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Insect Conservation Biology: What Can We Learn from Ornithology and Birding?

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Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects

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In a search for patterns within the history of scientific studies, historians have analysed several fields from physics (Nye 1996), astronomy, and computer software (Leadbeater and Miller 2004) to biology (Killingsworth and Palmer 1992; Pearson and Cassola 2007). Are there steps common to all scientific endeavour? What recognisable patterns of change take place and what are the significant factors causing the changes? How can they best be compared?

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We are indebted to J. Alcock, K. R. Johnson, B. A. Minteer, N. B. Pearson, S. J. Pyne, and J. V. Remsen for reading early drafts of this manuscript and providing helpful criticism to improve it. A. Peterson provided data on bird species descriptions.

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Pearson, D.L., Cassola, F. (2012). Insect Conservation Biology: What Can We Learn from Ornithology and Birding?. In: New, T. (eds) Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2963-6_17

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