LEADER 03040nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910820769303321 005 20240516202802.0 010 $a9786613854827 010 $a9781118381328 010 $a1118381327 010 $a9781283542371 010 $a1283542374 010 $a9781118381250 010 $a1118381254 010 $a9781118381311 010 $a1118381319 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105053 035 $a(EBL)965079 035 $a(OCoLC)799766423 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000690138 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11451323 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690138 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10620018 035 $a(PQKB)10273986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC965079 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL965079 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579520 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL385482 035 $a(Perlego)1011253 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105053 100 $a20120410d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHymenoptera and conservation /$fT.R. New 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley-Blackwell$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780470671801 311 08$a0470671807 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHymenoptera 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 Future 327 $aReferencesIndex 330 $aHymenoptera, 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 benefi 606 $aHymenoptera$xConservation 606 $aEndangered species 615 0$aHymenoptera$xConservation. 615 0$aEndangered species. 676 $a595.79 700 $aNew$b T. R$085380 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820769303321 996 $aHymenoptera and conservation$93915461 997 $aUNINA