Insect Coloration and Implications for Conservation
Abstract
Large, conspicuously colored insect taxa, due to associated logistical and anthropocentric biases in knowledge, public support and legislative consideration, are favored as targets of species protection, environmental monitors and education tools. They are also vulnerable to collection and perhaps, due to ecological specializations associated with apparency, to extinction. I discuss the implications for conservation.Downloads
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