Insect Diversity Conservation

by Michael J. Samways

This groundbreaking book is a contemporary global synthesis of the rapidly developing and important field of insect conservation biology. Insects play important roles in terrestrial ecological processes and in maintaining the world as we know it. They present particular conservation challenges, especially as a quarter face extinction within the next few decades. This textbook addresses the ethical foundation of insect conservation, and asks why should...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521789478
• ISBN13: 9780521789479
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.7"