The effects of light pollution on migratory animal behavior

CS Burt, JF Kelly, GE Trankina, CL Silva… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Light pollution is a global threat to biodiversity, especially migratory organisms, some of
which traverse hemispheric scales. Research on light pollution has grown significantly over …

Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals

H Mouritsen - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
For centuries, humans have been fascinated by how migratory animals find their way over
thousands of kilometres. Here, I review the mechanisms used in animal orientation and …

Mass seasonal bioflows of high-flying insect migrants

G Hu, KS Lim, N Horvitz, SJ Clark, DR Reynolds… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Migrating animals have an impact on ecosystems directly via influxes of predators, prey, and
competitors and indirectly by vectoring nutrients, energy, and pathogens. Although linkages …

Mass seasonal migrations of hoverflies provide extensive pollination and crop protection services

KR Wotton, B Gao, MHM Menz, RKA Morris, SG Ball… - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Despite the fact that migratory insects dominate aerial bioflows in terms of diversity,
abundance, and biomass [1–6], the migration patterns of most species, and the effects of …

Edible insects as innovative foods: Nutritional and functional assessments

S Patel, HAR Suleria, A Rauf - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In the face of rising population, food insecurity is emerging as a global challenge. Nutritious
sources of food are frantically being searched for and so far underutilized food candidates …

The insect central complex and the neural basis of navigational strategies

A Honkanen, A Adden… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Oriented behaviour is present in almost all animals, indicating that it is an ancient feature
that has emerged from animal brains hundreds of millions of years ago. Although many …

Impacts of recent climate change on terrestrial flora and fauna: Some emerging Australian examples

AA Hoffmann, PD Rymer, M Byrne, KX Ruthrof… - Austral …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of anthropogenic climate change on biodiversity are well known for some high‐
profile Australian marine systems, including coral bleaching and kelp forest devastation …

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

DW Inouye - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alpine environments are among the habitats most strongly affected by climate change, and
consequently their unique plants and pollinators are faced with the challenge of adapting or …

The Earth's magnetic field and visual landmarks steer migratory flight behavior in the nocturnal Australian Bogong moth

D Dreyer, B Frost, H Mouritsen, A Günther, K Green… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Like many birds [1], numerous species of nocturnal moths undertake spectacular
long-distance migrations at night [2]. Each spring, billions of Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) …

Environmental drivers of annual population fluctuations in a trans-Saharan insect migrant

G Hu, C Stefanescu, TH Oliver… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Many latitudinal insect migrants including agricultural pests, disease vectors, and beneficial
species show huge fluctuations in the year-to-year abundance of spring immigrants …