Impacts of global change on Mediterranean forests and their services

J Peñuelas, J Sardans, I Filella, M Estiarte, J Llusià… - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases in precipitation but also by higher temperatures,
is likely the main threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes in …

The evolution of insect body coloration under changing climates

S Clusella-Trullas, M Nielsen - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Many abiotic and biotic factors in addition to temperature can drive color variation
in insects.•Museum collections and repeated field surveys reveal associations between …

Forest resilience to global warming is strongly modulated by local‐scale topographic, microclimatic and biotic conditions

J Carnicer, M Vives‐Ingla, L Blanquer… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Resilience of endangered rear edge populations of cold‐adapted forests in the
Mediterranean basin is increasingly altered by extreme heatwave and drought pressures. It …

Insects and their pathogens in a changing climate

RJS Leger - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
The complex nature of climate change-mediated multitrophic interaction is an underexplored
area, but has the potential to dramatically shift transmission and distribution of many insects …

Interspecific differences in microhabitat use expose insects to contrasting thermal mortality

M Vives‐Ingla, J Sala‐Garcia… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecotones linking open and forested habitats contain multiple microhabitats with varying
vegetal structures and microclimatic regimes. Ecotones host many insect species whose …

Phenotypic biomarkers of climatic impacts on declining insect populations: A key role for decadal drought, thermal buffering and amplification effects and host plant …

J Carnicer, C Stefanescu, M Vives‐Ingla… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread population declines have been reported for diverse Mediterranean butterflies
over the last three decades, and have been significantly associated with increased global …

Varying thermal exposure, host-plant traits and oviposition behaviour across vegetation ecotones

M Vives-Ingla, J Sala-Garcia, C Stefanescu, J Peñuelas… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Vegetation cover generates local microclimatic gradients in the understorey, being
especially pronounced at narrow ecotones linking open and forested habitats (open–closed …