Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are now recognized to support specific
freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem services and represent approximately half of the …

In temperate areas, microclimate is a key factor affecting the population dynamics of insects,
but very few studies have examined the potential significance of microclimate in diverse …

We compared the performance of three common techniques for sampling butterflies in order
to better understand any bias associated with each method. This information is still scarce …

Tropical dry forests are among the most diverse and threatened habitats in the world, yet
they are rarely protected and remain poorly studied. In Brazil, dry forests are naturally …

We analyze changes in the diversity of butterflies under a scheme of secondary succession
in a fragmented landscape of the Huasteca of Hidalgo, Mexico over two seasons (rainy and …

We analyzed the dynamics of multi-species butterfly communities along a climatic gradient
with varying precipitation regimes for three consecutive years, and determine how climatic …

The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography has gained the status of a
quantitative null model for explaining patterns in ecological (meta) communities. The theory …

Baronia brevicornis Salvin (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) is one of the most enigmatic
butterflies in the world and possibly represents the most ancient lineage among the …

Evading predators is a fundamental aspect of the ecology and evolution of all prey animals.
In studying the influence of prey traits on predation risk, previous researchers have shown …

Understanding of temporal dynamics of tropical insect communities is hampered by the
difficulty of disentangling population dynamics, timed phenology, migration and seasonal …