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This new book, Insect Diversity and Ecosystem Services, published in two comprehensive volumes, is an innovative work on insects and their impact on the ecosystem, describing their enormous free ecosystem services. The volumes cover a range of topics related to insects including their role in environmental pollution, their use in sustainable agricultural services, and the industrial, forensic, and medical applications of insects and their pure products. The book also covers the entomological and molecular aspects of insects, identifies the gaps in the research, and looks at integrated management strategies for pests.
The first volume, Volume 1: Importance, Threats, Conservation, and Economic Perspectives, presents a comprehensive review of different insect orders regarding their diversity and importance in providing free ecological services. This book discusses the different diversity patterns of biogeographic zones of the world and how insects contribute to maintaining ecological diversity in different biogeographic regions of the world.
Volume 2: Environmental Indicators, Molecular Approaches, and Management Strategies discusses the various aspects of insects, such as their role as environmental indicators, the effect of pesticides on insect diversity, strategies to control the diversity of insects, medical and forensic importance of insects, exploring new insect species through DNA barcoding, integrated pest management, the role of insect population in agriculture, and eco-friendly pest management approaches.
Some topics covered in the book include:
Role of insects for sustainable agricultural development
Commercial importance of insects and their products
Food additive roles of insects and formulation of remedies for the reduction of disease pathogenesis
Management strategies for pest control
Some specific topics include colony collapse disorder of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera l.) populations, insects as strong crime indicator tools in forensic sciences, insect-based value-added products, and more.
Together, these two volumes offer important information for researchers, academicians, scientists, industrialists, teachers, entomologists, and students for understanding the contribution of insects towards the sustainability of the ecosystem.
Contents
VOLUME 1: IMPORTANCE, THREATS, CONSERVATION, AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES Foreword by Akbar Masood 1. Insect Biodiversity Conservation: Why It's Needed 2. The Importance of Taxonomy in Biological Research 3. Aquatic Insect Eco Systems: Diversity, Role, and Conservation 4. Assessment of Entomological Threats: Approaches and Challenges 5. Insect-Based Value-Added Products: Current Scenario and Future Scope 6. Caddisfly (Trichoptera): Diversity and Ecosystem Services 7. Trichoptera of Europe: Diversity, Importance, and Conservation 8. Current Status and Future Prospects of the Aphidophagous Hoverflies (Diptera: syrphidae) of Pakistan 9. Bumblebees: Diversity, Role in Pollination Ecology, Threats, and Conservation 10. Review on Antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of India 11. Industrial Entomology: Progress and Economic Perspectives 12. Forensic Entomology: Progress and Implications VOLUME 2: ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS, MOLECULAR APPROACHES, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES Foreword by M. S. Saini 1. Insects as Environmental Indicators 2. Impact of Environmental Pollution on Diversity of Insects: A Case Study of Some Major Insect Orders 3. Pesticide Pollution: Potential Risk to Insect Pollinators and Possible Management Strategies 4. Colony Collapse Disorder of Managed Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Populations 5. Insects as Strong Crime Indicator Tools in Forensic Sciences 6. Generating the DNA Barcodes of Indian Caddisflies (Trichoptera: Insecta): A Way Forward 7. Desert Locust (Schistocera gregaria) Migration in India: Strategies and Controlling Measures 8. Medical Entomology: Advanced Applications and Future 9. Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Control Measures and Economic Assessment 10. Recent Advances in Entomological Research Towards Agriculture and Human Health 11. Eco-Friendly Pest Management Strategies for Conservation of Biodiversity
