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Insects are by far the largest group of animals on Earth, with over a million described species, and they occupy a wide range of ecological niches - they may be herbivores, predators, parasites or decomposers. Some are of particular economic importance as pests of agriculture and forestry, as vectors of animal and human disease, or as species of interest to wildlife conservation. Thus an understanding of the processes determining their numbers is of considerable practical value. Entomologists have played a leading role in developing a theoretical basis to Population Ecology, but we still do not have adequate experimental and observational proof for many of the theoretical ideas that have bee...
Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire is the oldest, most-studied and best-documented nature reserve in Britain. This work records its natural history and is also a source book for anyone who is interested in ecology and the conservation of wildlife. It has been written by a group of specialists in botany, entomology, ornithology, ecology and nature conservation, all of whom have long experience of the Fen.
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