Insect Conservation and Islands (eBook)

A special issue on insect conservation and islands.- Insect conservation on islands: setting the scene and defining the needs.- Butterflies of European islands: the implications of the geography and ecology of rarity and endemicity for conservation.- Island size is not the only consideration. Ranking priorities for the conservation of butterflies on Italian offshore islands.- A multidimensional characterization of rarity applied to the Aegean tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae).- The occurrence and distribution of carabid beetles (Carabidae) on islands in the Baltic Sea: a review.- Conservation of Southern Ocean Islands: invertebrates as exemplars.- Preliminary conservation status and needs of an oceanic island fauna: the case of Seychelles insects.- Insect conservation in early succession on islands: lessons from Surtsey, Iceland, and the Krakatau Archipelago, Indonesia.- Issues and implications for research on disturbed oceanic islands illustrated through an ant survey of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.- Conservation status and needs of butterflies (Lepidoptera) on the Torres Strait Islands.- Climate variability, biological control and an insect pest outbreak on Australia’s Coral Sea islets: lessons for invertebrate conservation.- Grasshopper outbreak challenges conservation status of a small Hawaiian Island.- History of weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) translocation in New Zealand: lessons learned, islands as sanctuaries and the future.- Possible rescue from extinction: transfer of a rare New Zealand tusked weta to islands in the Mercury group.- Population studies and conservation of Jamaica’s endangered swallowtail butterfly Papilio (Pterourus) homerus.- Notes on the biology, captive management and conservation status of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) (Phasmatodea).- Invasive species threats to native aquatic insect biodiversity and conservation measures in Hawai’i and French Polynesia.- Philosophical justifications for the extirpation of non-indigenous species: the case of the grasshopper Schistocerca nitens (Orthoptera) on the Island of Nihoa, Hawaii.