Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

JA Harvey, K Tougeron, R Gols, R Heinen… - Ecological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to
the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates …

Temperature-sensitive development shapes insect phenological responses to climate change

LB Buckley - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Variable insect phenological shifts alter synchrony and interactions.•Temperature-
sensitive insect development can account for variable phenological shifts.•Lab experiments …

Observing the observers: How participants contribute data to iNaturalist and implications for biodiversity science

GJ Di Cecco, V Barve, MW Belitz, BJ Stucky… - …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
The availability of citizen science data has resulted in growing applications in biodiversity
science. One widely used platform, iNaturalist, provides millions of digitally vouchered …

Insect decline in forests depends on species' traits and may be mitigated by management

M Staab, MM Gossner, NK Simons, R Achury… - Communications …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Insects are declining, but the underlying drivers and differences in responses between
species are still largely unclear. Despite the importance of forests, insect trends therein have …

Insecticides, more than herbicides, land use, and climate, are associated with declines in butterfly species richness and abundance in the American Midwest

B Van Deynze, SM Swinton, DA Hennessy… - Plos one, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Mounting evidence shows overall insect abundances are in decline globally. Habitat loss,
climate change, and pesticides have all been implicated, but their relative effects have never …

[ספר][B] Insect physiology and biochemistry

JL Nation Sr - 2022‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

Unravelling insect declines: can space replace time?

N Blüthgen, M Staab, R Achury… - Biology …, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Temporal trends in insect numbers vary across studies and habitats, but drivers are poorly
understood. Suitable long-term data are scant and biased, and interpretations of trends …

Changes in climate drive recent monarch butterfly dynamics

ER Zylstra, L Ries, N Neupane, SP Saunders… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Declines in the abundance and diversity of insects pose a substantial threat to terrestrial
ecosystems worldwide. Yet, identifying the causes of these declines has proved difficult …

A revised Red List of British butterflies

R Fox, EB Dennis, AF Brown… - Insect Conservation and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Regular reassessment of extinction risk is critical to prioritise conservation action during the
current period of rapid, anthropogenic biodiversity change. Butterflies are a flagship group …

Dietary exposure of copper and zinc oxides nanoparticles affect the fitness, enzyme activity, and microbial community of the model insect, silkworm Bombyx mori

A Muhammad, J He, T Yu, C Sun, D Shi, Y Jiang… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Copper and Zinc oxides nanoparticles (CuO and ZnO NPs, respectively) are among the
most produced and commonly used engineered nanomaterials. They can be released into …