Insect Diversity and Ecosystem Services: Volume 1: Importance, Threats, Conservation, and Economic Perspectives

This new innovative work on insects and their impact on the ecosystem covers the role of insects in environmental pollution, their use in sustainable agricultural services, and the industrial, forensic, and medical applications of insects and their pure products. The book also covers the entomological and molecular aspects of insects, identifies the gaps in the research, and looks at integrated management strategies for pests.

Volume 1: Importance, Threats, Conservation, and Economic Perspectives, reviews the different insect orders regarding their diversity and importance in providing free ecological services and discusses the diversity patterns of world biogeographic zones and how insects contribute to maintaining ecological diversity.

Volume 2: Environmental Indicators, Molecular Approaches, and Management Strategies discusses the role of insects as environmental indicators, the effect of pesticides on insect diversity, strategies to control the diversity of insects, medical and forensic importance of insects, exploring new insect species through DNA barcoding, integrated pest management, the role of insect population in agriculture, and eco-friendly pest management approaches.

Some topics covered in the book include:

• Role of insects for the sustainable agricultural development
• Commercial importance of insects and their products
• Food additive roles of insects and formulation of remedies for the reduction of disease pathogenesis
• Management strategies for pest control

Some specific topics include colony collapse disorder of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera l.) populations, insects as strong crime indicator tools in forensic sciences, insect-based value-added products, and more.

Together, these two volumes offer important information for researchers, academicians, scientists, industrialists, teachers, entomologists, and students for understanding the contribution of insects towards the sustainability of the ecosystem.

Younis Ahmad Hajam, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences at SantBaba Bhag Singh University, Punjab, India. Dr. Hajam has received national awards for his contributions in biological science. He is an author of research articles and book chapters as well as several books with international publishers. Dr. Hajam has organized, presented, and participated in state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums.

Sajad Hussain Parey, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Zoology in the School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Dr. Parey has published articles in national and international journals and has described more than a hundred new species of caddisflies from the Indian Himalayas. He has also studied caddisflies at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, and Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.

Rouf Ahmad Bhat, PhD, is working in the Department of School Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He is the author of articles and book chapters and has published more than 28 books with international publishers. Dr. Bhat has presented and participated in state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. In addition, he has worked as an Associate Environmental Expert in the World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and is also on the Environmental Support Staff of Asian Development Bank-funded development projects.