Hymenoptera and conservation /
Hymenoptera, the bees, wasps and ant, are one of the largest insect orders, and have massive ecological importance as pollinators and as predators or parasitoids of other insects. These roles have brought them forcefully to human notice , as governors of some key ecological services that strongly in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2012.
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| Series: | Wiley Online Library.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Hymenoptera, the bees, wasps and ant, are one of the largest insect orders, and have massive ecological importance as pollinators and as predators or parasitoids of other insects. These roles have brought them forcefully to human notice , as governors of some key ecological services that strongly influence human food supply. Recent declines of pollinators and introductions of alien pests or biological control agents are only part of the current concerns for conservation of Hymenoptera, and of the interactions in which they participate in almost all terrestrial ecosystems. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1118381254 (electronic bk.) 1118381319 (electronic bk.) 9781118381250 (electronic bk.) 9781118381311 (electronic bk.) |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118381250 |