A preliminary assessment of changes in plant-dwelling insects when threatened plants are translocated

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-377

  Moir, Melinda L ^a   Vesk, Peter A ^a   Brennan, Karl E C ^b   Hughes, Lesley ^c   Keith, David A ^d,e   McCarthy, Michael A ^a   Coates, David J ^f   Barrett, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted colonization; Coextinction risk; Conservation planning; Host specificity; Plant insect interactions; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSLOCATION;

BANKSIA BROWNII; HEXAPODA; LEUCOPOGON;

EID: 84861007130     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9422-7     Document Type: Article

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