Oviposition decisions under environment-induced physiological stress in parasitoids

P Yadav, RM Borges - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Parasitoids make complex decisions while locating hosts for oviposition.•
Oviposition decisions are consequences of associative learning and memory.•High …

Projected decline in European bumblebee populations in the twenty-first century

G Ghisbain, W Thiery, F Massonnet, D Erazo… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Habitat degradation and climate change are globally acting as pivotal drivers of wildlife
collapse, with mounting evidence that this erosion of biodiversity will accelerate in the …

Climate warming and bumble bee declines: the need to consider sub-lethal heat, carry-over effects, and colony compensation

SA White, ME Dillon - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Global declines in abundance and diversity of insects are now well-documented and
increasingly concerning given the critical and diverse roles insects play in all ecosystems …

The effects of heatwave on cognitive impairment among older adults: Exploring the combined effects of air pollution and green space

W Zhou, Q Wang, R Li, Z Zhang, W Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The association between heatwaves and cognitive impairment in older adults, especially the
joint effect of air pollution and green space on this association, remains unknown. The …

Exposure to elevated temperature during development affects bumblebee foraging behavior

M Gérard, B Cariou, M Henrion, C Descamps… - Behavioral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Bee foraging behavior provides a pollination service that has both ecological and economic
benefits. However, bee population decline could directly affect the efficiency of this …

Sensory perception and behaviour of insect pollinators under climate change

M Gérard, M Vanderplanck, CE Restrepo… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change impacts on insect pollinators has largely focused on changes in abundance
and range, yet pollination capacity also relies on ability to acquire, process and respond to …

High temperatures are associated with reduced cognitive performance in wild southern pied babblers

C Soravia, BJ Ashton, A Thornton… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Global temperatures are increasing rapidly. While considerable research is accumulating
regarding the lethal and sublethal effects of heat on wildlife, its potential impact on animal …

Warming up through buildings and roads: What we know and should know about the Urban Heat Island effect on bees

C Polidori, A Ferrari, F Ronchetti, N Tommasi… - Frontiers in Bee …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Urbanization leads to cities having higher temperatures than surrounding non-urban areas
[this is known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect]. Very little is known about the impacts of …

[PDF][PDF] Heatwave projections for Finland at different levels of global warming derived from CMIP6 simulations.

K Ruosteenoja, K Jylhä - Geophysica, 2023 - geophysica.fi
Even in the cool climate of Finland, severe heatwaves occur sporadically, having multiple
implications on public health, forestry, fishery, agriculture, and reindeer husbandry, for …

Neither sulfoxaflor, Crithidia bombi, nor their combination impact bumble bee colony development or field bean pollination

EA Straw, E Cini, H Gold, A Linguadoca, C Mayne… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Many pollinators, including bumble bees, are in decline. Such declines are known to be
driven by a number of interacting factors. Decreases in bee populations may also negatively …