Arthropod Diversity and Conservation (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation, 1
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	David L. Hawksworth • Alan T. Bull
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 44mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	525
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-5203-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > Biodiversity Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-5203-0
Barcode:	9781402052033

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