Butterfly populations flutter bye
Science,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
387(6738), С. 1036 - 1037
Опубликована: Март 6, 2025
Systematic
analysis
reveals
decades-long
decline
in
US
butterfly
population
abundance.
Язык: Английский
Guidelines for Conserving Pollinating Insects in Southeastern US Forests
Journal of Forestry,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2025
Язык: Английский
Evidence for urban food limitation in a widespread invasive lizard
Urban Ecosystems,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
28(3)
Опубликована: Апрель 14, 2025
Язык: Английский
Filling in the Gaps: Working in Un-Surveyed Areas to Create Baseline Data, Habitat Use and Abundance Estimates for Butterflies in Eastern Wyoming, USA
Environments,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
12(4), С. 122 - 122
Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2025
Butterflies
are
charismatic
insects
that
critical
pollinators
for
plants
humans
and
wildlife
depend
on;
however,
butterflies
have
some
of
the
largest
measured
declines.
Two
iconic
in
USA,
Regal
Fritillary
(Argynnis
idalia)
Monarch
(Danaus
plexippus),
proposed
protection
due
to
decreasing
numbers
from
overexploitation,
agricultural
activities,
disease
development.
We
surveyed
145
sites
walked
557
km
mid-June
August
2019
2021
create
baseline
information
fill
knowledge
gaps
these
species.
observed
16,986
individuals
identified
52
species
butterflies.
Generally,
were
more
abundant
at
lower
wind
speeds
areas
with
higher
forb
cover
less
bare
ground.
locations
taller
grass,
bloom
densities,
forbs,
11
Fritillaries
31
Monarchs
extending
northeastern
southeastern
Wyoming
a
variety
habitats.
The
predicted
suitable
habitat
was
highly
influenced
by
sagebrush
mean
temperature
wettest
quarter
according
distribution
models.
Our
results
provide
managers
about
status,
distribution,
use
previously
un-surveyed
area.
Historical
butterfly
surveys
limited
mountain
ecosystems,
we
on
characteristics
support
highest
abundances
most
prairie
ecosystems
can
be
compared
future
efforts.
Язык: Английский
Pesticide Risk Assessment in a Changing World
Global Change Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
31(4)
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Pesticide
risk
assessments
currently
rely
on
surrogate
species
and
focus
primarily
acute
lethality
metrics,
failing
to
capture
the
broader
impacts
non‐target
organisms
thus
biodiversity.
Under
directives
of
regulatory
agencies
worldwide,
this
traditional
approach
overlooks
complex
interactions
between
multiple
stressors,
including
climate
change,
land‐use
shifts,
pesticide
transformation
products.
must
therefore
undergo
a
paradigm
shift
account
for
these
interactions,
which
disproportionately
affect
insect
pollinators,
other
species,
biodiversity
at
large.
While
prior
work
has
highlighted
need
move
beyond
single‐species
models,
emerging
evidence
nonlinear
stressor
ecological
consequences
products
highlight
critical
gaps
in
current
frameworks.
Here,
we
synthesize
insights
from
recent
research
propose
holistic
environmental
that
integrates
evolutionary
complexities
context
global
change.
Язык: Английский