2nd Edition
by Robert G. Foottit (Editor), Peter H. Adler (Editor)
Volume One of the thoroughly revised and updated guide to the study of biodiversity in insects
The second edition of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings
together in one comprehensive text contributions from leading
scientific experts to assess the influence insects have on humankind and
the earth’s fragile ecosystems. Revised and updated, this new edition
includes information on the number of substantial changes to entomology
and the study of biodiversity. It includes current research on insect
groups, classification, regional diversity, and a wide range of concepts
and developing methodologies. The authors examine why insect
biodiversity matters and how the rapid evolution of insects is affecting
us all.
This book explores the wide variety of insect species
and their evolutionary relationships. Case studies offer assessments on
how insect biodiversity can help meet the needs of a rapidly expanding
human population, and also examine the consequences that an increased
loss of insect species will have on the world. This important text:
- Explores the rapidly increasing influence on systematics of genomics and next-generation sequencing
- Includes
developments in the use of DNA barcoding in insect systematics and in
the broader study of insect biodiversity, including the detection of
cryptic species
- Discusses the advances in information science
that influence the increased capability to gather, manipulate, and
analyze biodiversity information
- Comprises scholarly contributions from leading scientists in the field
Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society
highlights the rapid growth of insect biodiversity research and
includes an expanded treatment of the topic that addresses the major
insect groups, the zoogeographic regions of biodiversity, and the scope
of systematics approaches for handling biodiversity data.
