@article{fdi:010049429,
  title = {{E}ntomology in {E}cuador : recent developments and future challenges},
  author = {{D}angles, {O}livier and {B}arragan, {A}. and {C}ardenas, {R}. {E}. and {O}nore, {G}. and {K}eil, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e review and analyze the recent development and future challenges facing entomology as a science in {E}cuador, a country with limited financial and human resources and numerous environmental problems. {T}axonomic studies of the {E}cuadorian insect fauna have been well developed for only a few groups (e.g. {P}apilionoidea, {C}arabidae) and remains in its infancy for most insect orders. {T}his is due to the huge diversity of species living in a great diversity of habitats and the difficulty to identify most species. {T}here is a lack of published basic biological information and to a high rate of endemism of many groups, especially in the {A}ndes. {T}he development of ecological entomology as a formal discipline in {E}cuador is a very recent phenomenon, and has been mostly limited to descriptive studies of the environmental factors that govern insect diversity and abundance. {W}e outline a set of research challenges regarding the impact of global environmental changes on insect communities and habitats they live in and propose potential strategies for the development of entomology in {E}cuador. {B}oth basic and applied research will be important in this context as well as international collaboration to strengthen the role of entomological science in decision making processes in the country.},
  keywords = {{I}nsect taxonomy ; {E}cology and evolution ; {P}ests ; {M}onitoring ; {G}lobal ; changes},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nnales de la {S}oci{\'e}t{\'e} {E}ntomologique de {F}rance},
  volume = {45},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {424--436},
  ISSN = {0037-9271},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1080/00379271.2009.10697627},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049429},
}