LEADER 04725nam 22006855 450 001 9910734846703321 005 20230710233730.0 010 $a3-031-32103-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-32103-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30625772 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30625772 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-32103-0 035 $a(PPN)272256528 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927557976900041 100 $a20230710d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Other Lepidoptera: Moth Conservation in Australia$b[electronic resource] /$fby Tim R. New 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: New, Tim R. The Other Lepidoptera: Moth Conservation in Australia Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031321023 327 $aChapter 1: Introducing moth variety and diversity -- Chapter 2: Moth ecology and conservation importance -- Chapter 3: Moth declines and the need for conservation -- Chapter 4: Causes for concern: habitat change as the major imposed threat to moths -- Chapter 5: Causes for concern: confounding threats to moths -- Chapter 6: Australia?s moths and their habitats -- Chapter 7: A closer focus: threats to Australia?s moths -- Chapter 8: Moth flagships in Australia: focus on single taxa -- Chapter 9: Conservation potential for Australia?s moths: focus on wider diversity -- Chapter 10: Bringing potential to practice: a future for Australia?s moths. 330 $aConservation interest in moths, by far the predominant components of Lepidoptera, lags far behind that for butterflies, for which conservation practice provides many well-established lessons for extension to their near relatives. The needs of moths are at least as great, but their greater richness and variety, and far poorer documentation of diversity and biology over much of the world contribute to this lack of attention. Australia?s rich moth fauna, largely endemic and of global interest, illustrates many of the problems of developing wider interest and support for moth conservation. Numerous species (perhaps half the total fauna) are undescribed, and many are ecological specialists in restricted and vulnerable environments over small parts of the continent. Establishing their conservation status and needs whilst accepting that foundation knowledge is highly incomplete and much species-focused conservation is impracticable provides complex problems in setting priorities, based largely on wider diversity and effective advocacy. Most Australian vegetation systems, from grassland to forest and from sea-level to alpine zones, have been eroded in extent and quality since European settlement, resulting in massive habitat changes for native insects and to leave fragmented (and commonly degraded) remnants in which moths and others may persist. Recent surveys continue to increase recorded moth richness, reveal local faunal peculiarities, and indicate how assemblage changes may mirror wider environmental changes. This book is an overview of advances in documenting and interpreting moth diversity and ecology, to show how information from better-studied moth faunas can help in planning conservation of Australia?s moths through measures such as understanding the moths themselves by increased surveys and study, the factors influencing their diversity and wellbeing, and how such threats may be countered through increased coordinated conservation interest, commitment and management. 606 $aConservation biology 606 $aEcology 606 $aInvertebrates 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aBiotic communities 606 $aBioclimatology 606 $aConservation Biology 606 $aInvertebrate Zoology 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aEcosystems 606 $aClimate Change Ecology 606 $aEcology 615 0$aConservation biology. 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aInvertebrates. 615 0$aBiodiversity. 615 0$aBiotic communities. 615 0$aBioclimatology. 615 14$aConservation Biology. 615 24$aInvertebrate Zoology. 615 24$aBiodiversity. 615 24$aEcosystems. 615 24$aClimate Change Ecology. 615 24$aEcology. 676 $a333.9516 700 $aNew$b Tim R$0872813 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910734846703321 996 $aThe Other Lepidoptera: Moth Conservation in Australia$93566441 997 $aUNINA