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This book provides for the first time an integrative analysis of the major drivers of decline and threats of insects and related arthropods in the Neotropical region. Thus, it is an urgent first step towards filling an information gap in this region. It identifies the main causes of decline, provides and discusses examples from the better-studied insect faunas to develop and advance principles and practical conservation management for the rich Neotropical insect faunas.
The book is aimed at students, naturalists, environmental managers, and others who have training in entomology/insect ecology and can apply the results of surveys of key insect faunas to assess their vulnerability to environmental change and establish guidelines for their conservation.
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Conservation and Threats That Insects Face in the Neotropics
Part II. Stressors of Decline on Selected Taxa
Chapter 2. Habitat Fragmentation and Insect Biodiversity Change in Mexican Landscapes
Chapter 3. Neotropical Wasps: Identifying Trends and Gaps for Their Conservation
Chapter 4. Arachnids at the Edge: View and Perspectives, with Emphasis on Spiders and Scorpions
Chapter 5. Declining Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Abundance and Diversity in the Neotropics: Causes and Conservation Strategies
Chapter 6. Monarch Butterfly Forest Occupation at the Mexican Overwintering Sites: A New Reality
Chapter 7. Habitat Loss and Fragmentation in Chaco Forests: A Review of the Responses of Insect Communities and Consequences for Ecosystem Processes
Chapter 8. Urban Insect Communities in the Neotropics: A Systematic Literature Review and a Green Path to Promote Biodiversity Conservation
Chapter 9. Insect Diversity Changes in Mexican Agro-Landscapes
Part III. Decline and Conservation of Insects in Neotropical Biodiversity Hotspots
Chapter 10. Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Assemblages: Trends, Changes, and the Importance of Monitoring Schemes in Neotropical Environments
Chapter 11. Diversity and Conservation of Mesoamerican Bees: Relative Effects of Three Major Threats Within the Potential Distribution of Bee Species
Chapter 12. Threats to Ant Diversity in Mesoamerica
Chapter 13. The Role of Endemism and Biodiversity Hotspots In Conservation: A Case Study with Neotropical Leaf Litter Weevils
Chapter 14. Natural History Collections as Resources for Assessing Biodiversity Hotspots and Insect Declines: Case Studies, Opportunities and Challenges
Chapter 15. Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects in the Neotropics: Perspectives and Challenges
Jorge L. Léon-Cortés is a senior ecologist working on insect conservation, population dynamics, and landscape ecology, with an international publication record in entomology, insect ecology and biodiversity conservation. He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Insect Conservation, reviewer of several relevant ecological and conservation journals and co-editor of the book Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula (2015, Springer).
Alex Córdoba-Aguilar is a senior ecologist working on insect conservation, behaviour, physiology and evolution, and insect vector control. He is the author of over 150 scientific papers and co-editor of three books (e.g. Insect Behavior: From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Mechanisms). He serves as an editorial member of the following journals: Ecological Entomology, Acta Tropica and Odonatologica.
