University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Verso of title page.

"This two-volume book focuses on ... arthropod inventories, biology and conservation"--Page [4] of cover.

Companion volume to: Arthropod diversity and conservation in the tropics and sub-tropics / Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy, Shakunthala Sridhara, editors. 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Arthropods : evolution and ecology / A.K. Chakravarthy, Vasudev Kammar, and P.R. Shashank -- 2. Soil biodiversity and arthropods : role in soil fertility / D.J. Bagyaraj, C.J. Nethravathi, and K.S. Nitin -- 3. Butterfly communities of Ritchie's Archipelago in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India : implications for conservation of arthropods and their habitats / C. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman -- 4. Documenting arthropods in select wild and cultivated ecosystems in Iran and Kuwait / A.A. Seraj, M. Esfandiari, and Wasmia Al-Houty -- 5. An appraisal of select insect taxa in Sri Lanka / J.P. Edirisinghe, W.A.I.P. Karunaratne, I.I. Hemachandra, N.R. Gunawardene, and C.M.D. Bambaradeniya -- 6. Utility of arthropods by indigenous communities : sustaining natural resources / M. Jayashankar, M. Charles, Vijeth V. Arya, and Jayalaxmi Hegde -- 7. Insects as human food / A.K. Chakravarthy, G.T. Jayasimha, R.R. Rachana, and G. Rohini -- 8. Arthropod community on rice : a blend of aquatic and terrestrial species / Vijay Kumar Lingaraj, K.S. Nitin, and B.S. Rajendra Prasad -- 9. Arthropods on cotton: a comparison between Bt and non-Bt cotton / K. Chakravarthy, Manja Naik, and T.N. Madhu -- 10. Arthropod biodiversity on jute and allied fibre crops / K. Selvaraj, B.S. Gotyal, S.P. Gawande, S. Satpathy, and S.K. Sarkar -- 11. Arthropod diversity and management in legume-based cropping systems in the tropics / V. Sridhar and L.S. Vinesh -- 12. Arthropod diversity in non leguminous vegetable crops / N.R. Prasannakumar, K.P. Kumar, and A.T. Rani -- 13. Diversity of mites on vegetable crops, Kerala, South India : documentation for conserving predatory and other beneficial mites on vegetables / K.V. Binisha, Haseena Bhaskar, and Sosamma Jacob -- 14. Arthropod communities associated with mango (Mangifera indica L.) : diversity and interactions / Poluru Venkata Rami Reddy and Kolla Sreedevi -- 15. Arthropod communities in cashew : a perennial reservoir of species assemblages / P.S. Bhat, K. Vanitha, T.N. Raviprasad, and K.K. Srikumar -- 16. The coconut mite : current global scenario / N.S. Aratchige, A.D.N.T. Kumara, and N.I. Suwandharathne -- 17. Arthropod communities in coffee : a habitat mimicking tropical forests / N.E. Thyagaraj, G.V. Manjunatha Reddy, S. Onkara Naik, and B. Doddabasappa -- 18. Arthropod pests and natural enemy communities in tea ecosystems of India / Narayanannair Muraleedharan and Somnath Roy -- 19. Forest arthropod communities in India : their role and conservation / G. Mathew, K.P. Kumar, and M. Chandrashekaraiah -- 20. Awareness on pesticide residues in food crops : a challenge / G.V. Ranga Rao, B. Ratna Kumari, K.L. Sahrawat, and S.P. Wani.

Arthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival. Arthropods 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 in situ and ex situ conservation. This 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. This 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.