Insects, Fire and Conservation [Paperback]

A global synthesis of the impacts of wildfires and controlled burning on insects, bringing together much hitherto scattered information to provide a guide to improved conservation management practice. The great variety of responses by insect species and assemblages demonstrates the often subtle balance between fire being a severe threat and a vital management component. Examples from many parts of the world and from diverse biotopes and production systems display the increasingly detailed appreciation of fire impacts on insects in terrestrial and freshwater environments and the ways in which prescribed burning may be tailored to reduce harmful ecological impacts and incorporated into protocols for threatened species and wider insect conservation benefits.

Contents?

1??? Fire ecology and insect ecology

1.1 Introduction: a perspective of fires

1.2 Fire regimes

1.3?? Pyromes

1.4?? Plant responses to fire

1.5?? Mosaics

1.6?? Refuges

1.7??? Habitat

1.8 Integration

2???????? Insect responses to fire

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Impacts and responses

2.3 Pyrophilous insects

2.4 Recovery from fire

2.5 The variety of studies

2.6 Interpreting the outcomes

2.7 Focal groups

3???????? Sampling and study techniques

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Methods

3.3 Problems with rare species

4???????? Ecological impacts of fires on insects

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Gradients in herbivory

4.3 Plant vigour