Arthropod Diversity and Conservation (Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation) volume 1

1. Arthropod diversity in Lama forest reserve (South Benin), a mosaic of natural, degraded and plantation forests
2. Ecosystem disturbances and diversity increase: implications for invertebrate conservation
3. Effects of landscape elements on the distribution of the rare bumblebee species Bombus muscorum in an agricultural landscape
4. How ant nests increase soil biota richness and abundance: a field experiment
5. Host specificity, alpha- and beta-diversity of phytophagous beetles in two tropical forests in Panama
6. Vertical and temporal patterns of biodiversity of fruit-feeding butterflies in a tropical forest in Uganda
7. Associations between weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidea) and plants, and conservation values in two tussock grasslands, Otago, New Zealand
8. Effects of management intensity and season on arboreal ant diversity and abundance in coffee agroecosystems
9. Influence of habitat fragmentation on the genetic variability in leaf litter ant populations in tropical rainforests of Sabah, Borneo
10. Comparing relative model fit of several species-accumulation functions to local Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea butterfly inventories of Mediterranean habitats
11. The habitat requirement of the Genji-firefly Luciola cruciata (Coleoptera : Lampyridae), a representative endemic species of Japanese rural landscapes
12. Diversity of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in Galicia, Northwest Spain: estimating the completeness of the regional inventory
13. Topographic heterogeneity plays a crucial role for grasshopper diversity in a southern African megabiodiversity hotspot
14. Landscape effects on the genetic structure of the ground beetle Poecilus versicolor STURM 1824
15. The response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to selection cutting in a South Carolina bottomland hardwood forest
16. Factors influencing bug diversity (Insecta: Heteroptera) in semi-natural habitats
17. Insect colonisation of fruiting bodies of the wood-decaying fungus Fomitopsis pinicola at different distances from an old-growth forest
18. Dragonfly assemblages in arid tropical environments: a case study from western Namibia
19. Richness, abundance, and complementarity of fruit-feeding butterfly species in relict sacred forests and forest reserves of Ghana
20. Ecological impact assessment of the Aznalcóllar mine toxic spill on edaphic coleopteran communities in the Guadiamar River basin (Southern Iberian Peninsula)
21. Diversity of the scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) communities in the plantations of moist pine forests of the Bialowiez. a Primeval Forest and the Tuchola Forest (Poland)
22. Spatial distribution of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and moths (Lepidoptera) in the Mrtvý luh bog, Šumava Mts (Central Europe): a test of habitat island community
23. Surrogate habitats demonstrate the invasion potential of the African pugnacious ant
24. Impacts of catastrophic earthquakes on the insect communities in estuarine mangroves, northern Taiwan
25. Countryside Stewardship Scheme and butterflies: a study of plant and butterfly species ric

This collection of more than 30 peer-reviewed papers focuses on the diversity and conservation of arthropods, whose species inhabit virtually every recess and plane – and feature in virtually every food web – on the planet. Highlighting issues ranging from large-scale disturbance to local management, from spatial heterogeneity to temporal patterns, these papers reflect exciting new research – and take the reader to some of the most biodiverse corners of the planet.