Invertebrate Biodiversity as Bioindicators of Sustainable Landscapes :Practical Use of Invertebrates to Assess Sustainable Land Use

Publication subTitle :Practical Use of Invertebrates to Assess Sustainable Land Use

Author: Paoletti   Maurizio G.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2012

E-ISBN: 9780444599681

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780444500199

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780444500199

Subject: S181 agricultural ecology

Language: ENG

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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

Front Cover

pp.:  1 – 6

Copyright Page

pp.:  7 – 8

Table of Contents

pp.:  8 – 10

Foreword

pp.:  10 – 14

Chapter 2. The ecological role of biodiversity in agroecosystems

pp.:  32 – 46

Chapter 3. Biodiversity evaluation in agricultural landscapes: above-ground insects

pp.:  46 – 78

Chapter 4. Bacterial diversity in agroecosystems

pp.:  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

pp.:  108 – 126

Chapter 7. Nematode diversity in agroecosystems

pp.:  126 – 150

Chapter 8. The role of earthworms for assessment of sustainability and as bioindicators

pp.:  150 – 170

Chapter 9. Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea): their potential for assessing sustainability and use as bioindicators

pp.:  170 – 180

Chapter 10. Use of soil dwelling Diptera (Insecta, Diptera) as bioindicators: a review of ecological requirements and response to disturbance

pp.:  180 – 200

Chapter 11. Carabid beetles in sustainable agriculture: a review on pest control efficacy, cultivation impacts and enhancement

pp.:  200 – 242

Chapter 12. Spiders (Araneae) useful for pest limitation and bioindication

pp.:  242 – 288

Chapter 13. Diversity of Heteroptera in agroecosystems: role of sustainability and bioindication

pp.:  288 – 318

Chapter 14. Neuroptera in agricultural ecosystems

pp.:  318 – 336

Chapter 15. Biodiversity of predaceous coccinellidae in relation to bioindication and economic importance

pp.:  336 – 356

Chapter 16. Syrphidae: can they be used as environmental bioindicators?

pp.:  356 – 370

Chapter 17. Staphylinid beetles as bioindicators

pp.:  370 – 386

Chapter 18. Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species, activity and diversity

pp.:  386 – 408

Chapter 19. Predatory mites (Gamasina, Mesostigmata)

pp.:  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

pp.:  438 – 456

Subject Index, Volume 74

pp.:  456 – 460

Author Index, Volumes 74

pp.:  460 – 461

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