Highlights•Miniature insects are among the smallest multicellular animals, yet many retain
flight-ability.•Across insects, flight apparatus and sensory structures scale over many orders …

Significant advances in biophysical methods such as next-generation sequencing
technologies have now opened the way to conduct evolutionary and applied research …

Anthropogenic noise is known to affect acoustic signal production in birds, frogs and
mammals. These animals use different mechanisms to adjust their signals to elevated …

Although humans and arthropods have been living and evolving together for all of our
history, we know very little about the arthropods we share our homes with apart from major …

Grazing and mowing are widely applied management practices in semi-natural grasslands,
which are one of the most important habitats for biodiversity conservation in Europe. Due to …

Microplastic is a growing concern as an environmental contaminant as it is ubiquitous in our
ecosystems. Microplastics are present in terrestrial environments, yet the majority of studies …

Although positive effects on biodiversity of woody features in agricultural landscapes are
widely recognized, questions remain as to which landscape context to prioritize their …

A quantitative analysis of wing variation in grasshoppers can help us to understand how
environmental heterogeneity affects the phenotypic patterns of insects. In this study …

Based on several adverse reports of pesticides on reproductive efficiency of various
organisms, studies on “reproductive toxicity” have gained importance. Fecundity, reflecting …

Aim Both ecological and evolutionary processes shape biological communities along
elevational gradients. Compared to above‐ground taxa, elevational patterns and processes …