An Introduction to Invertebrate Conservation Biology
An Introduction to Invertebrate Conservation Biology
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无脊椎动物保护生物学简介
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10.1093/ae/45.2.123
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1999
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L. Gall
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这本书组织良好，可读性强，并且针对的读者比昆虫学家要广泛得多。它的可读性无疑将有助于实现“向学生、博物学家、生物学家和保护管理者介绍新兴的无脊椎动物保护科学”的既定目标（p.v）。这本书共有 194 页，无法提供详尽的细节。相反，New 采用主题方法进行广泛覆盖。八章的正文中每一章都包含对原始文献的引用，各章的结尾是一些精选的较大作品以供进一步阅读。我本来希望选择更巧妙的数字来向读者传达要点（有 37 个表格和 22 个数字），但这只是一个小抱怨。前三章（第 1-70 页）为无脊椎动物保护提供了一个参考框架：该领域的主菜；关于为什么应该保护无脊椎动物的争论；以及世界不断变化的物理状态。中间三章（第71-130页）将“如何做”覆盖到这个参考框架上；优先考虑并实施务实的保护计划；圈养繁殖和重新引入；以及正式立法和现状评估。最后两章（第 131-168 页）介绍了典型的案例历史并展望了未来。该书最后附有 IUCN 状态定义的附录（第 169 页）、560 条参考文献（第 170-190 页）和一个主题索引（第 191-194 页）。New 擅长用几句话提炼出广泛的探究领域的精髓，以及它与其他主题的关系，同时还融入了他自己对这个问题的看法。他在每一章（尤其是引言）中都有效地运用了这一点，从而使人们可以拿起这本书并开始阅读几乎任何地方，并且仍然对整体结构、流程和哲学有一种联系感。纽花了相当多的时间讨论规模和模式的差异，因为这些差异适用于有效的保护实践和政策。例如，物种层面和生境层面保护无脊椎动物多样性的方法是对比的，重点关注伞类、旗舰类或指示类群的优点也不同，规模则作为与立法统一性相关的问题来解决（第24-28页、第70-89页和第124-125页）。显而易见但核心的教训是，没有可以应用的整体解决方案，并且考虑到无脊椎动物的自然历史和生物学数据总是有限的，任何计划都必须灵活且可以接受（可能是严重的）修改。在整本书中，纽指出我们的知识高度分散且不完整。
The book is well organized, highly readable, and targeted at a much broader audience than entomologists. Its readability certainly will help meet the stated goal of introducing" the emerging science of invertebrate conservation to students, naturalists, biologists, and conservation managers"(p. v). At 194 pages, the book cannot offer exhaustive detail. Rather, New adopts a thematic approach for broad coverage. The body of each of the eight chapters contains citations to the original literature, and the chapters end with a few selected larger works for further reading. I would have liked more deftly chosen figures that convey points to the reader (there are 37 tables and 22 figures), but this is a minor complaint. The first three chapters (pp. 1-70) provide a frame of reference for invertebrate conservation: an entree to the field; arguments for why invertebrates should be conserved; and the changing physical state of the world. The middle three chapters (pp. 71-130) overlay a" how to do it" onto this frame of reference; prioritizing and implementing pragmatic conservation programs; captive breeding and re-introductions; and formallegislation and status assessments. The final two chapters (pp. 131-168) treat exemplary case histories and offer glimpses at the future. The book concludes with an Appendix of IUCN status definitions (p. 169), 560 references (pp. 170-190), and a subject index (pp. 191-194).New has a skill for distilling in a few sentences the essence of a broad area of inquiry and how it relates to other topics while also weaving in his own spin on the matter. He uses this effectivelyin each chapter (especially the introductions), thereby allowing one to pick the book up and begin reading almost anywhere and still have a sense of linkage to the overall structure, flow, and philosophy. New spends a considerable time discussing differences in scale and mode as these apply to effective conservation practice and policy. For example, species-level and habitat-level approaches to conserving invertebrate diversity are contrasted, as are the merits of focusing on umbrella, flagship, or indicator taxa, and scale isaddressed as an issue relating to uniformity in legislation (pp. 24-28, 70-89, and 124-125). Apartly obvious but nevertheless central lesson is that there are no monolithic solutions that can be applied, and that any plan must be flexible and open to (potentially severe) amendment, given that data on the natural history and biology of invertebrates will always be limiting. Throughout the book, New points to our highly fragmented and incomplete knowl-