of all kinds of organisms, from bacteria and plants to vertebrates, affect current declines in insect diversity. The latter portion of the book delves into existent and future monitoring and management programs, including citizen science and regenerative ecology as socio-ecological solutions to combat these threats.
Written and edited by international experts on invasion ecology and insect conservation, this book explores the role of global change and the introduction of invasive species in altering the structure of habitats and how this induces a global insect decline. This will be a valuable resource for entomologists, invasion biologists and other researchers in biodiversity conservation, as well as practitioners and stakeholders concerned about problematic invasive alien species and insect population decline.
- Offers a concise vision of one of the main causes of insect extinctions in the Anthropocene
- Discusses community ecology, insect conservation, species interactions, restoration ecology
- Led by a team of editors whose expertise includes invasive alien species, invasion ecology, insect species diversity, and species conservation
Entomologists, invasion biologists, and researchers in biodiversity and conservation fields
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- List of reviewers
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. Biological invasions: a global threat to insect diversity
- The challenge of insect conservation in the 21st century
- What is an invasive species?
- The impacts of biological invasions
- The impact of biological invasions on insect diversity
- Aims and scope of this book
- Section 1. Biodiversity, insect decline, and consequences of global trade
- Chapter Two. Biodiversity and the importance of insect diversity
- What is biodiversity?
- Insect biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Insect conservation: are we interested?
- Biological invasions and insect conservation
- Chapter Three. The insect decline syndrome
- Introduction
- A brief history of insect decline
- The causes of insect decline
- Can IDS cause a tipping point for insect populations, ecosystem functions, and ecosystem services?
- Conclusions and outlook
- Chapter Four. Global trade in alien species: a challenge for insect conservation
- Introduction
- Plants
- Insects
- Noninsect invertebrates
- Vertebrates
- Conclusions
- Section 2. Impacts of invasive alien species on insect diversity
- Chapter Five. Alien plants and insect diversity
- Alien plants are ubiquitous
- Alien plants affect arthropods
- Impacts through pests and diseases associated with alien plants
- Conclusions
- Chapter Six. Invasive alien insects and insect decline
- Introduction
- Impact mechanisms
- Conclusions
- Chapter Seven. Invasive alien non-insect invertebrates and insect diversity
- Introduction
- Freshwater environments
- Terrestrial environments
- Conclusions
- Chapter Eight. The impact of invasive alien vertebrates on native insects
- Introduction
- Alien fishes
- Alien amphibians
- Alien reptiles
- Alien birds
- Alien mammals
- General remarks and conclusion
- Chapter Nine. Microorganisms and disease-mediated invasions affecting native insect conservation
- Introduction
- Introduced insects and cointroduced pathogens
- Pathogens as biocontrol agents
- Introduced plants and cointroduced pathogens
- Concluding remarks and future directions
- Section 3. Lessons from management and monitoring programs: Restoration ecology and citizen science as socioecological solutions
- Chapter Ten. Reconciling invasive alien species management and insect conservation in terrestrial ecosystems
- Introduction
- Prescribed burning
- Physical removal
- Mowing
- Grazing
- Chemical compounds
- Biological control
- Conclusions
- Chapter Eleven. The role of citizen science in biodiversity monitoring: when invasive species and insects meet
- Introduction
- Citizen science initiatives involving invasive alien species and insects
- Final considerations
- Chapter Twelve. From trade regulations to socio-ecological solutions: Present and future actions to promote insect conservation
- Introduction
- Actions to prevent future invasions
- Biases toward non-insect taxa
- Actions to include citizens in invasive species management and native insect conservation
- Concluding remarks and future directions
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 13, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 352
- No. of pages (eBook): 228
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323999182
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985444
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Jonatan Rodríguez
Dr. Jonatan Rodríguez is a postdoctoral researcher for the Department of Functional Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He received his PhD in Terrestrial Ecosystems from the University of Vigo in Spain. After obtaining his PhD, he was working for the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. As well as contributing numerous journal articles and co-authored book chapters, he joined as an Editorial Board member of Flora and is Associate Editor of the journal Management of Biological Invasions. His investigation focuses on the study of biological invasions, biodiversity, plant ecology, community ecology, and plant-insect interactions.
Affiliations and expertise
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Pruhonice, Czech RepublicPP
Petr Pysek
Prof. Petr Pyšek is the Head of the Department of Invasion Ecology at the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, and Professor of Ecology at the Charles University in Prague. He received his PhD in Ecology from the Czech Agricultural University. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Ecology and Environment, a member of the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group and the Neobiota (European Group on Biological Invasions) Board, and a recipient of numerous international and national awards. He serves as a Chief Editor of Preslia and Associate Editor for several journals on biological invasions. His primary research areas include biological invasions, macroecology, biodiversity, plant population and community ecology, vegetation succession, and urban flora and vegetation.
Affiliations and expertise
Head, Department of Invasion Ecology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Pruhonice, Czech RepublicAN
Ana Novoa
Dr. Ana Novoa is a scientist for the Institute of Botany at the Czech Academy of Sciences. She received her PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Vigo in Spain. She is the Secretary of NeoBiota (European Group on Biological Invasions). She is currently the Thematic Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Management of Biological Invasions, Associate Editor of Biological Invasions and Koedoe, and Guest Editor of the journals Journal of Environmental Management and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Her research expertise is on invasion ecology, on which she has published numerous journal articles and co-authored book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Resident Researcher and Scientist, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Pruhonice, Czech RepublicRead Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline on ScienceDirect