The role of climate change in pollinator decline across the Northern Hemisphere is underestimated

D Vasiliev, S Greenwood - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Pollinator biodiversity loss occurs at unprecedented rates globally, with particularly sharp
declines documented in the North Temperate Zone. There is currently no consensus on the …

The complexity of global change and its effects on insects

LH Yang, EG Postema, TE Hayes, MK Lippey… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Global change includes multiple overlapping and interacting drivers.•These
drivers can have complex and counterintuitive effects on insects.•Global change reorganizes …

Combining range and phenology shifts offers a winning strategy for boreal Lepidoptera

MH Hällfors, J Pöyry, J Heliölä, I Kohonen… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Species can adapt to climate change by adjusting in situ or by dispersing to new areas, and
these strategies may complement or enhance each other. Here, we investigate temporal …

Microclimatic variation affects developmental phenology, synchrony and voltinism in an insect population

C Greiser, L von Schmalensee, O Lindestad… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature influences the rate of most biological processes. Nonlinearities in the thermal
reaction norms of such processes complicate intuitive predictions of how ectothermic …

Ecological specialisation and range size determine intraspecific body size variation in a speciose clade of insect herbivores

CL Seifert, P Strutzenberger, K Fiedler - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The body size of an adult insect is strongly determined by the environmental factors to which
it is exposed during growth and development. Insect species confronted with a high …

Seasonal dynamics of fruit flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in forests of the European Russia

NG Gornostaev, AB Ruchin, MN Esin, AM Kulikov - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary It is the first investigation of drosophilid seasonal population changes
considering their biotope association, abundance and species diversity in European Russia …

Ecological and life‐history traits predict temporal trends in biomass of boreal moths

M Yazdanian, T Kankaanpää, J Itämies… - Insect Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dramatic insect declines, and their consequences for ecosystems globally, have received
considerable attention recently. Yet, it is still poorly known if ecological and life‐history traits …

Evolution of wing shape in geometrid moths: phylogenetic effects dominate over ecology

K Ude, E Õunap, A Kaasik, RB Davis… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Locomotory performance is an important determinant of fitness in most animals, including
flying insects. Strong selective pressures on wing morphology are therefore expected …

Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain

M Goded, G Ursul, A Baz, RJ Wilson - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2024 - Springer
Shifts over time (phenology) and space (latitude and elevation range) represent common
ecological responses to climate change. However, the factors determining how changes in …

Inconsistent results from trait-based analyses of moth trends point to complex drivers of change

GM Tordoff, EB Dennis, R Fox, PM Cook… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Trait-based approaches are advocated for their ability to predict population declines in data-
deficient taxa and regions, potentially benefiting biodiversity conservation. Several reviews …