Heat stress and host–parasitoid interactions: lessons and opportunities in a changing climate

KH Malinski, ME Moore, JG Kingsolver - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•The timing of heat stress within host–parasitoid life cycles is critical.•Thermal
mismatch between hosts and parasitoids is common.•Heat tolerance of parasitoids can be …

Hydric effects on thermal tolerances influence climate vulnerability in a high‐latitude beetle

EA Riddell, M Mutanen… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species' thermal tolerances are used to estimate climate vulnerability, but few studies
consider the role of the hydric environment in shaping thermal tolerances. As environments …

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 …

Integrating water balance mechanisms into predictions of insect responses to climate change

BJ Sinclair, S Saruhashi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Efficient water balance is key to insect success. However, the hygric environment is
changing with climate change; although there are compelling models of thermal …

Warming undermines emergence success in a threatened alpine stonefly: A multi‐trait perspective on vulnerability to climate change

AA Shah, S Hotaling, AB Lapsansky… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vulnerability to warming is often assessed using short‐term metrics such as the critical
thermal maximum (CTMAX), which represents an organism's ability to survive extreme heat …

Fast, accurate and accessible calculations of leaf temperature and its physiological consequences with NicheMapR

MR Kearney, A Leigh - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanistic predictions of ecological niches are fundamentally based on energy and mass
exchange processes that, to be realistic, must be linked to microclimate and incorporate …

Behavioral thermoregulation of caterpillars is altered by temperature, but not parasitism: An empirical field study

ME Moore, MA Alston, JG Kingsolver - Ecosphere, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Laboratory assays show that parasites often have lower heat tolerance than their hosts. But
how physiological tolerances and behavioral responses of hosts and parasites combine to …

Heat-avoidance behavior associates with thermal sensitivity rather than tolerance in aphid assemblages

X Bai, XJ Wang, CS Ma, G Ma - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
How to predict animals' heat-avoidance behaviors is critical since behavior stands the first
line for animals dealing with frequent heat events under ongoing climate warming. However …

[PDF][PDF] Niche realisation processes in insects: the impact of global change and relevance of individualisation

P Singh, R Schweiger, C Müller - Entomologia Generalis, 2024 - researchgate.net
Insects represent a highly diverse and ecologically important taxon, making it imperative to
understand their responses to global change. This review delves into the key processes …

Elm (Ulmus) leaf miners in North-East Kazakhstan

M Zhussip, K Akhmetov, U Burkitbaeva - Biosystems Diversity, 2023 - ecology.dp.ua
Leaf miners are increasingly causing damage to plants, often causing their death. There are
about 10 thousand species of leaf miners in the world. The purpose of this study is to …