{"product_id":"economic-and-ecological-significance-of-arthropods-in-diversified-ecosystems-sustaining-regulatory-mechanisms-9789811015236","title":"Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems: Sustaining Regulatory Mechanisms","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthropods play an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, provide livelihoods and nutrition to human communities, and are important indicators of environmental change. Yet the population trends of several arthropods species show them to be in decline. Arthropods constitute a dominant group with 1.2 million species influencing earth’s biodiversity. Among arthropods, insects are predominant, with ca. 1 million species and having evolved some 350 million years ago. Arthropods are closely associated with living and non-living entities alike, making the ecosystem services they provide crucially important. In order to be effective, plans for the conservation of arthropods and ecosystems should include a mixture of strategies like protecting key habitats and genomic studies to formulate relevant policies for \u003ci\u003ein situ\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eex situ \u003c\/i\u003econservation\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis two-volume book focuses on capturing the essentials of arthropod inventories, biology, and conservation. Further, it seeks to identify the mechanisms by which arthropod populations can be sustained in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and by means of which certain problematic species be managed without producing harmful environmental side-effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited compilation includes chapters contributed by over 80 biologists on a wide range of topics embracing the diversity, distribution, utility and conservation of arthropods and select groups of insect taxa. More importantly, it describes in detail the mechanisms of sustaining arthropod ecosystems, services and populations. It addresses the contribution of modern biological tools such as molecular and genetic techniques regulating gene expression, as well as conventional, indigenous practices in arthropod conservation. The contributors reiterate the importance of documenting and understanding the biology of arthropods from a holistic perspective before addressing conservation issues at large. This book offers a valuable resource for all zoologists, entomologists, ecologists, conservation biologists, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the conservation of biological resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It chiefly covers the status, function, importance and control of insects and other Arthropods in agricultural systems. … there is clearly a huge amount of valuable and interesting information in this book, which is an important reference work. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. … there are a number of colour plates of Arthropods and their habitats.” (Tom Brereton, Journal of Insect Conservation, Vol. 21, 2017)\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Arthropods: Evolution and Ecology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. K. Chakravarthy, Vasudev Kammar and P. R. Shashank\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Soil biodiversity and arthropods: Role in soil fertility\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eD. J. Bagyaraj, C. J. Nethravathi and K. S. Nitin\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Butterfly Communities of Ritchie’s Archipelago in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: Implications for Conservation of Arthropods and Their Habitats\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Documenting Arthropods in select Wild and Cultivated Ecosystems in Iran and Kuwait\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. A. Seraj, M. Esfandiari and Wasmia Al-Houty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. An Appraisal of Select Insect Taxa in Sri Lanka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. P. Edirisinghe, W. A. I. P. Karunaratne, I. I. Hemachandra, N. R. Gunawardene and C. M. D. Bambaradeniya\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Utility of arthropods by indigenous communities: Sustaining natural resources\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM. Jayashankar, M. Charles, Vijeth V. Arya and Jayalaxmi Hegde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Insects as human food\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. K. Chakravarthy, G. T. Jayasimha, R. R. Rachana and G. Rohini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Arthropod communities on Rice: A blend of terrestrial and aquatic species\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL. Vijay Kumar, K. S. Nitin and Rajendra Prasad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Arthropods on cotton: A comparison between \u003ci\u003eBt\u003c\/i\u003e and non-\u003ci\u003eBt \u003c\/i\u003ecotton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA.  K. Chakravarthy, Manja Naik and T. N. Madhu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Arthropod Biodiversity on Jute and Allied Fibre Crops\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eK. Selvaraj, B. S. Gotyal, S. P. Gawande, S. Satpathy and S. K. Sarkar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Arthropod Diversity and Management in Legume Based Cropping Systems in the Tropics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Sridhar and L. S. Vinesh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Arthropod diversity in non-leguminous vegetable crops\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. R. Prasannakumar, K. P. Kumar and A. T. Rani\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Diversity of Mites on Vegetable crops, Kerala, South India: Documentation for Conserving Predatory and other Beneficial Mites on Vegetables\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eK. V. Binisha, Haseena Bhaskar and Sosamma Jacob\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Arthropod Communities Associated with Mango (\u003ci\u003eMangifera indica\u003c\/i\u003e L.): Diversity and Interactions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoluru Venkata Rami Reddy and Kolla Sreedevi\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. Arthropod communities on cashew: A perennial reservoir of species assemblages\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP.S. Bhat, K. Vanitha, T.N. Raviprasad and K. K. Srikumar\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. The Coconut Mite: Current Global Scenario\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. S. Aratchige, A. D. N. T. Kumara and N. I. Suwandharathne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. Arthropod communities in coffee: Reflecting tropical forest arthropod communities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. E. Thyagaraj, Manjunath Reddy, B. Doddabasappa and S. Onkara Naik\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18. Arthropod Pests and Natural Enemies Communities in Tea Ecosystems of India\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarayanannair Muraleedharan and Somnath Roy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19. Forest Arthropod Communities in India: Their role and Conservation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG. Mathew, K. P. Kumar and M. Chandrashekhariah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20. Awareness on Pesticide Residues in Food Crops: A Challenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG. V. Ranga Rao, B. Ratna Kumari, K. L. Sahrawat and S. P. 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