Insect declines in the Anthropocene

DL Wagner - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Insect declines are being reported worldwide for flying, ground, and aquatic lineages. Most
reports come from western and northern Europe, where the insect fauna is well-studied and …

[HTML][HTML] Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

SG Potts, V Imperatriz-Fonseca, HT Ngo, MA Aizen… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of
contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values …

[HTML][HTML] Species better track climate warming in the oceans than on land

J Lenoir, R Bertrand, L Comte, L Bourgeaud… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
There is mounting evidence of species redistribution as climate warms. Yet, our knowledge
of the coupling between species range shifts and isotherm shifts remains limited. Here, we …

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

CA Hallmann, M Sorg, E Jongejans, H Siepel… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Global declines in insects have sparked wide interest among scientists, politicians, and the
general public. Loss of insect diversity and abundance is expected to provoke cascading …

[HTML][HTML] A climate risk index for marine life

DG Boyce, DP Tittensor, C Garilao, S Henson… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is impacting virtually all marine life. Adaptation strategies will require a
robust understanding of the risks to species and ecosystems and how those propagate to …

Future effects of climate and land-use change on terrestrial vertebrate community diversity under different scenarios

T Newbold - Proceedings of the Royal Society b, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Land-use and climate change are among the greatest threats facing biodiversity, but
understanding their combined effects has been hampered by modelling and data limitations …

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

D Goulson, E Nicholls, C Botías, EL Rotheray - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND The species richness of wild bees and other pollinators has declined over
the past 50 years, with some species undergoing major declines and a few going extinct …

The projected effect on insects, vertebrates, and plants of limiting global warming to 1.5 C rather than 2 C

R Warren, J Price, E Graham, N Forstenhaeusler… - Science, 2018 - science.org
In the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the United Nations is pursuing efforts to limit
global warming to 1.5° C, whereas earlier aspirations focused on a 2° C limit. With current …

Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study

GM Hill, AY Kawahara, JC Daniels… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are one of the most studied, diverse, and widespread
animal groups, making them an ideal model for climate change research. They are a …

Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators

AJ Vanbergen… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Insect pollinators of crops and wild plants are under threat globally and their decline or loss
could have profound economic and environmental consequences. Here, we argue that …