Evidence-base for urban green-blue infrastructure to support insect diversity DOI Creative Commons
Diana E. Bowler, Corey T. Callaghan, Jéssica Francine Felappi

et al.

Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 28(1), P. 1 - 14

Published: Dec. 7, 2024

Abstract Green-blue urban infrastructures potentially offer win-win benefits for people and nature in areas. Given increasing evidence of widespread declines insects, as well their ecological importance, there is a need to better understand the potential role green-blue infrastructure insect conservation. In this review, we evaluated 201 studies about ability support diversity. Most were focused on local landscape-level characteristics infrastructure. Fewer explicitly compared one type another, even fewer communities between traditional Overall, body research highlights importance plant diversity reduced intensity management (e.g., mowing) most taxon groups. While seem be generally more important than landscape factors, within can also depend connectivity context. Some types are beneficial others; instance, ground-level habitats tend insects green roofs. Few simultaneously studied synergies or trade-offs with other services provided by infrastructure, but environmental variables, such tree cover diversity, that affect likely provision improving thermal comfort well-being people. Our review offers some initial how could designed multifunctionality mind.

Language: Английский

Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs DOI Open Access
C. Matilda Collins, Hélène Audusseau, Christopher Hassall

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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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Low impact of anthropization on the demographic structure of the stick insect Clonistria guadeloupensis in Guadeloupe DOI Creative Commons
Laurent Penet, Austin Roy, Toni Jourdan

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Journal of Orthoptera Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 34(1), P. 69 - 75

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Mitigating the biodiversity crisis will require an understanding of how species cope with various human disturbances habitats ranging from fully natural environments to areas higher anthropization levels. In this study, we investigated local demographics Clonistria guadeloupensis (Redtenbacher) relate such as agricultural fields, roads, and urbanization in Guadeloupe. We sampled diverse environmental situations wild, both on around focal food plants, recorded habitat characteristics. subsequently analyzed demography juvenile, subadult, adult stages. found minimal impact factors, a tendency be associated greater levels, possibly because are generally more open. also variation aggregation levels developmental stages, which may reflect bias dispersal during stage males highly motile. Overall, shows ecological preferences appropriate for coexistence within disturbance.

Language: Английский

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Moth communities are shaped by season, weather, elevation, and landscape composition DOI
Felix Neff, Yannick Chittaro, Fränzi Korner‐Nievergelt

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Insect Conservation and Diversity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 2, 2025

Abstract Insect community records are strongly influenced by the timing of sampling (e.g. season, weather) and location elevation, land use). However, we still poorly understand how combination these factors affects communities insects such as moths. We analysed a vast moth dataset from Switzerland, collected single expert over period 50 years, containing data on 2.8 million individuals (1045 species) covering entire annual cycle. used regression models to relate characteristics (total abundance, species richness, biomass) weather, use (landscape composition). Total biomass showed clear bimodal seasonal cycle with peaks in early spring summer. The different reflected overwintering stages, for example peak was driven pupae or adults. Moth also increased increasing temperatures at time further when precipitation events occurred around warm nights. found increases along elevational gradient forest cover. show use, elevation weather shape communities, that overall total abundance have distinct across season. It is therefore important studies spatio‐temporal changes take into account all factors, under‐sampling early‐season often occurs campaigns.

Language: Английский

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Skyglow and especially direct streetlight pollution alter moth communities DOI
Evert Van de Schoot, Renate A. Wesselingh, Hans Van Dyck

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Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 126068 - 126068

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Evidence-base for urban green-blue infrastructure to support insect diversity DOI Creative Commons
Diana E. Bowler, Corey T. Callaghan, Jéssica Francine Felappi

et al.

Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 28(1), P. 1 - 14

Published: Dec. 7, 2024

Abstract Green-blue urban infrastructures potentially offer win-win benefits for people and nature in areas. Given increasing evidence of widespread declines insects, as well their ecological importance, there is a need to better understand the potential role green-blue infrastructure insect conservation. In this review, we evaluated 201 studies about ability support diversity. Most were focused on local landscape-level characteristics infrastructure. Fewer explicitly compared one type another, even fewer communities between traditional Overall, body research highlights importance plant diversity reduced intensity management (e.g., mowing) most taxon groups. While seem be generally more important than landscape factors, within can also depend connectivity context. Some types are beneficial others; instance, ground-level habitats tend insects green roofs. Few simultaneously studied synergies or trade-offs with other services provided by infrastructure, but environmental variables, such tree cover diversity, that affect likely provision improving thermal comfort well-being people. Our review offers some initial how could designed multifunctionality mind.

Language: Английский

Citations

3