Butterfly Conservation in North America: Efforts to Help Save Our Charismatic Microfauna

ISBN-13: 9789401798518 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 192 str.

Jaret C. Daniels

Opis

The book addresses this critical need by providing a straightforward and easy to read primer to key elements of at-risk butterfly conservation programs including captive husbandry, organism reintroduction, habitat restoration, population monitoring, recovery planning and cooperative programs.Impacts from habitat loss and fragmentation, invasive species, and climate change continue to accelerate the rate of imperilment and necessitate increased conservation action.Zoos, natural history museums, botanical gardens and wildlife agencies are progressively focusing on insects, particularly charismatic groups such as butterflies and native pollinators, to help advance local conservation efforts and foster increased community interest and engagement.Today, many institutions and their partners have successfully initiated at-risk butterfly conservation programs, and numerous others are exploring ways to become involved. However, insufficient experience and familiarity with insects is a critical constraint preventing staff and institutions from adequately planning, implementing and evaluating organism-targeted activities.The information provided is intended to improve staff practices, learn from existing programs, promote broader information exchange, and strengthen institutional ability to develop new or improve existing butterfly conservation initiatives.The information provided is intended to improve staff practices, learn from existing programs, promote broader information exchange, and strengthen institutional ability to develop new or improve existing butterfly conservation initiatives.This book will be useful to professionals from zoos, natural history museums, botanical gardens, wildlife agencies, conservation organizations, land managers, students, and scientist in conservation biology, ecology, entomology, biology, and zoology.

Recenzje

"The contributions in this edited volume constitute a highly practical guide to obtaining critical information about imperiled butterflies and strategies for implementing their conservation. ... each chapter is focused on a particular aspect of butterfly conservation, or is a case study of the conservation of particular species or a species in a specific geographic region. ... This book is a must for anyone contemplating direct engagement with butterfly conservation activities." (Chris Nice, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 91 (3), September, 2016)

"The book accomplished the goal of providing a framework for butterfly conservation and management efforts. ... useful for groups interested in identifying ways to best participate in these efforts. For readers not familiar with specific issues associated with imperiled butterflies, the focus on practical applications and numerous case studies provide an excellent starting point for developing relevant programs. Overall, the diverse expertise and experiences of the authors provide an important resource for practitioners interested in butterfly conservation and management." (Kristen A. Baum, The Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 80 (5), July, 2016)

"Each chapter is referenced independently and also includes a summary of key points discussed. ... book fulfills its promise of delivering practical advice to advance butterfly conservation. It is informative and also refreshingly free from excessive 'jargon' ... . I hope that it will indeed be read widely and its content heeded in planning further conservation efforts for butterflies across North America." (Tim R. New, Journal of Insect Conservation, Vol. 19, 2015)

Spis treści

Butterfly Recovery Planning: Determining How to Contribute - Jaret C. Daniels, Mitch Magdich and Peter Tolson

The Role of AZA-Accredited Zoos and Aquariums in Butterfly Conservation - Shelly Grow, Ruth Allard and Debborah Luke

Butterfly Monitoring for Conservation - Doug Taron and Leslie Reis

Developing a Rare Butterfly Database for Conservation Purposes: An Example in Florida Using Citizen Scientists - Dean Jue

Butterfly Conservation Genetics - Emily Saarinen

Managing Land for Butterflies - Doug Taron

The Imperiled Mardon Skipper Butterfly: An Initial

Conservation Success - Rich Hatfield, Scott Hoffman Black and Sarina Jepsen

Habitat Restoration as a Recovery Tool for a Disturbance-dependent Butterfly, The Endangered

St. Francis’ Satyr - Heather Clayton, Nick M. Haddad, Brian Ball, Erica Henry and Erik Aschehong

Butterflies are Not Grizzly Bears: Lepidoptera Conservation in Practice in California - Travis Longcore and Kendall H. Osborne

O autorze

Jaret C. Daniels, Ph.D. Assistant Director of Exhibits and Public Programs Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera IFAS Assistant Professor of Entomology at Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida.

For a bit of background, the proposed book was born out of a larger conservation program I have been running called Imperiled Butterfly Conservation and Management. The proposed book serves as a detailed and augmented proceeding of the 3-year program.

Imperiled Butterfly Conservation and Management (IBCM) is an intensive cross-training program designed to strengthen the capacity of institutions and their staff to play a strategic role in the emergent and increasingly important field of insect conservation biology, with a targeted focus on imperiled butterfly recovery.

Zoos, natural history museums, botanical gardens and state and federal wildlife agencies are progressively focusing on insects, particularly charismatic groups such as butterflies and pollinators, to help advance local conservation efforts and foster increased environmental stewardship, science literacy and community engagement. However, insufficient experience and familiarity with insects prevent staff and institutions from adequately planning, implementing and evaluating conservation activities. The three-year IBCM program directly addresses this critical gap by focusing on institutional and staff development.

The program was led by the Florida Museum of Natural History s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the University of Florida and the Butterfly Conservation Initiative. IBCM is a broad partnership that also involves the Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum; the Oregon Zoo in Portland, OR; the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL; the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in Silver Spring, MD and the University of Florida IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology. IBCM was funded by a grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services 21st Century Museum professionals program.

Blurb

This book is intended to serve as a basic primer for practitioners interested in working with butterflies. The various chapters provide a combination of specific case studies and broader overviews of key issues relating to research, habitat restoration, captive propagation, population monitoring, and stakeholder education and training. Butterflies are experiencing declines worldwide. Prompted by this trend, interest in at-risk butterfly conservation has grown tremendously in recent years, as has the number of dedicated recovery initiatives. Zoos, natural history museums, botanical gardens, and state and federal wildlife agencies are progressively focusing on insects, particularly charismatic groups such as butterflies and pollinators, to help advance local conservation efforts and foster increased public interest and community engagement. However, insufficient experience and familiarity with butterflies can often hinder conservation practitioners from adequately planning, implementing and evaluating essential program components. Determining the best ways to make meaningful contributions to new or ongoing at-risk butterfly recovery initiatives is critical and typically driven by available expertise and resources.