The Importance of Insect Monitoring to Conservation Actions in Hawaii

dc.contributor.author Medeiros, Matthew J. en_US
dc.contributor.author Eiben, Jesse A. en_US
dc.contributor.author Haines, William P. en_US
dc.contributor.author Kaholoaa, Raina en_US
dc.contributor.author King, Cynthia B.A. en_US
dc.contributor.author Krushelnycky, Paul D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Magnacca, Karl N. en_US
dc.contributor.author Rubinoff, Daniel en_US
dc.contributor.author Starr, Forest en_US
dc.contributor.author Starr, Kim en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-12-09T21:35:22Z
dc.date.available 2013-12-09T21:35:22Z
dc.date.issued 2013-12 en_US
dc.description.abstract Endemic insect species make up the overwhelming majority of Hawaii’s native fauna, and play many important ecological roles. Despite this, insects receive low levels of conservation funding, likely due to their small size, fluctuating popula- tion sizes, and lack of baseline data necessary to determine if they are threatened with extinction. To determine which insects are at risk, how insect populations fluctuate in natural areas, and which management actions are most beneficial to Hawaiian ecosystems, we propose that insects be monitored whenever possible. Insect monitoring should be broad, generating community-based metrics such as species richness, rather that focusing on individual species. Resultant data should be entered into a stable, central database. Rather than individual insect species being the explicit target of conservation, we emphasize that measures of insect diversity can provide an assessment of restoration efforts, and serve as a metric for prioritizing areas for conservation. We provide lists of additional recommenda- tions for land managers and research entomologists who wish to assist with insect conservation efforts. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Proc Hawaiian Ent Soc (2013) 45: 149-166. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0073-134X en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/31012
dc.language.iso en-US en_US
dc.publisher Hawaiian Entomological Society en_US
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subject database, endemic species, indicator species, invasive species, moni- toring, population trends en_US
dc.title The Importance of Insect Monitoring to Conservation Actions in Hawaii en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.type.dcmi Text en_US
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