Butterfly Conservation in South-Eastern Australia: Progress and Prospects

PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1. Setting the scene: south-eastern Australia's butterflies and their conservationChapter 1 Australia's butterflies: some background1.1 Introduction1.2 Diversity1.3 Biogeography1.4 Collecting and recording1.5 Distribution and conservation statusChapter 2 Environments for butterflies in south eastern Australia2.1 Introduction2.2 Environmental change2.3 Threats and butterfly declines2.4 UrbanisationChapter 3 Butterflies in Australian conservation legislation3.1 Introduction: History, development and reception3.2 The Butterfly Action Plan3.3 Consequences of recognition for conservation needPart 2. Cases: subspecies to communitiesChapter 4 A wetland skipper on sedges: Hesperilla flavescens4.1 Introduction4.2 Hesperilla flavescens flavia4.3 Hesperilla flavescens flavescensChapter 5. The Australian hairstreak, Pseudalmenus chlorinda5.1 Introduction5.2 Biology and conservation5.3 DiscussionChapter 6 Tales of two coppers, Paralucia spp.6.1Introduction6.2 The Eltham copper, Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida6.2.1 Biology6.2.2 Conservation6.2.2.1 Larval counts6.2.2.2 Adult counts6.2.2.3 Threats6.3 The Bathurst copper, Paralucia spinifera6.3.1 Biology6.3.2 Conservation6.4 DiscussionChapter 7. Unity in richness: Azure blues (Ogyris spp.) in patchy environments7.1 Introduction7.2 Biology and conservationChapter 8. Butterflies in a disappearing ecosystem: alpine Satyrinae8.1 Introduction8.2 Alpine butterflies8.2.1 Oreixenica ptunarrra8.2.2 Oreixenica latialis theddoraChapter 9 'Butterfly community No 1'9.1 Introduction9.2 Mount Piper9.3 Communities in legislation and practicePart 3. Lessons learned, and future endeavourChapter 1010.1 Introduction10.2 Taxonomic uncertainty10.3 Needs for conservation10.4 Fire as a management tool10.5 Conservation and landscape issues10.6 Climate change10.7 Expanding ranges10.8 Effective butterfly conservation10.9 Towards management10.10 The future10.11 Lessons from and for elsewhere10.12 Broader regional contextReferencesIndex

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