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Author: Dr Michael J Samways (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Imprint: CABI Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 18.90cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 1.500kg
ISBN: 9781789241686
ISBN 10: 1789241685
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 02 December 2019
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This volume is a summary of how to approach insect conservation and its associated research from a rigorous scientific and statistical perspective. The authors have provided an excellent summary of experimental design, sampling techniques, specimen storage, and data analysis. Although their intended audience is the early-career researcher, there is no doubt that seasoned scientists, managers, and curators could benefit from this synthesis of important information. -- The Quarterly Review of Biology Insect Conservation's greatest strength is its careful descriptions of field methods that no longer are commonly taught. The sober title of this book conceals its readability and its scope, which is truly wide; it covers approaches and methods, but it also includes concepts. It should be on the bookshelf of every practising conservationist or environmental manager and will be a great source-book for undergraduates, postgraduates and established researchers. It will certainly be on the essential reading list of the MSc in Invertebrate Ecology and Conservation that we run at Staffordshire! -- John W. Dover, Springer Science+Business Media Four hundred-plus page textbooks are not really supposed to be read cover to cover, and the fact that I read it this way and still enjoyed it throughout is a testament to the authors' enthusiasm for the topic, and to their absorbing writing style. They have managed to strike a good balance between creating a thorough, systematic and impartial scientific content; while not losing the sense of underlying moral urgency associated with the topic of insect conservation. The understated, affable way in which the authors have written this book is exemplified by their introduction, which possibly downplays the scope of its potential readership. This book could enjoy a broader readership, from the capable undergraduate planning and undertaking their dissertation, to the seasoned researcher or lecturer wanting to quickly look up a relevant method or reference. -- Progress in Physical Geography
"""This volume is a summary of how to approach insect conservation and its associated research from a rigorous scientific and statistical perspective. The authors have provided an excellent summary of experimental design, sampling techniques, specimen storage, and data analysis. Although their intended audience is the ""early-career researcher,"" there is no doubt that seasoned scientists, managers, and curators could benefit from this synthesis of important information."" -- The Quarterly Review of Biology ""Insect Conservation's greatest strength is its careful descriptions of field methods that no longer are commonly taught. ""The sober title of this book conceals its readability and its scope, which is truly wide; it covers approaches and methods, but it also includes concepts. It should be on the bookshelf of every practising conservationist or environmental manager and will be a great source-book for undergraduates, postgraduates and established researchers. It will certainly be on the essential reading list of the MSc in Invertebrate Ecology and Conservation that we run at Staffordshire!"" -- John W. Dover, Springer Science+Business Media ""Four hundred-plus page textbooks are not really supposed to be read cover to cover, and the fact that I read it this way and still enjoyed it throughout is a testament to the authors' enthusiasm for the topic, and to their absorbing writing style. They have managed to strike a good balance between creating a thorough, systematic and impartial scientific content; while not losing the sense of underlying moral urgency associated with the topic of insect conservation. The understated, affable way in which the authors have written this book is exemplified by their introduction, which possibly downplays the scope of its potential readership. This book could enjoy a broader readership, from the capable undergraduate planning and undertaking their dissertation, to the seasoned researcher or lecturer wanting to quickly look up a relevant method or reference."" -- Progress in Physical Geography"
Author Information
Michael Samways, Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He focuses on all aspects of insect conservation, both nationally and internationally. Michael is recipient of the John Herschel Medal of the Royal Society of South Africa, the Senior Captain Scott and Gold Medals of the South African Academy of Science and Arts, and Gold Medal of the Academy of Science of South Africa. He received the life-time Stellenbosch University Chancellor's Award, and IUCN/Species Survival Commission Chair's Citation of Excellence. He and his team, the Mondi Ecological Networks Programme, were named Winner of the NSTF-South32 Award.
