During recent decades, the distribution patterns of praying mantis and grasshopper species have strongly changed in Germany. In this atlas, the range shifts of all 83 native species and its drivers are explained in detail. The introductory chapters cover the general distribution patterns in Europe and Germany, main habitats, effects of land-use and climate change as well as grasshopper monitoring. Extensive species profiles present the distribution, habitats, population trend, threats and important ecological characteristics of each species. Brillant photographs highlight the full beauty of these insects and their habitats. With this book, the renowned team of authors present an important basis for the conservation of native species of praying mantis and grasshoppers in times of rapid global change.

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Fartmann leitet die Abteilung für Biodiversität und Landschaftsökologie der Universität Osnabrück und erforscht dort unter anderem die Auswirkungen des globalen Wandels und ist Autor zahlreicher Publikationen.