Aquatic Insects: Challenges to Populations Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society’s 24th Symposium
It is customary in the preface or introduction of a book to stress the importance of the subject matter, in order to justify the publication and to encourage readers on to the main text. One of the problems with this is the overuse, and consequent devaluation of ‘importance’ (Brooker et al., 2005...
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2014
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| Tóm tắt: | It is customary in the preface or introduction of a book to stress the importance
of the subject matter, in order to justify the publication and to encourage readers
on to the main text. One of the problems with this is the overuse, and consequent
devaluation of ‘importance’ (Brooker et al., 2005). As far as aquatic insects
are concerned, we feel that little justifi cation for having an interest in this group
is necessary. Their persistent presence in the Earth’s fauna (>300 million years
since insects invaded aquatic habitats), their numerical dominance in contemporary
freshwaters (and some saline waters), and the diversity of roles they perform
in aquatic ecosystems speak for the importance of the group. In an academic
context, aquatic insects have served as model systems for the development of
understanding of many aspects of insect physiology, behaviour, ecology and
evolution, so there are many afi cionados of this group. |
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