Insects, Fire and Conservation

Annotation 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 This global synthesis of information on impacts of wildfires and prescribed burning on insect species and assemblages brings together examples from many parts of the world, and from many different environments and production systems -- Font no determinada It demonstrates the wide variety of insect responses to fire, and the often subtle balance between fire being a severe threat or a valuable management component -- Font no determinada Recent increased calls for massively increased fuel reduction burning have drawn attention to details of fire regimes, and how applications of fire may be tailored for greater conservation benefit -- Font no determinada Some of the more traditional uses of fire in forestry, grassland succession, and agroecosystems have progressively been modified for greater consideration of wellbeing of sensitive insects and other biota -- Font no determinada Increasing understanding of insect responses to fires can indicate factors that may be considered in improved protocols for prescribed burning in the future, and for incorporating fire in management plans for threatened insect species and wider assemblages -- Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xii Fire Ecology and Insect Ecology....Pages 1-20 Insect Responses to Fires....Pages 21-57 Sampling and Study Techniques....Pages 59-69 Ecological Impacts of Fire on Insects....Pages 71-93 Fires and Insect Pest Management....Pages 95-109 Fire in Threatened Species Conservation Management....Pages 111-126 Fire and Insect Assemblages....Pages 127-145 Fire as a Management Component....Pages 147-163 Prospects....Pages 165-181 Back Matter....Pages 183-208