Invasive plants threaten Azores island beetles Over a hundred insect species from the Portuguese islands of the Azores have been assessed for the(...)
HI AIISG MEmbers We are excited to share the latest news about ongoing invertebrate projects in the Atlantic Islands. In this newsletter issue, we(...)
HOW MANY HOGNA SPECIES ARE IN MADEIRA ARCHIPELAGO? By Luís Crespo The already well known Hogna ingens (Blackwall, 1857) is only one of(...)
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The Atlantic Islands are a geographically discrete grouping, where there is a keen interest and enthusiasm for form a group of people interested in furthering invertebrate conservation. The group covers all Atlantic Islands. Most of these islands have a high level of invertebrate endemism and numerous species of conservation concern. The issues facing these islands are similar: habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, invasive species, climate change; and also limited data and lack of(...)
The MAIIS Group is building a selection of profiles, where is some of the latest species we have added:
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