Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline

Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline offers the most updated knowledge on how invasive alien species affect insect diversity worldwide. The book provides ongoing research and the most relevant information, covering the main aspects of the impact of biological invasions as well as future insights on mitigation and consequences. It discusses how the introduction of all kinds of organisms, from bacteria and plants to vertebrates, affect current declines in insect diversity. The latter portion of the book delves into existent and future monitoring and management programs, including citizen science and regenerative ecology as socio-ecological solutions to combat these threats.

Written and edited by international experts on invasion ecology and insect conservation, this book explores the role of global change and the introduction of invasive species in altering the structure of habitats and how this induces a global insect decline. This will be a valuable resource for entomologists, invasion biologists and other researchers in biodiversity conservation, as well as practitioners and stakeholders concerned about problematic invasive alien species and insect population decline.

• Offers a concise vision of one of the main causes of insect extinctions in the Anthropocene
• Discusses community ecology, insect conservation, species interactions, restoration ecology
• Led by a team of editors whose expertise includes invasive alien species, invasion ecology, insect species diversity, and species conservation

Dr. Jonatan Rodríguez is a postdoctoral researcher for the Department of Functional Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He received his PhD in Terrestrial Ecosystems from the University of Vigo in Spain. After obtaining his PhD, he was working for the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. As well as contributing numerous journal articles and co-authored book chapters, he joined as an Editorial Board member of Flora and is Associate Editor of the journal Management of Biological Invasions. His investigation focuses on the study of biological invasions, biodiversity, plant ecology, community ecology, and plant-insect interactions.

Prof. Petr Pyšek is the Head of the Department of Invasion Ecology at the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, and Professor of Ecology at the Charles University in Prague. He received his PhD in Ecology from the Czech Agricultural University. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Ecology and Environment, a member of the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group and the Neobiota (European Group on Biological Invasions) Board, and a recipient of numerous international and national awards. He serves as a Chief Editor of Preslia and Associate Editor for several journals on biological invasions. His primary research areas include biological invasions, macroecology, biodiversity, plant population and community ecology, vegetation succession, and urban flora and vegetation.

Dr. Ana Novoa is a scientist for the Institute of Botany at the Czech Academy of Sciences. She received her PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Vigo in Spain. She is the Secretary of NeoBiota (European Group on Biological Invasions). She is currently the Thematic Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Management of Biological Invasions, Associate Editor of Biological Invasions and Koedoe, and Guest Editor of the journals Journal of Environmental Management and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Her research expertise is on invasion ecology, on which she has published numerous journal articles and co-authored book chapters.