Carabid Beetles: Ecology and Evolution / Edition 1

by K. Desender, M. Dufrêne, M. Loreau, M.L. Luff, J-P. Maelfait

Overview

The Carabidae (including ground and tiger presented at the 8th European Carabidologists' beetles) form one of the largest families of in- Meeting - 2nd International Symposium of Cara- sects, with no less than an estimated 40,000 de- bidology, which took place at the Catholic Uni- scribed species, occurring in nearly any terrestrial versity of Louvain (U. c. L. ) in Louvain-Ia-Neuve and at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sci- habitat on all continents (except Antarctica) as well as on most islands. This extreme diversity ences (R. B. I. N. S. ) in Brussels, Belgium, Septem- and distribution, along with the high abundance ber 1-4, 1992. The manuscripts were peer-re- of these beetles in a large variety of habitats has viewed prior to acceptance. resulted a considerable interest in many aspects of European Carabidologists' Meetings were their study, including systematics, biogeography, started in the late 1960s by ecologists, mostly ecology and evolution. A large number of ground from the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Germany, beetles are known as polyphagous predatory who were investigating various aspects of the bi- arthropods and therefore have been recognized ology of carabid beetles. Since that time the as beneficial insects in integrated pest manage- number of participants to that meeting as well as ment of cultures. This has stimulated ecological its content have expanded considerably.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048143207
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/27/2011
Series:	Series Entomologica , #51
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1994
Pages:	476
Product dimensions:	7.68(w) x 10.24(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

One. Biogeography and Evolutionary Ecology.- Two. Life histories and Population Ecology.- Three. Community Ecology and Conservation.- Four. Ground Beetles in Agriculture and Forestry.- Author index.