Table of Contents:
- 1. Environmental deterioration and insect diversity spectrum an introduction
- 2. Adaptive diversity of insects to climate and land use changes
- 3. Insects as indicators of environmental quality
- 4. Insect biodiversity in xylophagous and coprophagous habitats
- 5. Canopy ecology and insect biodiversity
- 6. Habitat heterogeneity in agroecosystems: insect biodiversity in habitat edges or ecotones
- 7. Litter dynamics in natural and interfered forests
- 8. Insect and social forestry
- 9. Fern, moss and lichen infesting insects
- 10. Insect in gall environments
- 11. Aquatic insects in odd environments: habitat specialization from snow melt streams to temporary ponds
- 12. Impact of urbanization on insect biodiversity
- 13. Land use changes and dynamics of insects vectors of human disease
- 14. Conclusion: conservation for a healthier environment