Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 169 - 181

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract Urban expansion across the globe profoundly impacts local biodiversity. The growing body of urban ecology research on animals has largely focused mammals and birds, whereas knowledge insect conservation in areas remains limited. To anchor this Special Issue (SI), we have taken a broad approach to editorial conducted structured literature search set scene. We provide here an overview existing reviews conservation, indicate where articles included SI contribute developing our understanding point priority for further investigation. Key themes (at individual, species, and/or community level) include influence habitat quality, quantity land use type diversity; anthropogenic pollution (for instance, heat, noise, light chemicals); connectivity changes structure density genetic diversity. Insect diversity abundance broadly decline with loss habitat. Beyond this, variation responses different taxa, or regions, methodological limitations individual studies make it challenging identify general patterns. environments should focus applying ecological theory understand patterns; investigating interactions between climate change contexts; identifying novel biodiversity; addressing harmonising approaches; exploring social historical factors must also consider into how best communicate value insects humans.

Language: Английский

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Characteristics and influencing factors of taxonomic and functional diversity of butterflies in urban green spaces

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 128662 - 128662

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

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

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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Assemblage and diversity analysis of butterfly species in relation to climatic conditions in some tropical habitats: optimization through artificial neural network model

Journal of Ecology and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 48

Published: Nov. 18, 2024

Language: Английский

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