Ecosystem Services of Insects
Goutam Roy Chowdhury1, Upasana Datta2, Sufia Zaman2 and Abhijit Mitra3*
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000228
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- 1Chancellor, Techno India University, India
- 2Department of Oceanography, Techno India University, India
- 3Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, India
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Abhijit Mitra, Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, 35 B.C. Road, Kolkata 700019, India
Received: July 15, 2017; Published: July 31, 2017
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Abstract
Insects comprise the most diverse group of multicellular
organisms in the planet Earth, which provide several ecosystem
services like pollination, pest control (bio-control), decomposition,
transference of energy through food chain etc. In addition, insects
are widely used today as human edible items and ingredients of
fish-feed, turtle-feed, livestock, etc. In this paper we focus on the
vital ecosystem services provided by insects with special reference
to their services in the domain of human food.
Introduction|
Pollination|
Decomposition/ Biodegradation|
Biological Control of Pest|
Edible Value of Insects|
References|
ISSN: 2574 -1241
