Macro‐moth families differ in their attraction to light: implications for light‐trap monitoring programmes

T Merckx, EM Slade - Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Light traps are used to make inferences about local macro‐moth communities, but very little
is known about the efficiency with which they attract moths from varying distances, and how …

Trends and indicators for quantifying moth abundance and occupancy in Scotland

EB Dennis, TM Brereton, BJT Morgan, R Fox… - Journal of Insect …, 2019 - Springer
Moths form an important part of Scotland's biodiversity and an up-to-date assessment of their
status is needed given their value as a diverse and species-rich taxon, with various …

Diversity and trait composition of moths respond to land-use intensification in grasslands: generalists replace specialists

J Mangels, K Fiedler, FD Schneider… - Biodiversity and …, 2017 - Springer
Grasslands belong to the ecologically most relevant habitats in cultural landscapes, but also
provide high economic value when used as meadows or pastures. Land-use intensification …

The rise and fall of traditional forest management in southern Moravia: A history of the past 700 years

J Müllerová, P Szabó, R Hédl - Forest Ecology and Management, 2014 - Elsevier
European broadleaved forests have been influenced by humans for centuries. Historical
management practices are related to environmental conditions but the role of socio …

Impacts of an invasive tree across trophic levels: Species richness, community composition and resident species' traits

M Hejda, J Hanzelka, T Kadlec, M Štrobl… - Diversity and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the community‐level impacts of woody plant invasions using Robinia
pseudoacacia as a model species, affecting organisms on different trophic levels: vascular …

Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability

D Blumgart, MS Botham, R Menéndez… - Insect Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While agricultural intensification and habitat loss are cited as key drivers of moth decline,
these alone cannot explain declines observed in UK woodlands–a habitat that has …

Host specificity and species colouration mediate the regional decline of nocturnal moths in central European forests

N Roth, HH Hacker, L Heidrich, N Friess… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The high diversity of insects has limited the volume of long‐term community data with a high
taxonomic resolution and considerable geographic replications, especially in forests …

Lepidoptera communities across an agricultural gradient: how important are habitat area and habitat diversity in supporting high diversity?

MS Botham, EC Fernandez-Ploquin, T Brereton… - Journal of Insect …, 2015 - Springer
Agricultural expansion and intensification have been linked with losses of biodiversity and
disruption of key ecosystem services in farmed landscapes. A number of mitigation and …

A global perspective on conserving butterflies and moths and their habitats

T Merckx, B Huertas, Y Basset… - Key topics in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Lepidoptera are one of the four major insect orders. They are scale‐winged insects,
traditionally divided into three major assemblages: micro‐moths, butterflies and macro …

[PDF][PDF] Sustainable finance and forest biodiversity criteria

GJ Nabuurs, A Begemann… - From Science …, 2024 - ieeb.fundacion-biodiversidad.es
The report benefited from the helpful comments from external reviewers, Anne Toppinen,
University of Helsinki, Nils Droste, Lund University, and Wendelin von Gravenreuth. We wish …