A Resource-Based Habitat View for Conservation (eBook)

Butterflies in the British Landscape

Roger L. H. Dennis (Autor)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
420 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781444315264 (ISBN)

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A RESOURCE-BASED HABITAT VIEW FOR CONSERVATION

In A Resource-Based Habitat View for Conservation Roger Dennis introduces a novel approach to the understanding of habitats based on resources and conditions required by organisms and their access to them, a quantum shift from simplistic and ineffectual notions of habitats as vegetation units or biotopes. In drawing attention to what organisms actually use and need in landscapes, it focuses on resource composition, structure and connectedness, all of which describe habitat quality and underpin landscape heterogeneity. This contrasts with the current bipolar view of landscapes made up of habitat patches and empty matrix but illustrates how such a metapopulation approach of isolated patchworks can grow by adopting the new habitat viewpoint.

The book explores principles underlying this new definition of habitat, and the impact of habitat components on populations, species' distributions, geographical ranges and range changes, with a view to conserving resources in landscapes for whole communities. It does this using the example of butterflies -- the most alluring of insects, flagship organisms and key indicators of environmental health -- in the British Isles, where they have been studied most intensively.

The book forms essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners in ecology and conservation, particularly those concerned with managing sites and landscapes for wildlife.

Companion website available at www.wiley.com/go/dennis/butterflies

Autor

ROGER DENNIS is currently an Honorary Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University and an Honorary Research Fellow at both NERC's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, and in the School of Life Sciences at Oxford Brookes University; he serves on the editorial board of four journals. He has received a succession of honorary research fellowships during which he has studied butterfly biogeography and ecology, producing over 175 publications. In 2006, he received the Marsh Award for Lifetime Achievement in Lepidoptera Conservation.

Rezensionen

"This book is an exceptional personal achievement as it provides a
treatment of the ecological requirements of British butterflies
based largely upon the author's lifetime of field observation and
his collaborations with others . . . This is a remarkable synthesis
of observation and independent thought and I am sure I will use my
copy as a source of reference for a very diverse range of
ecological topics as well." (British Ecological Society Bulletin,
2011)

"A series of interesting appendices on host plant and nectar
plant resources and other utility resources and life history data
on British butterflies will be a useful source of information to
several researchers and students . . . I recommend this highly
interesting and stimulating book to all conservation biologists,
entomologists, and students in the field of conservation,
entomology or general ecology. . . I see no reasons for not buying
this book." (J Insect Conserv, 2010)

"This splendid book, lavishly produced and beautifully
illustrated, is a 'must have' publication not only for
lepidopterologists, but also for any entomologist interested in
insect ecology and conservation." (Fragmenta Entomologica,
2011)

"The author is a leading authority on butterflies, who has
published both academic papers and books and this depth of
knowledge is clearly evident in the book...The appendices alone are
an achievement, useful to anyone who wants to quickly check larval
hostplants, popular nectar sources or even the BAP status of
species." (British Wildlife, January 2011)

"This ponderous book not only uses an enormous amount of
literature data, but takes advantage from the life-span experience
of the author...The entire book is splendidly illustrated. There
are an extraordinary number of graphs (many original) and a good
selection of beautiful photographs to illustrate biotopes and
species. Printing quality is excellent. The price is fully
justified and it is important to know that the author has offered
to donate the royalties towards the work of Butterfly Conservation.
The book should be essential reading for students and researchers
in ecology and conservation, and those concerned with environmental
management and assessment." (Biological Conservation,
January 2011)

"Personally, I find this one of the most significant books
published in my field over the last few years. I recommend this
highly interesting and stimulating book to all conservation
biologists, entomologists, and students in the field of
conservation, entomology or general ecology." (British Wildlife
, January 2011)

"[The] book should also inspire a wide range of people working
on different taxonomic groups." (Journal of Insect
Conservation, July 2010)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.4.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Biowissenschaften • Conservation Science • Life Sciences • Naturschutzbiologie
• ISBN-13: 9781444315264 / 9781444315264