Future of DNA-based insect monitoring

PYS Chua, SJ Bourlat, C Ferguson, P Korlevic, L Zhao… - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Insects are crucial for ecosystem health but climate change and pesticide use are driving
massive insect decline. To mitigate this loss, we need new and effective monitoring …

The nature of science: The fundamental role of natural history in ecology, evolution, conservation, and education

K Nanglu, D de Carle, TM Cullen… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is a contemporary trend in many major research institutions to de‐emphasize the
importance of natural history education in favor of theoretical, laboratory, or simulation …

Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826) recognised as the “tropical lineage” of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato: Neotype designation …

J Šlapeta, B Halliday, S Chandra, AD Alanazi… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2022 - Elsevier
We re-describe the adult stages of Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826), and characterise
its diagnostic molecular traits. A male R. linnaei collected in Esna City, Luxor Governorate …

Insect mitochondrial genomics: A decade of progress

SL Cameron - Annual Review of Entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The past decade has seen the availability of insect genomic data explode, with
mitochondrial (mt) genome data seeing the greatest growth. The widespread adoption of …

Looking back for the future: the ecology of terrestrial communities through the lens of conservation paleobiology

ME Kemp, AE Boville, CM Carneiro… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Terrestrial ecosystems encompass a vast and vital component of Earth's biodiversity and
ecosystem services. The effect of increased anthropogenic dominance on terrestrial …

Dust and loess as archives and agents of climate and climate change in the late Paleozoic Earth system

GS Soreghan, NG Heavens, LS Pfeifer, MJ Soreghan - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Palaeo-loess and silty aeolian-marine strata are well recognized across the Carboniferous–
Permian of equatorial Pangaea. Aeolian-transported dust and loess appear in the Late …

Coupled insights from the palaeoenvironmental, historical and archaeological archives to support social-ecological resilience and the sustainable development goals

KJ Allen, F Reide, C Gouramanis… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Many governments and organisations are currently aligning many aspects of their policies
and practices to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Achieving the SDGs should …

Shifting baselines to thresholds: Reframing exploitation in the marine environment

LM Atmore, M Aiken, F Furni - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Current research on anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems often relies on the
concept of a “baseline,” which aims to describe ecosystems prior to human contact. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] New Molecular Phylogenetic Evidence Confirms Independent Origin of Coxal Combs in the Families of the 'Cydnoid'Complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera …

JA Lis, PJ Domagała, B Lis - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Four families (Cydnidae, Parastrachiidae, Thaumastellidae, and
Thyreocoridae) in the superfamily Pentatomoidea are morphologically defined by a similar …

Minimally destructive hDNA extraction method for retrospective genetics of pinned historical Lepidoptera specimens

E Rayo, GF Ulrich, N Zemp, M Greeff… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The millions of specimens stored in entomological collections provide a unique opportunity
to study historical insect diversity. Current technologies allow to sequence entire genomes of …