Patterns of environmental spatial structure lie at the heart of the most fundamental and
familiar patterns of diversity on Earth. Antarctica contains some of the strongest …

Insect invasions, the establishment and spread of nonnative insects in new regions, can
have extensive economic and environmental consequences. Increased global connectivity …

Insects are powerful and rapid adaptive organisms with high fecundity rate and short life
cycle. Due to human interruption in agro-ecosystem and global climatic variations are …

In fluctuating thermal conditions, the survival challenge for insects is particularly difficult
because their physiological activities depend upon environmental temperature. The extreme …

The Antarctic region comprises the continent, the Maritime Antarctic, the sub-Antarctic
islands, and the southern cold temperate islands. Continental Antarctica is devoid of insects …

In coastal areas, intrusion/irrigation with seawater can threaten biodiversity along with crop
yields, and the leaching of salts from areas affected by these processes can increase the …

The increase of global mean temperature is raising serious concerns worldwide due to its
potential negative effects such as droughts and melting of glaciers and ice caps leading to …

The flightless beetle Merizodus soledadinus, native to the Falkland Islands and southern
South America, was introduced to the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands in the early Twentieth …

Experience from the Antarctic indicates that the establishment of alien species may have
significant negative effects on native flora and fauna in polar regions and is considered to be …

Baldwin's synthesis of the Organicist position, first published in 1896 and elaborated in
1902, sought to rescue environmentally induced phenotypes from disrepute by showing …