Description
Reducing environmental hazard and human impact on different ecosystems, with special emphasis on rural landscapes is the main topic of different environmental policies designed in developed countries and needed in most developing countries.
This book covers the bioindication approach of rural landscapes and man managed ecosystems including both urbanised and industrialised ones. The main techniques and taxa used for bioindication are considered in detail. Remediation and contamination is faced with diversity, abundance and dominance of biota, mostly invertebrates.
Invertebrate Biodiversity as Bioindicators of Sustainable Landscapes provides a basic tool for students and scientists involved in landscape ecology and planning, environmental sciences, landscape remediation and pollution.
Chapter
Chapter 2. The ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems
pp.:
32 – 46
Chapter 3. Biodiversity evaluation in agricultural landscapes: above-ground insects
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46 – 78
Chapter 4. Bacterial diversity in agroecosystems
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78 – 90
Chapter 5. Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystems
pp.:
90 – 108
Chapter 6. Soil protozoa as bioindicators: pros and cons, methods, diversity, representative examples
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108 – 126
Chapter 7. Nematode diversity in agroecosystems
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126 – 150
Chapter 8. The role of earthworms for assessment of sustainability and as bioindicators
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150 – 170
Chapter 9. Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea): their potential for assessing sustainability and use as bioindicators
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170 – 180
Chapter 10. Use of soil dwelling Diptera (Insecta, Diptera) as bioindicators: a review of ecological requirements and response to disturbance
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180 – 200
Chapter 11. Carabid beetles in sustainable agriculture: a review on pest control efficacy, cultivation impacts and enhancement
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200 – 242
Chapter 12. Spiders (Araneae) useful for pest limitation and bioindication
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242 – 288
Chapter 13. Diversity of Heteroptera in agroecosystems: role of sustainability and bioindication
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288 – 318
Chapter 14. Neuroptera in agricultural ecosystems
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318 – 336
Chapter 15. Biodiversity of predaceous coccinellidae in relation to bioindication and economic importance
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336 – 356
Chapter 16. Syrphidae: can they be used as environmental bioindicators?
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356 – 370
Chapter 17. Staphylinid beetles as bioindicators
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370 – 386
Chapter 18. Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity
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386 – 408
Chapter 19. Predatory mites (Gamasina, Mesostigmata)
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408 – 424
Chapter 20. Oribatid mite biodiversity in agroecosystems: role for bioindication
pp.:
424 – 438
Chapter 21. Ants as bioindicators of soil function in rural environments
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438 – 456
Subject Index, Volume 74
pp.:
456 – 460
Author Index, Volumes 74
pp.:
460 – 461