The impact of climate change on agricultural insect pests

S Skendžić, M Zovko, IP Živković, V Lešić, D Lemić - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Climate change and extreme weather events have a major impact on crop
production and agricultural pests. As generally adaptable organisms, insect pests respond …

A meta‐analysis of responses of C3 plants to atmospheric CO2: dose–response curves for 85 traits ranging from the molecular to the whole‐plant level

H Poorter, O Knopf, IJ Wright, AA Temme… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Generalised dose–response curves are essential to understand how plants acclimate to
atmospheric CO2. We carried out a meta‐analysis of 630 experiments in which C3 plants …

Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in North American forests

AS Weed, MP Ayres, JA Hicke - Ecological Monographs, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
About one‐third of North America is forested. These forests are of incalculable value to
human society in terms of harvested resources and ecosystem services and are sensitive to …

Host plant quality and fecundity in herbivorous insects

CS Awmack, SR Leather - Annual review of entomology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Host plant quality is a key determinant of the fecundity of herbivorous insects.
Components of host plant quality (such as carbon, nitrogen, and defensive metabolites) …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the consequences of global change for forest disturbance from herbivores and pathogens

MP Ayres, MJ Lombardero - Science of the Total Environment, 2000 - Elsevier
Herbivores and pathogens impact the species composition, ecosystem function, and
socioeconomic value of forests. Herbivores and pathogens are an integral part of forests, but …

Phenolics in ecological interactions: the importance of oxidation

HM Appel - Journal of chemical ecology, 1993 - Springer
The ecological activities of plant phenolics are diverse and highly variable. Although some
variation is attributable to differences in concentration, structure, and evolutionary history of …

A meta‐analytical review of the effects of elevated CO2 on plant–arthropod interactions highlights the importance of interacting environmental and biological …

EA Robinson, GD Ryan, JA Newman - New Phytologist, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted the most extensive meta‐analysis of plant and animal responses to elevated
CO2 to date. We analysed> 5000 data points extracted from 270 papers published between …

Predicting the effects of climate change on natural enemies of agricultural pests

LJ Thomson, S Macfadyen, AA Hoffmann - Biological control, 2010 - Elsevier
Climate change can have diverse effects on natural enemies of pest species. Here we
review these effects and their likely impacts on pest control. The fitness of natural enemies …

Global review on interactions between insect pests and other forest disturbances

Q Canelles, N Aquilué, PMA James, J Lawler… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context Forest landscapes worldwide are shaped by abiotic drivers such as fire, windstorms,
and drought, but also by biotic drivers like insect pests and pathogens. Although the effects …

Elevated CO2 reduces the nitrogen concentration of plant tissues

MF Cotrufo, P Ineson, AY Scott - Global Change Biology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
We summarize the impacts of elevated CO2 on the N concentration of plant tissues and
present data to support the hypothesis that reductions in the quality of plant tissue commonly …