Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004148973 ISBN 13: 9789004148970

Verlag: Brill, 2009

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This is the first comprehensive synopsis of the biodiversity of Diptera, which with more than 150.000 described species contain more than one tenth of all described animal species. The first part is a review of what is already known, with treatments of all the major biogeographical regions and important archipelagoes; the second part contains case studies on open-ended taxa, Diptera as ecological indicators, and how to estimate the still unknown proportion of our fauna; and the third part discusses the digital and molecular tools needed to document the fauna. The book has an emphasis on principles and analytical approaches as well as on practical 'how-to' information and is intended for academicians and other professionals but with a significant outreach to students.

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Dan Bickel, Ph.D. in Entomology (Cornell University), is Senior Research Scientist at the Australian Museum, Sydney. He has a wide interest in Diptera systematics and ecology, and has a research interest in empidoid Diptera (Empididae and Dolichopodidae).

Thomas Pape, Ph.D. in Entomology (University of Copenhagen), is associate professor at The Natural History Museum of Denmark. With a broad interest in Diptera systematics and zoological nomenclature, he has published extensively on the global fauna of flesh flies (Sarcophagidae), wood-louse flies (Rhinophoridae) and bot flies (Oestridae).

Rudolf Meier, Ph.D. in Entomology (Cornell University), is Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. He is interested in the evolution and biology of Diptera. He furthermore uses quantitative techniques for studying the biodiversity and conservation of invertebrates.

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"Dipterists hav always been at the vanguard of taxonomic progress. [...] Dipterists were among the first entomological communities to complete comprehensive regional catalogs, [...] interactive keys to families, and an interactive digital anatomical atlas. [...] And of course the greatest theoretical advances in taxonomy since Linnaeus and Darwin were led by a dipterist, Willi Hennig. Well, they have done it again." ""Diptera Diversity" has many more far-reaching implications for students of biodiversity than the title might at first suggest. Biogeographers, ecologists, ecosystem scientists, conservation biologists, comparative biologists generally, and especially taxonomists - without regard to taxon speciality - are well advised to read and contemplate this landmark volume. The sweeping breadth of topics and issues raised is quite unusual for any single volume. The fact that these are raised in the context of an empirically-rich tome based on a hyper-diverse taxon of worldwide importance is simply unprecedented." [From the foreword by Quentin D. Wheeler]

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Brill
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9004148973
• ISBN 13: 9789004148970
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480
• Herausgeber: Bickel Daniel, Pape Thomas, Meier Rudolf
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar