Highlights•Variable insect phenological shifts alter synchrony and interactions.•Temperature-
sensitive insect development can account for variable phenological shifts.•Lab experiments …

New biophysical theory and electronic databases raise the prospect of deriving fundamental
rules of life, a conceptual framework for how the structures and functions of molecules, cells …

Populations of short-lived organisms can respond to spatial and temporal environmental
heterogeneity through local adaptation. Local adaptation can be reflected on both …

Differences in hatching dates can shape intraspecific interactions through size-mediated
priority effects (SMPE), a phenomenon where bigger, early hatched individuals gain …

Climate change raises a serious threat to global entomofauna—the foundation of many
ecosystems—by threatening species preservation and the ecosystem services they provide …

Documenting and explaining global patterns of biodiversity in time and space have
fascinated and occupied biologists for centuries. Investigation of the importance of these …

All species interact in complex antagonistic or mutualistic networks that may be driven by
turnover in species composition due to spatiotemporal environmental filtering. Therefore …

Dietary studies are critical for understanding foraging strategies and have important
applications in conservation and habitat management. We applied a robust metabarcoding …

Simple Summary The peacock butterfly is abundant and widespread in Europe. It used to
have a single generation per year: adults born in summer overwintered and reappeared in …

In seasonal environments, organisms must synchronize their life cycles to conditions
favorable for growth and reproduction. Because season length varies geographically, local …