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Science 3 July 2009:
Vol. 325. no. 5936, pp. 41 - 42
DOI: 10.1126/science.1176892
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Perspectives

Ecology:

Insect Conservation

Josef Settele and Elisabeth Kühn

Conservation efforts in Europe mainly aim to preserve and manage ecosystems that contain putatively endangered biotic communities. However, as Thomas et al. show on page 80 of this issue (1), this approach may not yield the desired results—particularly in the case of comparatively specialized taxa such as butterflies and other insect groups.

UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4, 06120 Halle, Germany.

E-mail: Josef.Settele{at}ufz.de; Elisabeth.Kuehn{at}ufz.de

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