Trait‐based ecology of terrestrial arthropods

MKL Wong, B Guénard, OT Lewis - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In focusing on how organisms' generalizable functional properties (traits) interact
mechanistically with environments across spatial scales and levels of biological …

Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses

K Maebe, AF Hart, L Marshall… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bumblebees are ubiquitous, cold‐adapted eusocial bees found worldwide from subarctic to
tropical regions of the world. They are key pollinators in most temperate and boreal …

Key tropical crops at risk from pollinator loss due to climate change and land use

J Millard, CL Outhwaite, S Ceaușu, LG Carvalheiro… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Insect pollinator biodiversity is changing rapidly, with potential consequences for the
provision of crop pollination. However, the role of land use–climate interactions in pollinator …

Adaptations to thermal stress in social insects: recent advances and future directions

R Perez, S Aron - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal stress is a major driver of population declines and extinctions. Shifts in thermal
regimes create new environmental conditions, leading to trait adaptation, population …

On the development of a predictive functional trait approach for studying terrestrial arthropods

PM Brousseau, D Gravel, IT Handa - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The characterization of ecological communities with functional traits allows to consider
simultaneously the ability of a species to survive and reproduce in an environment, its …

[HTML][HTML] Decline in wild bee species richness associated with honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) abundance in an urban ecosystem

G MacInnis, E Normandin, CD Ziter - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
The spatial heterogeneity of urban landscapes, relatively low agrochemical use, and
species-rich floral communities often support a surprising diversity of wild pollinators in …

Ecological and evolutionary drivers of the elevational gradient of diversity

P Laiolo, J Pato, JR Obeso - Ecology letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological, evolutionary, spatial and neutral theories make distinct predictions and provide
distinct explanations for the mechanisms that control the relationship between diversity and …

Increased body size along urbanization gradients at both community and intraspecific level in macro‐moths

T Merckx, A Kaiser, H Van Dyck - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization involves a cocktail of human‐induced rapid environmental changes and is
forecasted to gain further importance. Urban‐heat‐island effects result in increased …

Patterns of size variation in bees at a continental scale: does Bergmann's rule apply?

M Gérard, M Vanderplanck, M Franzen, M Kuhlmann… - Oikos, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Body size latitudinal clines have been widley explained by the Bergmann's rule in
homeothermic vertebrates. However, there is no general consensus in poikilotherms …

How will climatic warming affect insect pollinators?

MG Johnson, JR Glass, ME Dillon… - Advances in insect …, 2023 - Elsevier
Predicting the effects of climate warming on insect pollinators is challenging. Insects are
small, mobile, and can be excellent thermoregulators. We describe behavioral and …