摘要:
Entomological records for the Island of Rhum have been brought together to form an inventory of 2158 species of insects. It is the result of intense surveys conducted in the 1960s combined with casual collecting by visiting and resident entomologists and includes documented records since 1895.The diversity of insects recorded is, perhaps, greater than might have been anticipated in a bleak and windswept Hebridean island. Man‐made habitats in the form of mixed woodland, farmland and gardens support the greatest range of species present though most of the resident insect rarities occur in coastal or upland habitats.The island is a National Nature Reserve owned by the Nature Conservancy Council whose management policies include a large scale woodland restoration programme aimed at recreating forest formations composed of native trees and shrubs, as well as studies on the effects of red deerCervus elaphusand other grazing animals on existing vegetation communities outwith the planting areas. This catalogue serves as a baseline by which changes resulting from these management activities, as well as cyclical population changes, can be measure
ISSN:0024-4066
DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1982.tb01547.x
出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd
年代:1982
数据来源: WILEY
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