03040nam 2200685 a 450 991082076930332120240516202802.0978661385482797811183813281118381327978128354237112835423749781118381250111838125497811183813111118381319(CKB)2550000000105053(EBL)965079(OCoLC)799766423(SSID)ssj0000690138(PQKBManifestationID)11451323(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690138(PQKBWorkID)10620018(PQKB)10273986(MiAaPQ)EBC965079(Au-PeEL)EBL965079(CaPaEBR)ebr10579520(CaONFJC)MIL385482(Perlego)1011253(EXLCZ)99255000000010505320120410d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHymenoptera and conservation /T.R. New1st ed.Hoboken, N.J. Wiley-Blackwell20121 online resource (232 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780470671801 0470671807 Includes bibliographical references and index.Hymenoptera and Conservation; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Introducing Hymenoptera and their Conservation; 2: Alien Hymenoptera in Classical Biological Control; 3: The Junction of Biological Control and Conservation: Conservation Biological Control and Cultural Control; 4: Introduced Bees: Threats or Benefits?; 5: Social Wasps and Ants as Aliens; 6: Pollinator Declines; 7: Levels of Conservation Concern and the Shortcomings of Current Practice; 8: Habitat Parameters and Manipulation; 9: Species Case Histories; 10: Assessing Conservation Progress and Priorities for the FutureReferencesIndexHymenoptera, 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. Both pests and benefiHymenopteraConservationEndangered speciesHymenopteraConservation.Endangered species.595.79New T. R85380MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820769303321Hymenoptera and conservation3915461UNINA