Insect Conservation and Australia's Grasslands (Hardcover, 2019)

· 제목 : Insect Conservation and Australia's Grasslands (Hardcover, 2019) 
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 생명과학 > 동물학
· ISBN : 9783030227791
· 쪽수 : 272쪽
· 출판일 : 2019-11-21

1      Introduction to grasses and grasslands

                     1.1 Introduction

                     1.2 Grasses

1.3 Grasslands

1.4 Grassland remnants

References 

 2     Australian grasslands ? variety and extent

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Australia’s natural grassland estate

                     2.3 Alien grasses in Australia

                     2.4 Economic and ecological importance

                     References 

3    Agents of change ? Management and Succession

                     3.1 Introduction                 

3.2 Succession

                     3.3 Spillover effects

                     References 

4    Intricacies of grassland management for conservation

                     4.1 Introduction: learning from a global perspective

                     4.2 European calcareous grassland

                     4.3 North American prairies

4.4 South Africa’s Grassland Biome

4.5 South American grasslands

4.6 New Zealand tussock grasslands

References          

5    Urban grasslands

                     5.1 Introduction

                     5.2 Turfgrass

5.3 Green roofs

References 

6     Insects in grasslands ? the key groups for understanding

                     6.1 Introduction

                     6.2 The key grassland insect groups

                                6.2.1 Orthoptera

                                6.2.2 Hemiptera

                                6.2.3 Coleoptera

                                6.2.4 Lepidoptera

                                6.2.5 Hymenoptera

                     6.3 Insect communities as grassland indicators

                     References 

7    Flagship insect species in Australia’s grasslands

                     7.1 Introduction: individual species as flagships for grasslands

                     7.2 Insect species conservation on Australia’s grasslands

                                7.2.1 The Perunga grasshopper Perunga ochracea

                                7.2.2 The Matchstick grasshopper, Keyacris scurra

                                7.2.3 The Ptunarra brown butterfly, Oreixenica ptunarra

                                7.2.4 The Black Grass-dart butterfly, Ocybadistes

         knightorum

7.2.5 The Golden sun-moth, Synemon plana

                     References 

8      Pasture pests

                     8.1 Introduction

                     8.2 Key pest taxa

                                8.2.1 Lepidoptera

                                8.2.2 Pasture scarabs

                                8.2.3 Orthoptera

                     8.3 Nutrition and grass quality

                     8.4 Pest management

                     References 

9     Maintaining ecological integrity and processes

                     9.1 Introduction

                     9.2 Pollination

                     9.3 Nectar supply

                     References 

10     Grassland management for insect conservation: grazing, mowing and fire

                     10.1 Introduction

10.2 Grazing

10.3 Mowing

10.4 Fire

References

11     Grassland management for insect conservation: restoration

                     11.1 Introduction

                     11.2 Grassland restoration

                     References

 Appendix 1. Australian grassland insects and grassland ecological communities listed under conservation legislation

Appendix 2. Australian grassland insects

Index