Insect biodiversity and dead wood
Subtitle: proceedings of a symposium for the 22nd International Congress of Entomology
By: editors, Simon J. Grove, James L. Hanula.
Contributors: Grove, Simon J.; Hanula, James L. 1955-; United States. Forest Service. Southern Research Station.; International Congress of Entomology (22nd : 2004 : Brisbane, Qld.)
Series: General technical report SRS -- 93.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Asheville,  NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Forest insects -- Congresses.; Coarse woody debris -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "In August 2004, the city of Brisbane, Australia, was host to one of the largest recent gatherings of the world's entomologists. The 22nd International Congress of Entomology featured a multitude of symposia covering a wide range of entomology-related topics. This general technical report is based on papers presented on one such symposium "Insect Biodiversity and Dead Wood." It features contributions from around the world. Dead wood is anything but dead. It is the lifeblood of an intricate web of life in which insects feature prominently. The papers presented here consider both the basic ecology and evolutionary history of saproxylic (dead-wood dependent) insects and how such insects can be affected by management of the forests where most species live. Past management has not always been beneficial to saproxylic insects and in some parts of the world has harmed them greatly. With continued quality research, however, there is some prospect that future land management will be more accommodating to saproxylic insects."--P. [i].
Notes: "August 2006"--P. [2] of cover.

"Brisbane, Australia, August 15-21, 2004"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Evolution of saproxylic and mycophagous Coleoptera in New Zealand / Richard A.B. Leschen; title: Aquatic wood: an insect perspective / Peter S. Cranston and Brendan McKie; title: The use and application of phylogeography for invertebrate conservation research and planning / Ryan C. Garrick, Chester J. Sands, and Paul Sunnucks; title: Phylogeography of two Australian species of funnel web spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Hexathelidae) in Tallaganda State Forest, New South Wales / Amber S. Beavis and David M. Rowell; title: What can forest managers learn from research on fossil insects? Linking forest ecological history, biodiversity and management / Nicki J. Whitehouse; title: Brown rot in inner heartwood: why large logs support characteristic saproxylic beetle assemblages of conservation concern / Marie Yee, Simon J. Grove, Alastair MM. Richardson, and Caroline L. Mohammed; title: The role of dead wood in maintaining arthropod diversity on the forest floor / James L. Hanula, Scott Horn, and Dale D. Wade; title: The fine scale physical attributes of coarse woody debris and effects of surrounding stand structure on its utilization by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in British Columbia, Canada / Robert J. Higgins and B. Staffan Lindgren; title: Saproxylic beetles in a Swedish boreal forest landscape managed according to 'new forestry' / Stig Larsson, Barbara Ekbom, L. Martin Schroeder, and Melodie A. McGeoch; title: Maintaining saproxylic insects in Canada's extensively managed boreal forests: a review / David W. Langor, John R. Spence, H.E. James Hammond, Joshua Jacobs, and Tyler P. Cobb; title: A research agenda for insects and dead wood / Simon J. Grove.