Sustainable urban planning needs stronger interdisciplinarity and better co‐designing: How ecologists and climatologists can fully leverage climate monitoring data DOI Creative Commons
Hélène Audusseau, Reto Schmucki, Solène Croci

et al.

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 3, 2024

Abstract Research has provided considerable evidence that temperature significantly influences species biology. Its influence is so great climate corridors have been proposed to assist in tracking their climatic niche at macroecological scales, reinforcing the importance of accounting for this variable all scales address threat biodiversity. This exacerbated cities where artificialization enhances effect change, extent urban temperatures are a public health concern, with heatwaves causing excess human mortality and having stark impact on Recent developments monitoring networks enable characterizing spatiotemporal structure climates ever greater detail, many already equipped such networks. The biodiversity, same scale as these allows, never explored. Characterizing infrastructures cool corridors, thus thermal connectivity species, would enrich strengthen existing ecological infrastructures, basis scientific evidence. In perspective, we discuss how stronger collaborations between ecologists climatologists could help leverage full potential We highlight research opportunities they offer terms studying biodiversity efforts need be pursued co‐designing make interdisciplinary operational. Such its more important outcomes can better inform planning mitigate impacts change people article categorized under: Climate Development > Urbanization, Development, Change Assessing Impacts Observed Climate, Ecology, Conservation Ecological Changes

Language: Английский

Substantial urbanization‐driven declines of larval and adult moths in a subtropical environment DOI Creative Commons
Michael W. Belitz,

Asia Sawyer,

Lillian K. Hendrick

et al.

Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 30(3)

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract Recent work has shown the decline of insect abundance, diversity and biomass, with potential implications for ecosystem services. These declines are especially pronounced in regions high human activity, urbanization is emerging as a significant contributing factor. However, scale these traits that determine variation species‐specific responses remain less well understood, subtropical tropical regions, where urban footprints rapidly expanding. Here, we surveyed moths across an entire year protected forested sites gradient to test how caterpillar adult life stages (Lepidoptera) impacted by urbanization. Specifically, assess development affects total biomass caterpillars, abundance quantify richness phylogenetic macro‐moths development. Additionally, explore life‐history condition species' At community level, find decreases moth abundance. We also sharp response phylogeny, leading decrease species more sites. Finally, our study found smaller than larger environments, perhaps highlighting tradeoffs metabolic costs heat favoring over relative benefits dispersal moths. In summary, research underscores far‐reaching consequences on provides compelling evidence forests alone may not be sufficient safeguard biodiversity cities.

Language: Английский

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Adaptive shading: How microclimates and surface types amplify tree cooling effects? DOI
Min Jiao, G. Darrel Jenerette, Weiqi Zhou

et al.

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 101, P. 128546 - 128546

Published: Oct. 11, 2024

Language: Английский

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Life history evolution of insects in response to climate variation: seasonal timing versus thermal physiology DOI Creative Commons
Karl Gotthard, David Berger, Patrick T. Rohner

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

Abstract Climate adaptation in insects can proceed via responses life history traits and their thermal plasticity, through phenological shifts mediated by to photoperiodic cues (“photoperiodism”). While, experimental studies demonstrate evolutionary potential for both modes of adaptation, it remains unclear how evolution will unfold natural populations, limiting our ability predict respond climate change. Here we review the literature perform an analysis published revealing that photoperiodism diapause induction evolves predictably along latitude, with high-latitude populations entering earlier. In contrast, although a few species showed clinal variation direction these clines were not consistent across taxa. This suggests while sometime evolve rapidly, is more predictable response climate, thus, likely than physiological adaptations changing temperatures.

Language: Английский

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Species traits to guide moth conservation in anthropogenic regions: A multi‐species approach using distribution trends in Flanders (northern Belgium) DOI Creative Commons
Dirk Maes, Ward Langeraert, Thierry Onkelinx

et al.

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(6), P. 1016 - 1032

Published: July 7, 2024

Abstract Insect abundance and diversity appear to decline rapidly in recent decades, garnering significant media attention, hence raising public awareness. Macro‐moths—a species‐rich ecologically diverse insect group—face severe declines, particularly urbanised intensively farmed areas NW Europe. Flanders is a highly anthropogenic region, serving as case study where the impact on macro‐moths of stressors like intensive agriculture, industrialisation urbanisation has been quantified through recently compiled Red List. Here, for 717 macro‐moth species, we calculated relative changes distribution area between reference period (1980–2012) subsequent (2013–2022). By correlating these species‐specific trends with 10 key ecological life history traits, more general Multi‐Species Change Indices (MSCIs). These MSCIs showed that species associated wet biotopes heathlands declined average by 20%–25%, while (sub)urban increased than 60%. Species feeding lichens or mosses 31%, grass‐feeding decreased 20%. Both very small (+34%) large (+15%) increased, whereas medium‐sized 5%. Monophagous (+17%), migrant (+88%) colour‐invariable (+5%) colour‐variable (−8%). Finally, Holarctic (−21%) Palaearctic (−5%) decreased, Mediterranean (+27%) Western‐Palaearctic (+9%) increased. Our trait‐based approach identifies threats mitigation strategies moths regions, offering evidence‐based insights crafting efficient management recommendations informed conservation policies safeguard moth communities.

Language: Английский

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Continent‐wide parallel urban evolution of increased heat tolerance in a common moth DOI Creative Commons
Thomas Merckx, Matthew E. Nielsen, Tuomas Kankaanpää

et al.

Evolutionary Applications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(1)

Published: Dec. 26, 2023

Urbanization and its urban-heat-island effect (UHI) have expanding footprints worldwide. The UHI means that urban habitats experience a higher mean more frequent extreme high temperatures than rural habitats, impacting the ontogeny resilience of biodiversity. However, many organisms occupy different microhabitats during life stages thus may differently across their development. While evolutionary changes in heat tolerance line with been demonstrated, it is unknown whether such responses can vary Here, using common-garden-reared

Language: Английский

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Evidence of plasticity, but not evolutionary divergence, in the thermal limits of a highly successful urban butterfly DOI

Angie Lenard,

Sarah E. Diamond

Journal of Insect Physiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 155, P. 104648 - 104648

Published: May 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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The city and forest bird flock together in a common garden: genetic and environmental effects drive urban phenotypic divergence DOI Creative Commons
M. J. Thompson, Denis Réale,

B. Chenet

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 28, 2024

Abstract Urban phenotypic divergences are documented across diverse taxa and commonly assumed to result from microevolution, but the underlying genetic environmental drivers behind these changes unknown in most wild urban systems. We censused common garden studies literature ( N = 77) a range of taxa. Collectively, showed that both plastic responses can contribute divergences, while revealing lack with vertebrates. conducted our own experiment using great tit Parus major ) eggs collected along an urbanization gradient Montpellier, France to: 1) determine whether morphological, physiological, behavioural shifts tits maintained birds forest origins reared 73) 2) evaluate how different sources genetic, early maternal investment, later variation contributed trait experiment. In line divergence wild, had faster breath rates (i.e., higher stress response) were smaller than origins, suggesting differentiation has driven differences. Conversely, differences aggression exploration not garden, indicating plasticity conditions likely drives shifts. Differences between individuals (genetic environmentally induced) explained experiment, among foster nests captive social groups was limited. Among-individual size response similar contexts, whereas among-individual lower wild. Our results provide trait-specific evidence evolution species where change underlies morphology physiology, by plasticity.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable urban planning needs stronger interdisciplinarity and better co‐designing: How ecologists and climatologists can fully leverage climate monitoring data DOI Creative Commons
Hélène Audusseau, Reto Schmucki, Solène Croci

et al.

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 3, 2024

Abstract Research has provided considerable evidence that temperature significantly influences species biology. Its influence is so great climate corridors have been proposed to assist in tracking their climatic niche at macroecological scales, reinforcing the importance of accounting for this variable all scales address threat biodiversity. This exacerbated cities where artificialization enhances effect change, extent urban temperatures are a public health concern, with heatwaves causing excess human mortality and having stark impact on Recent developments monitoring networks enable characterizing spatiotemporal structure climates ever greater detail, many already equipped such networks. The biodiversity, same scale as these allows, never explored. Characterizing infrastructures cool corridors, thus thermal connectivity species, would enrich strengthen existing ecological infrastructures, basis scientific evidence. In perspective, we discuss how stronger collaborations between ecologists climatologists could help leverage full potential We highlight research opportunities they offer terms studying biodiversity efforts need be pursued co‐designing make interdisciplinary operational. Such its more important outcomes can better inform planning mitigate impacts change people article categorized under: Climate Development > Urbanization, Development, Change Assessing Impacts Observed Climate, Ecology, Conservation Ecological Changes

Language: Английский

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