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insectcommunities, etc ; environment; habitats; invertebrates; prioritization; protocols; surveys; water; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Riparian invertebrate communities are species rich, but variability in sampling methods hampers assessment of their distributions and inference of the quality of their habitats. To reduce this variability, a standardized, multi‐method survey protocol was recently developed. Here, riparian beetle community surveys conducted before and after the protocol's introduction were used to evaluate its effe ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Hemiptera; Neotropics; Santalales; Vochysia thyrsoidea; host plants; parasitism; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Parasitic plants are important sources of stress and can strongly impact their host plants through direct and indirect associations with other herbivores and their associated organisms. In the tropics, mistletoes are frequent parasitic plants, influencing different trophic levels involved with the host plant. Here, we investigated the direct and indirect influences of multiple partners involved in ...
insectcommunities, etc ; aquatic insects; climate change; drought; freshwater; overland flow; species diversity; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Freshwater systems are projected to experience increased hydrologic extremes under climate change. To determine how small streams may be impacted by shifts in flow regimes, we experimentally simulated flow loss over the span of three summers in nine 50 m naturally fed stream channels. The aquatic insect community of these streams was sampled before, during, and after experimental drought treatment ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Photinus; amber; courtship; ecotourism; humans; insects; lighting; males; red light; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The expansion of human activity into natural habitats often results in the introduction of artificial light at night, which can disrupt local ecosystems. Recent advances in LED technology have enabled spectral tuning of artificial light sources, which could in theory limit their impact on vulnerable taxa. To date, however, experimental comparisons of ecologically friendly candidate colors have oft ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Coleoptera; cerrado; dominant species; dung beetles; feces; habitats; species diversity; Brazil; Show all 9 Subjects
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... In dung beetles, spatial and temporal segregation is determined by the niche and evolutionary history of the species and is mediated by competition. Different functional guilds of dung beetles use this segregation to reduce competitive pressure and optimize usage of ephemeral resources. We sought to understand the spatial (open and closed areas) and temporal (diurnal, nocturnal, and crepuscular pe ...
insectcommunities, etc ; aquatic insects; community structure; fallow; fauna; intensive farming; irrigation; rice; wetlands; Brazil; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Fallowing represents a management practice that spares the land for at least one crop season. Reduction in the fallow period of rice-growing areas is, however, increasingly used to enhance grain production, and little is known about the possible effects of different extents of the fallow period on the aquatic fauna of irrigated fields. We assessed whether aquatic insect community structure differe ...
insectcommunities, etc ; aquatic insects; cerrado; community structure; electrical conductivity; habitats; hydrochemistry; pH; streams; variance; watersheds; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Several processes structure the aquatic insect community present in streams at different spatial scales. Local and regional scales drive aquatic communities, given that the water chemistry and river basin status affect species occurrence and population stability. Here, we observed the changes in aquatic insect communities related to environmental drivers, such as anthropic alteration, at different ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Quercus geminata; Quercus virginiana; entomology; gall-inducing insects; host plants; phenotype; phenotypic variation; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Understanding the role of divergent host‐use in promoting population differentiation among herbivorous insects provides valuable insight into the origin of diversity in this species‐rich group. A strong signature of divergent selection in promoting population differentiation is provided by parallel phenotypic divergence across multiple insect species adapting to the same set of divergent host plan ...
... Herbivory can induce changes in flower traits influencing the community of flower-visiting insects and ultimately impacting the plant’s reproductive output. Here, we investigated how leaf herbivory on sweet pepper plants, Capsicum annuum L., by Diabrotica speciosa (Germar) adults influences the community of insect floral visitors and alters plant reproduction. In an experimental field, we found th ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Chironomidae; aquatic insects; biodiversity; community structure; ecoregions; ecosystems; macroinvertebrates; rivers; sand; spring; temporal variation; water quality; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Although intermittent rivers are present in all climate regions, their biodiversity and ecosystem functions were largely overlooked in the past. Recently, considerable effort has been made to improve our understanding of these, however, many data gaps still remain. We conducted a study to improve knowledge of the community patterns and processes in intermittent rivers in the Dinaric Western Balkan ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Thripidae; Vitis; fauna; field experimentation; species abundance; species richness; spring; temperate zones; vineyards; Romania; Show all 14 Subjects
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... A field experiment was undertaken in a vineyard in southern Romania to evaluate the insect species abundance in this temperate climate area, over a period of 24 consecutive weeks, starting from April 2nd to September 27th, 2019. A total number of 19 303 insects were collected. After their morphological analysis, 89 species of insects were identified (nine orders and 28 famili ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Scolytidae; altitude; bark; bark beetles; geographical distribution; host specificity; phylogeny; species diversity; temporal variation; trees; wood; zoology; Show all 13 Subjects
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... BACKGROUND: Separation of biotic and abiotic impacts on species diversity distribution patterns across a significant climatic gradient is a challenge in the study of diversity maintenance mechanisms. The basic task is to reconcile scale-dependent effects of abiotic and biotic processes on species distribution models. Here, we used a hierarchical modeling method to detect the host specificities of ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Coleoptera; administrative management; biodiversity; forest ecology; habitats; insects; landscapes; lidar; national parks; riparian forests; shrublands; trees; Spain; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a remote sensing technique with multiple uses throughout scientific fields. It can also be used to transfer point data measured in the field to broader spatial scales, which might enable the evaluation of habitats over large areas and define biodiversity hotspots. Our study took place in Cabañeros National Park, which is situated in the Mediterranean, namely, ...
insectcommunities, etc ; coasts; community structure; dunes; dung beetles; feces; forests; geographical distribution; habitats; latitude; riparian areas; rivers; species richness; watersheds; Show all 14 Subjects
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... The Riverine Barrier Hypothesis (RBH) predicts that tropical rivers can be effective barriers to species dispersion, affecting different scales of biological organization, from genes to assemblages. We disentangled the latitudinal from the river presence effect to test the hypothesis that the Doce river mouth acted as a geographical, historical barrier for insects through North and South direction ...
insectcommunities, etc ; body size; climate; entomology; evolution; herbivores; insects; multivoltine habit; overwintering; phenology; population growth; probability; temperature; univoltine habit; voltinism; Europe; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Insect phenology consists of the timing of life events, as well as the number of generations (voltinism). While several studies have focused on the impact of climate on the timing of seasonal events, or the voltinism of single species, we have few insights into the factors that shape patterns of voltinism within ecological communities. Importantly, voltinism can have a major impact on population g ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Beckmannia syzigachne; biodiversity conservation; data collection; dominant species; herbaceous plants; pests; plant communities; riparian areas; rivers; surveys; Korean Peninsula; Show all 12 Subjects
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... To investigate insect and plant community relationships in riparian zones, terrestrial insect communities were compared in plant communities in the riparian zone of the Miho River, Korea. The sweep netting method was used to sample insects in 50 m transects in three herbaceous plant communities. In 2020, each plant community—Chenopodium album, Beckmannia syzigachne, and Artemisia indica—was swept ...
Daniel Redondo-Gómez; M.-Martina Quaggiotto; David M. Bailey; Sergio Eguía; Zebensui Morales-Reyes; Beatriz de las N. López-Pastor; Daniel Martín-Vega; Carlos Martínez-Carrasco; Esther Sebastián-González; José A. Sánchez-Zapata; Marcos Moleón
insectcommunities, etc ; Larus michahellis; Sparus aurata; applied ecology; applied research; birds; case studies; conspecificity; dead animals; fish; invertebrates; marine environment; summer; Spain; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Carrion consumption by scavengers is a key component of both terrestrial and aquatic food webs. However, there are few direct comparisons of the structure and functioning of scavenging communities in different ecosystems. Here, we monitored the consumption of 23 fish (seabream Sparus aurata) and 34 bird (yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis) carcasses on a small Mediterranean island (Isla Grosa, s ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Aphodius; Copris; Geotrupidae; Japan; Macaca fuscata; Onthophagus; autumn; body size; deciduous forests; dung beetles; evergreen forests; feces; rain; summer; temperature; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Dung beetles attracted to the feces of wild Japanese macaques (Primates: Macaca fuscata Blyth) were studied at two temperate sites in Japan, Kinkazan (dominated by deciduous forest) and Yakushima (dominated by evergreen forest), to determine if temporal variations occur in the dung beetle community. Data from 428 pitfall traps baited with fresh Japanese macaque feces and placed during 15 sampling ...
... The widespread use of pesticides along with the simplification of the landscape has had undesirable effects on agroecosystems, such as the loss of biodiversity and the associated ecosystem service biological control. How current production systems can be remodelled to allow for a re-establishment of biological pest control, while preserving productivity, is a major challenge. Here, we tested wheth ...
insectcommunities, etc ; Carabidae; Conservation Reserve Program; atmospheric precipitation; biomass; cattle; cropland; grassland restoration; grasslands; habitats; industrialization; invertebrates; soil erosion; species diversity; water quality; wildlife; North America; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Grasslands in North America have declined by over 70% since industrialization of settlements due to the conversion of natural habitats to cropland and urban centers. In the United States, the federally supported Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was created to improve water quality, reduce soil erosion, and increase native habitats for wildlife. Within these restored grasslands, ground beetles (C ...