Protected areas and the future of insect conservation

S Chowdhury, MD Jennions, MP Zalucki… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Anthropogenic pressures are driving insect declines across the world. Although protected
areas (PAs) play a prominent role in safeguarding many vertebrate species from human …

Overcoming biases and identifying opportunities for citizen science to contribute more to global macroinvertebrate conservation

C Deacon, S Govender, MJ Samways - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
Citizen Science (CS) provides valuable data to assist professional scientists in making
informed decisions on macroinvertebrate conservation. However, CS is not developed nor …

Insect responses to global change offer signposts for biodiversity and conservation

RJ Wilson, R Fox - Ecological Entomology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Insects have emerged as causes célèbres for widespread concern about human effects
on global biodiversity. Here, we consider how insects provide opportunities both to …

[책][B] Dragonflies and damselflies: model organisms for ecological and evolutionary research

A Córdoba-Aguilar, C Beatty, JT Bried - 2023 - books.google.com
This research level text documents the latest advances in odonate biology and relates these
to a broader ecological and evolutionary research agenda. Despite being one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Low forest-loss thresholds threaten Amazonian fish and macroinvertebrate assemblage integrity

RT Martins, J Brito, K Dias-Silva, CG Leal, RP Leitao… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deforestation is a major threat globally, but especially in tropical regions because they are
biodiversity strongholds and carbon storehouses. Some studies have reported changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Neotropical dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) as key organisms for promoting community-based ecotourism in a Brazilian Amazon conservation area

MA Guerrero-Moreno, L Juen, M Puig-Cabrera… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Incorporating insects into ecotourism activities increases awareness of their importance in
ecosystems. However, the inclusion of this group in ecotourism activities is still rare. In this …

Spearhead blues: How threats to the damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum changed over time

T Termaat, R Ketelaar, HH van Kleef… - Journal of Insect …, 2024 - Springer
Given the rapid response of insects to environmental changes, their most prominent threats
may change quickly as well. For effective insect species conservation it is therefore …

A bibliometric analysis of the global research in Odonata: Trends and gaps

JMB Oliveira-Junior, TS Rocha, SF Vinagre… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Insects of the order Odonata have been used as indicators of environmental quality in
different aquatic systems around the world. In this context, we conducted a bibliometric …

Highway stormwater ponds as islands of Odonata diversity in an agricultural landscape

H Šigutová, P Pyszko, J Valušák, A Dolný - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Stormwater management ponds, which are constructed to retain excess runoff and
pollutants from traffic, play an important role in the freshwater biodiversity in highly modified …

A review of the impacts and opportunities for African urban dragonflies

C Deacon, MJ Samways - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The expansion of urban areas in combination with climate change places
great pressure on species found in freshwater habitats. Dragonflies are iconic freshwater …