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Insect Biodiversity
From Individual Organisms to Broad-Scale Views
- 1st Edition - January 1, 2029
- Editors: Leonardo Dapporto, Simone Fattorini
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 4 6 3 - 5
Insect Biodiversity: From Individual Organisms to Broad-Scale Views analyzes the diversity of insects, starting from the intra-specific level to the largest scale of macroecol… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInsect Biodiversity: From Individual Organisms to Broad-Scale Views analyzes the diversity of insects, starting from the intra-specific level to the largest scale of macroecology. It presents an assessment of insects as the most megadiverse living group and uses this as a model to describe the range of biodiversity from individuals to a global scale.
Written and edited by expert researchers in insect biodiversity, this book begins by setting definitions of biodiversity, following by a description of the main characteristics of each insect order. In this section, special attention is given to the functional diversity, or lifestyles, and the most important ecosystem services provided by each order. The second part of the book demonstrates how insect biodiversity is organized from individual differences to differentiation among communities and ecosystems globally.
Insect Biodiversity: From Individual Organisms to Broad-Scale Views is the ideal resource for entomologists concerned with biodiversity and its conservation. This book also provides students in advanced entomology and conservation courses with a new look at the widespread range and purpose of insect biodiversity.
- Presents primary techniques for measuring and assessing biodiversity, including taxonomic and phylogenetic practices
- Analyzes negating factors to insect biodiversity, including pollution, habitat loss, and climate change
- Provides an up-to-date list and description of at-risk insects as model organisms for biodiversity studies and immediate practice
Entomologists and researchers in biodiversity and conservation fields, Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in entomology
1. Biodiversity
1.1 A matter of scale
1.1.1 The levels of Biodiversity
1.1.2 Taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity
1.2 The population perspective
1.3 The species as a currency of diversity and how identify them
1.3.1 Species concepts
1.3.2 Evolutionary Significant Units
1.3.3 Principles of taxonomy and systematics
1.3.2 The complete taxonomist
1.4 Speciation pathways
1.4.1 The speciation continuum
1.4.2 Allopatric speciation
1.4.3 Parapatric speciation
1.4.4 Sympatric speciation
1.4.5 Peripatric speciation
1.5 Accumulation of diversity in communities
1.5.1 Introgression, sweeps and species replacement
1.5.2 Achievement of secondary sympatry
2. Insects
2.1 Insect structure and modes of lifes
2.2 Insects and the environment
2.2.1 Roles of insects in the ecosystems
2.2.2 Ecosystem services provided by insects
2.3 Insect radiation
2.4 How many species?
2.4.1 Estimated diversity of insects
2.4.2 Estimated diversity and perceived diversity
2.4.1 The functions of insects and functional diversity
2.5 The orders of insects (all the orders will be described here with a main focus of their amount of diversity (richness), functions (modes of life) and related ecosystem services)
2.5.1 Lepidoptera
2.5.2 Odonata
2.6 Insects at risk
2.6.1 Habitat loss and fragmentation
2.6.2 Pollution
2.6.3 Urbanisation
2.6.4 Agriculture and pesticides
2.6.5 Invasive species
2.6.6 Climate change
2.7 Insects as model organisms for biodiversity studies
3. Diversity of individuals and populations
3.1 Genetic diversity in a population
3.2 Phenotypic diversity without genetic differentiation
3.2.1 Phenotypic plasticity
3.2.2 The case of the superorganism and the success of social insects
3.3 Genetic differentiation among populations
3.3.1 Quaternary events and the phylogeography perspective
4. Diversity of Insect assemblages
4.1 Alpha diversity
4.2 Insights from islands
4.2.1 The species-area relationship
4.2.2. Island community structure
4.2.3 Translating the island model into continental islands
4.3 Estimating species richness
4.3.1 Sampling insect richness
4.3.2 Estimating richness (accumulation/rarefaction curves, non parametric estimators, Hill numbers)
4.4 Broader perspectives in taxonomic diversity
4.5 Functional diversity
4.6 Phylogenetic diversity
4.7 Diversity and Networks
4.8 Diversity and Species Abundance Distribution models
5. Diversity among communities
5.1 Beta diversity
5.1.1. Beta diversity and species turnover
5.1.2. Temporal and spatial turnover: causes and scales
5.2 The problems of measuring and mapping beta diversity
5.2.1 Similarity and dissimilarity coefficients
5.2.2 Partitioning of beta diversity
5.3 Spatial patterns of insect diversity
5.3.1 The problem of mapping relational data
5.3.2 Landscape analysis
6. Macroecology
6.1 Gamma diversity
6.2 Gradients of alpha and beta diversity in insects
6.2.1 Latitudinal gradients
6.2.2 Altitudinal gradients
6.2.3 Other spatial gradients
6.3 Biodiversity hotspots
6.4 Biogeographic regionalizations
6.5 Past and future of insect diversity
6.5.1 The insect radiation
6.5.2 The changes of distribution in the past
6.5.3 The response of insects to climate changes
6.5.4 Gain and losses of diversity after perturbations
1.1 A matter of scale
1.1.1 The levels of Biodiversity
1.1.2 Taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity
1.2 The population perspective
1.3 The species as a currency of diversity and how identify them
1.3.1 Species concepts
1.3.2 Evolutionary Significant Units
1.3.3 Principles of taxonomy and systematics
1.3.2 The complete taxonomist
1.4 Speciation pathways
1.4.1 The speciation continuum
1.4.2 Allopatric speciation
1.4.3 Parapatric speciation
1.4.4 Sympatric speciation
1.4.5 Peripatric speciation
1.5 Accumulation of diversity in communities
1.5.1 Introgression, sweeps and species replacement
1.5.2 Achievement of secondary sympatry
2. Insects
2.1 Insect structure and modes of lifes
2.2 Insects and the environment
2.2.1 Roles of insects in the ecosystems
2.2.2 Ecosystem services provided by insects
2.3 Insect radiation
2.4 How many species?
2.4.1 Estimated diversity of insects
2.4.2 Estimated diversity and perceived diversity
2.4.1 The functions of insects and functional diversity
2.5 The orders of insects (all the orders will be described here with a main focus of their amount of diversity (richness), functions (modes of life) and related ecosystem services)
2.5.1 Lepidoptera
2.5.2 Odonata
2.6 Insects at risk
2.6.1 Habitat loss and fragmentation
2.6.2 Pollution
2.6.3 Urbanisation
2.6.4 Agriculture and pesticides
2.6.5 Invasive species
2.6.6 Climate change
2.7 Insects as model organisms for biodiversity studies
3. Diversity of individuals and populations
3.1 Genetic diversity in a population
3.2 Phenotypic diversity without genetic differentiation
3.2.1 Phenotypic plasticity
3.2.2 The case of the superorganism and the success of social insects
3.3 Genetic differentiation among populations
3.3.1 Quaternary events and the phylogeography perspective
4. Diversity of Insect assemblages
4.1 Alpha diversity
4.2 Insights from islands
4.2.1 The species-area relationship
4.2.2. Island community structure
4.2.3 Translating the island model into continental islands
4.3 Estimating species richness
4.3.1 Sampling insect richness
4.3.2 Estimating richness (accumulation/rarefaction curves, non parametric estimators, Hill numbers)
4.4 Broader perspectives in taxonomic diversity
4.5 Functional diversity
4.6 Phylogenetic diversity
4.7 Diversity and Networks
4.8 Diversity and Species Abundance Distribution models
5. Diversity among communities
5.1 Beta diversity
5.1.1. Beta diversity and species turnover
5.1.2. Temporal and spatial turnover: causes and scales
5.2 The problems of measuring and mapping beta diversity
5.2.1 Similarity and dissimilarity coefficients
5.2.2 Partitioning of beta diversity
5.3 Spatial patterns of insect diversity
5.3.1 The problem of mapping relational data
5.3.2 Landscape analysis
6. Macroecology
6.1 Gamma diversity
6.2 Gradients of alpha and beta diversity in insects
6.2.1 Latitudinal gradients
6.2.2 Altitudinal gradients
6.2.3 Other spatial gradients
6.3 Biodiversity hotspots
6.4 Biogeographic regionalizations
6.5 Past and future of insect diversity
6.5.1 The insect radiation
6.5.2 The changes of distribution in the past
6.5.3 The response of insects to climate changes
6.5.4 Gain and losses of diversity after perturbations
- No. of pages: 660
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 2029
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780323914635