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Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia: Progress and Prospects

By: Tim R. New

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Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia: Progress and Prospects

By: Tim R. New

A survey of the development and practice of butterfly conservation in south east Australia, tracing evolution of the science through a series of cases from focus on single subspecies through increasing levels of ecological complexity to critical biotopes and communities. The book summarises much previously scattered information, and provides access to much regional information of considerable interest to practitioners elsewhere.

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9048199263

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9789048199266

Insect Conservation and Australia’s Grasslands

By: Tim R. New

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Insect Conservation and Australia’s Grasslands

By: Tim R. New

Australia’s varied grasslands have suffered massive losses and changes since European settlement, and those changes continue under increasingly intensive human pressures for development and agricultural production. The values of native grasslands for conservation of endemic native biodiversity, both flora and fauna, have led to strong interests in the protection of remaining fragments, especially near urban centres, and documentation of the insects and other inhabitants of grasslands spanning tropical to cool temperate parts of the country. Attention to conservation of grassland insects in Australia is relatively recent, but it is increasingly apparent that grasslands harbour many localised and ecologically specialised endemic species. Their conservation necessarily advances from very incomplete documentation, and draws heavily on lessons from the far better-documented grasslands elsewhere, most notably in the northern hemisphere, and undertaken over far longer periods. From those cases, and the extensive background to grassland management to harmonise conservation with production and amenity values through honing use of processes such as grazing, mowing and fire, the needs and priorities for Australia can become clearer, together with needs for grassland restoration at a variety of scales. This book is a broad overview of conservation needs of grassland insects in Australia, drawing on the background provided elsewhere in the world on the responses to disturbances, and the ecological importance, of some key insect groups (notably Orthoptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera) to suggest how insect conservation in native, pastoral and urban grasslands may be advanced. The substantial references given for each chapter facilitate entry for non-entomologist grassland managers and stewards to appreciate the diversity and importance of Australia’s grassland insects, their vulnerabilities to changes, and the possibilities for conserving them and the wider ecological roles in which they participate.

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3030227804

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9783030227807

Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in Australia

By: Donald P.A. Sands,Tim R. New

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Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in Australia

By: Donald P.A. Sands,Tim R. New

This survey of one the longest insect conservation campaigns in Australia deals with recovery of one of the most iconic endemic butterflies, the Richmond birdwing, threatened by clearance and fragmentation of subtropical rainforest in eastern Australia and the spread of an alien larval food-plant. Its conservation has involved many aspects of community involvement, developed over more than 20 years, and focused on habitat restoration and weed eradication, in conjunction with conservation of remaining forest fragments. The work has involved the entire historical range of the butterfly, addressed threats and emphasised landscape connectivity, and has enhanced recovery through extensive plantings of native food plants. Interest has been maintained through extensive publicity, community education and media activity, and the programme has provided many lessons for advancing insect conservation practice in the region.

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9400771703

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9789400771703

Insect conservation and Australia’s Inland Waters

By: Tim R. New

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Insect conservation and Australia’s Inland Waters

By: Tim R. New

The first broad overview of conservation needs of Australia’s largely endemic freshwater insects, drawing on examples and information from many parts of the world to illustrate and develop needs and practical prospects for conservation in inland water environments. The wide variety of those environments in Australia and their diverse insect inhabitants – many of them highly localised and ecologically specialised and vulnerable - and threats to them is illustrated. Case histories demonstrate the different aspects of practical conservation management that may be possible in different contexts, and numerous references facilitate understanding by non-specialist readers and non-entomologist conservation managers and practitioners.

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3030570088

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Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia: Progress and Prospects

Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia: Progress and Prospects

Insect Conservation and Australia’s Grasslands

Insect Conservation and Australia’s Grasslands

Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in Australia

Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in Australia

Insect conservation and Australia’s Inland Waters

Insect conservation and Australia’s Inland Waters

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