A global perspective on firefly extinction threats

SM Lewis, CH Wong, ACS Owens, C Fallon… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Insect declines and their drivers have attracted considerable recent attention. Fireflies and
glowworms are iconic insects whose conspicuous bioluminescent courtship displays carry …

Firefly tourism: Advancing a global phenomenon toward a brighter future

SM Lewis, A Thancharoen, CH Wong… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fireflies are charismatic beetles with attractive bioluminescent courtship displays that have
recently been swept onto the global stage of nature tourism. Here, we provide the first …

Predicting the potential suitable distribution area of Emeia pseudosauteri in Zhejiang Province based on the MaxEnt model

S Li, Z Wang, Z Zhu, Y Tao, J **ang - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Human activities, including urbanization, industrialization, agricultural pollution, and land
use, have contributed to the increased fragmentation of natural habitats and decreased …

[BUCH][B] Silent sparks: the wondrous world of fireflies

S Lewis - 2016 - degruyter.com
For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us,
fireflies remain shrouded in mystery: How do fireflies make their light? What are they saying …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamics of landscape changes surrounding a firefly ecotourism area

NS Idris, MA Mustapha, N Sulaiman, S Khamis… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Land use land cover (LULC) patterns have been reported to significantly affect ecotourism
areas. Understanding the dynamic patterns of LULC changes is important for the efficient …

Linking the seven forms of rarity to extinction threats and risk factors: an assessment of North American fireflies

JM Reed, A Nguyen, ACS Owens, SM Lewis - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
Two key problems in trying to link rarity to extinction risk have been conflating threats with
risk factors, and over-reliance on a rarity construct that fails to capture many relevant risk …

Evaluation of firefly as a tourist attraction and resource using contingent valuation method based on a new environmental paradigm

YT Hwang, J Moon, WS Lee, SA Kim… - Journal of Quality …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic value of Muju (a county in South
Korea) firefly (Lampyridae) designated as a natural monument in Korea. To estimate the …

Characteristics of Pteroptyx Firefly Congregations in a Human Dominated Habitat

T Prasertkul - Journal of Insect Behavior, 2018 - Springer
Riverbanks in Thailand are home to two fireflies, Pteroptyx malaccae and Pteroptyx valida,
which form massive mixed-species mating congregations. In conservation, both represent …

Analysis of mangrove distribution using satellite images in Rembau River, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

NS Idris, MA Mustapha, N Sulaiman - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Malaysia has been recognizedas a country with the greatest diversity of mangrove species.
In this study, the mangrove forest at Rembau River, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia was …

Fireflies in South East Asia: Species Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat (2015-2021).

NA Seri, AA Rahman - Pertanika Journal of Tropical …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Fireflies are one of the most famous luminous insects that emit bioluminescence. The most
famous fireflies in Southeast Asia are Pteroptyx, of the order Coleoptera and the Lampyridae …