By T. R. New

ISBN-10: 1118409213

ISBN-13: 9781118409213

The 3rd in a trilogy of world overviews of conservation of various and ecologically vital insect teams. the 1st have been Beetles in Conservation (2010) and Hymenoptera and Conservation (2012). Each has varied priorities and emphases that jointly summarise a lot of the development and objective of invertebrate conservation. 

a lot of the basis of insect conservation has been equipped on matters for Lepidoptera, quite butterflies because the hottest and top studied of all insect teams. The long-accepted worthy of butterflies for conservation has resulted in elucidation of a lot of the present reason of insect species conservation, and to definition and administration in their severe assets, with consciousness to the intensively documented British fauna ‘leading the area’ during this endeavour. 

In Lepidoptera and Conservation, various topics are taken care of via proper examples and case histories, and enough history given to permit non-specialist entry. meant for not just entomologists yet conservation managers and naturalists as a result of its readable method of the subject.

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