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This atlas presentsa concrete tool to identify xylophagous activity by the remains they left in wooded areas in Western Europe. Xylophagous insectsare among the largest predators of woody tissues. They leave discriminating traces, different for each species according to their bioecology, and so it is necessary to know how to recognize and characterize them. Thebook is a practical tool to help identify and interpret them through a standardized presentation of the most ubiquitous families and a key to their determination. It presents descriptions of the galleries and of morphometry of the faecal pellets based on macroscopic features for xylophagous identification, and includes information about the origin and distribution of the xylophagous biological cycles, bioclimatic conditions and bioecology, and the type of woods that are attacked. The book will be a useful guide for forest managers, heritageconservationists, environmental engineers, bioarchaeologists, entomologists, loggers, and wood anatomists.
Wood borers. --- Xilòfags --- Europa occidental --- Wood-boring insects --- Wood worms --- Woodborers --- Woodboring beetles --- Woodworms --- Beetles --- Forest insects --- Saproxylic insects --- Wood --- Deterioration
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Fossils document the existence of trees and wood-associated organisms from almost 400 million years ago, and today there are between 400,000 and 1 million wood-inhabiting species in the world. This is the first book to synthesise the natural history and conservation needs of wood-inhabiting organisms. Presenting a thorough introduction to biodiversity in decaying wood, the book studies the rich diversity of fungi, insects and vertebrates that depend upon dead wood. It describes the functional diversity of these organisms and their specific habitat requirements in terms of host trees, decay phases, tree dimensions, microhabitats and the surrounding environment. Recognising the threats posed by timber extraction and forest management, the authors also present management options for protecting and maintaining the diversity of these species in forests as well as in agricultural landscapes and urban parks.
Forest biodiversity --- Forest litter --- Wood --- Forest ecology --- Wood-decaying fungi --- Saproxylic insects --- Bois --- Ecologie forestière --- Biodegradation --- Deterioration --- Détérioration --- Forest biodiversity. --- Forest ecology. --- Wood-decaying fungi. --- Saproxylic insects. --- Biodegradation. --- Deterioration. --- Science --- Life Sciences --- Ecology. --- Ecologie forestière --- Détérioration --- Decay fungi, Wood --- Wood decay fungi --- Wood-destroying fungi --- Wood fungi --- Wood-rotting fungi --- Fungi --- Trees --- Deterioration of wood --- Wood decay --- Wood deterioration --- Wood borers --- Wood-living insects --- Insects --- Forest ecosystems --- Forests and forestry --- Ecology --- Diversity, Forest biological --- Forest biological diversity --- Forest diversity --- Biodiversity --- Diseases and pests --- Microbiology --- Decay --- Preservation
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Provides a ready source of reference to the more important wood borers and termites encountered in Australia.
Termites --- Wood borers --- Wood --- Building materials --- Forest products --- Trees --- Timber --- Wood-boring insects --- Wood worms --- Woodborers --- Woodboring beetles --- Woodworms --- Beetles --- Forest insects --- Saproxylic insects --- Dictyoptera --- Isoptera --- White ants --- Insects --- Termitomyces --- Identification. --- Deterioration --- Zoology and Animal Sciences. Biology of Animal Taxonomic Groups -- Insecta --- Identification --- ALLW.
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