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 …

Environmental impacts of artificial light at night

KJ Gaston, A Sánchez de Miguel - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The nighttime is undergoing unprecedented change across much of the world, with natural
light cycles altered by the introduction of artificial light emissions. Here we review the extent …

A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night

D Sanders, E Frago, R Kehoe, C Patterson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Natural light cycles are being eroded over large areas of the globe by the direct emissions
and sky brightening that result from sources of artificial night-time light. This is predicted to …

Light pollution is a driver of insect declines

ACS Owens, P Cochard, J Durrant, B Farnworth… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Insects around the world are rapidly declining. Concerns over what this loss means for food
security and ecological communities have compelled a growing number of researchers to …

The impact of artificial light at night on nocturnal insects: a review and synthesis

ACS Owens, SM Lewis - Ecology and evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, advances in lighting technology have precipitated exponential increases
in night sky brightness worldwide, raising concerns in the scientific community about the …

Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

MS Fenoglio, A Calviño, E González… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Urbanisation is one of the main land‐use changes behind global insect collapse. Despite
that previous studies have described the negative effects of urbanisation on insect …

11 pressing research questions on how light pollution affects biodiversity

F Hölker, J Bolliger, TW Davies, S Giavi… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is closely associated with modern societies and is rapidly
increasing worldwide. A dynamically growing body of literature shows that ALAN poses a …

Cathemerality: a key temporal niche

DTC Cox, KJ Gaston - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the marked variation in abiotic and biotic conditions between day and night, many
species specialise their physical activity to being diurnal or nocturnal, and it was long …

Insect declines and agroecosystems: does light pollution matter?

M Grubisic, RHA van Grunsven… - Annals of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Drastic declines in insect populations,'Ecological Armageddon', have recently gained
increased attention in the scientific community, and are commonly considered to be the …

Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects

MW Rhodes, JJ Bennie, A Spalding… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Remote sensing has revolutionised many aspects of ecological research, enabling
spatiotemporal data to be collected in an efficient and highly automated manner. The last …