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.
