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Insects and Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (Paperback)
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Insects and Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (Paperback)
Series: Social Environmental Sustainability
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With few exceptions, insects are perceived in industrialized
countries as undesirable pests. In reality, relatively few insects
interfere with us or our resources. Most have benign or positive
effects on ecosystem services, and many represent useful resources
in non-industrialized countries. Challenging traditional
perceptions of the value of insects, Insects and Sustainability of
Ecosystem Services explores the ways insects affect the ecosystem
services we depend upon. It also fosters an appreciation for the
amazing diversity, adaptive ability, and natural roles of insects.
The book discusses how the ways in which we manage insects will
determine an ecosystem's capacity to continue to supply services.
It reviews aspects of insect physiology, behavior, and ecology that
affect their interactions with other ecosystem components and
ecosystem services, emphasizing critical effects of insects on the
sustainability of ecosystem processes and services. The author
examines the integration of insect ecology with self-regulatory
aspects of ecosystems that control primary production, energy and
nutrient fluxes, and global climate-functions that underlie the
sustainability of ecosystem services. Clearly, we need
environmental policies that meet needs for pest control where
warranted, but do not undermine the important contributions of
insects to sustaining ecosystem processes and services. With
in-depth coverage of the multiple, often compensatory, effects of
insects on various resources or ecosystem services and on the
consequences of control tactics for those resources or services,
Insects and Sustainability of Ecosystem Services recommends changes
in perspectives and policies regarding insects that will contribute
to sustainability of ecosystem services.
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