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1. Cascading effects of defensive endosymbionts

Author:
McLean, Ailsa HC
Source:
Current opinion in insect science 2019 v.32 pp. 42-46
ISSN:
2214-5745
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; endosymbionts; insects; natural enemies; parasites; predators; trophic levels;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Defensive endosymbionts are now understood to be widespread among insects, targeting many different threats, including predators, parasites and disease. The effects on natural enemies can be significant, resulting in dramatic changes in the outcome of interactions between insects and their attackers. Evidence is now emerging from laboratory and field work that defensive symbionts can have importan ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cois.2018.10.003

2. The role of large-scale descriptors and morphological status in shaping ground beetle (Carabidae) assemblages of floodplains in Germany

Author:
Jachertz, Hannah; Januschke, Kathrin; Hering, Daniel
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.103 pp. 124-133
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Bembidion; community structure; environmental indicators; floodplains; habitats; indicator species; rivers; Germany;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Floodplains are inhabited by diverse and abundant ground beetle assemblages that are adapted to the frequently changing habitat conditions. While there have been many studies on the composition of riparian ground beetle communities in individual floodplains, the general patterns responsible for their composition remained obscure. We used data on 352 ground beetle samples taken at 224 sites along r ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.042

3. Assessing community functional attributes during substrate colonization: a field experiment using stream insects

Author:
Milesi, Silvia V.; Melo, Adriano S.; Dolédec, Sylvain
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2019 v.838 no.1 pp. 183-192
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; aquatic insects; body size; field experimentation; functional diversity; habitats; insect flight; locomotion; samplers; streams;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Initial colonists of empty habitats tend to differ from those arriving later in terms of species identity and traits. We evaluated the dynamics of the functional attributes in aquatic insect communities during a colonization experiment under natural conditions. We tested whether the late stages of colonization show higher functional richness, diversity and specialization than early successional st ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-019-03988-2

4. Taxonomic and Functional Ant Diversity Along tropical, Subtropical, and Subalpine Elevational Transects in Southwest China

Author:
Fontanilla, Alyssa M.; Nakamura, Akihiro; Xu, Zhenghui; Cao, Min; Kitching, Roger L.; Tang, Yong; Burwell, Chris J.
Source:
Insects 2019 v.10 no.5
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; altitude; community structure; functional diversity; species richness; temperature; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Although elevational gradients of biodiversity have long been the topic of scientific research, information on patterns of, and processes that shape insect community structure across elevation is still lacking. Addressing this gap requires the use of both taxonomic and functional approaches when studying diversity across elevational gradients. In this study, we examined taxonomic and functional al ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects10050128

5. How long are thinning-induced resource pulses maintained in plantation forests?

Author:
Gandiaga, Franck; Moreau, Gaétan
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Coleoptera; Picea; flight; forest habitats; forest plantations; fungi; fungivores; necromass; residual effects; species richness;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Despite the critical role of pulsed resources on the dynamics and conservation of several forest-dwelling species, the transition between the period when the effects of a thinning-induced resource pulse are maximal and the period when only residual effects remain has yet to be documented in forest habitats. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of a transition period after a woody necromas ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.032

6. Interaction networks of macrofungi and mycophagous beetles reflect diurnal variation and the size and spatial arrangement of resources

Author:
Epps, Mary Jane; Arnold, A. Elizabeth
Source:
Fungal ecology 2019 v.37 pp. 48-56
ISSN:
1754-5048
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Coleoptera; Pleurotus ostreatus; diurnal variation; field experimentation; fruiting bodies; fungi; fungivores; prediction; temperate forests;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ecological networks are useful for characterizing interspecific associations and predicting the resilience of ecological communities. We evaluated how such networks vary with the size, spatial distribution, and timing of availability of resources, with a focus on beetle-macrofungal associations. We used 2 y of field experiments to construct ecological networks based on manipulated sporocarp baits ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funeco.2018.11.001

7. Illuminating the physiological implications of artificial light on an insectivorous bat community

Author:
Cravens, Zachary M.; Boyles, Justin G.
Source:
Oecologia 2019 v.189 no.1 pp. 69-77
ISSN:
0029-8549
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Lasiurus borealis; acoustics; blood; energy; foraging; insectivores; metabolites; models; phototaxis; pollution; refuge habitats; wildlife;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Global light pollution threatens to disturb numerous wildlife species, but impacts of artificial light will likely vary among species within a community. Thus, artificial lights may change the environment in such a way as to create winners and losers as some species benefit while others do not. Insectivorous bats are nocturnal and a good model to test for differential effects of light pollution on ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00442-018-4300-6

8. Characterization and comparison of poorly known moth communities through DNA barcoding in two Afrotropical environments in Gabon

Author:
Delabye, Sylvain; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Bayendi, Sandrine; Andeime-Eyene, Myrianne; Zakharov, Evgeny V.; deWaard, Jeremy R.; Hebert, Paul D.N.; Kamgang, Roger; Le Gall, Philippe; Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Mavoungou, Jacques-François; Moussavou, Ghislain; Moulin, Nicolas; Oslisly, Richard; Rahola, Nil; Sebag, David; Decaëns, Thibaud
Source:
Genome 2019 v.62 no.3 pp. 96-107
ISSN:
1480-3321
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; DNA barcoding; ecosystems; habitats; invertebrates; moths; regional surveys; savannas; species richness; Gabon;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Biodiversity research in tropical ecosystems—popularized as the most biodiverse habitats on Earth—often neglects invertebrates, yet invertebrates represent the bulk of local species richness. Insect communities in particular remain strongly impeded by both Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls, and identifying species often remains a formidable challenge inhibiting the use of these organisms as indica ...
DOI:
10.1139/gen-2018-0063

9. Spatial but not temporal dung beetle β‐diversity components are scale‐dependent in a mainland–island scenario

Author:
da Silva, Pedro Giovâni; Hernández, Malva Isabel Medina
Source:
Austral ecology 2018 v.43 no.8 pp. 915-925
ISSN:
1442-9985
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; dung beetles; forests; nestedness; species diversity;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... β‐diversity is key in understanding how ecological communities have been assembled across spatiotemporal scales. Separating β‐diversity into its process‐related components can provide richer insights into biodiversity organization. In this study, we aimed to investigate the spatial and temporal patterns of β‐diversity components in the composition and structure of dung beetle communities. Dung bee ...
DOI:
10.1111/aec.12641

10. Plant trichomes and a single gene GLABRA1 contribute to insect community composition on field-grown Arabidopsis thaliana

Author:
Sato, Yasuhiro; Shimizu-Inatsugi, Rie; Yamazaki, Misako; Shimizu, Kentaro K.; Nagano, Atsushi J.
Source:
BMC plant biology 2019 v.19 no.1 pp. 163
ISSN:
1471-2229
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Arabidopsis thaliana; Chrysomelidae; community structure; genes; genetic variation; genotype; glucosinolates; herbivores; insects; leaves; mutants; trichomes; Japan; Switzerland;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Genetic variation in plants alters insect abundance and community structure in the field; however, little is known about the importance of a single gene among diverse plant genotypes. In this context, Arabidopsis trichomes provide an excellent system to discern the roles of natural variation and a key gene, GLABRA1, in shaping insect communities. In this study, we transplanted two inde ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12870-019-1705-2

11. Local extinctions may be evidenced by the holes of the morphometric hypervolume in dung beetle communities

Author:
Alves, Victor Michelon; Hernández, Malva Isabel Medina
Source:
Austral ecology 2019 v.44 no.5 pp. 827-837
ISSN:
1442-9985
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; corn; crop production; dung beetles; ecological communities; extinction; forest communities; forests; geometry; morphometry; niches; species diversity; summer; Brazil;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... The body shape of a species is associated with its evolutionary history and can reflect behavioural peculiarities related to the ecological niche of each species. Morphology can characterise the morphometric niche of species and can be represented as body shape points within a morphometric universe. This information can be to calculate the morphometric diversity of communities through hypervolume ...
DOI:
10.1111/aec.12752

12. Local grassland restoration affects insect communities

Author:
Luong, Justin C.; Turner, Patrick L.; Phillipson, Celina N.; Seltmann, Katja C.
Source:
Ecological entomology 2019 v.44 no.4 pp. 471-479
ISSN:
0307-6946
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Bombus; Lupinus; flora; forbs; grassland restoration; grasslands; herbivores; indigenous species; insects; landscaping; pollination; pollinators; refuge habitats; spring; California;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... 1. It is hypothesised that ecological restoration in grasslands can induce an alternative stable state shift in vegetation. The change in vegetation influences insect community assemblages and allows for greater functional redundancy in pollination and refuge for native insect species. 2. Insect community assemblages at eight coastal California grassland sites were evaluated. Half of these sites h ...
DOI:
10.1111/een.12721

13. Aquatic insect diversity in streams across a rural–urban land-use discontinuum

Author:
Lundquist, Matthew J.; Zhu, Weixing
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2019 v.837 no.1 pp. 15-30
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; aquatic insects; cities; homogenization; insect taxonomy; land use; landscapes; species diversity; streams; urban areas; urbanization; New York;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Urbanization negatively impacts the diversity of aquatic insect assemblages in headwater streams and can lead to the homogenization of insect communities at the regional level. However, less is known about the impact of urbanization on insects in headwater streams within smaller cities that have significant upstream portions outside of urban land use. We collected insects monthly from April to Sep ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-019-3955-2

14. Fire? They don't give a dung! The resilience of dung beetles to fire in a tropical savanna

Author:
Nunes, Cássio A.; Beiroz, Wallace; da Silva, Pedro G.; Braga, Rodrigo F.; Fernandes, G. Wilson; Neves, Frederico De S.
Source:
Ecological entomology 2019 v.44 no.3 pp. 315-323
ISSN:
0307-6946
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; biodiversity; biomass; dry season; dung beetles; feces; fire frequency; fire regime; fires; savannas; terrestrial ecosystems; wet season;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... 1. Disturbance is a strong driver of community assembly and fire has long been recognised as one of the main disturbances of terrestrial ecosystems. This study tested the resilience of dung beetles to fire events in campos rupestres, which is a tropical savanna ecosystem that evolved under a frequent fire regime, by assessing the resistance and recovery of their communities. 2. Dung beetles were s ...
DOI:
10.1111/een.12705

15. The forgotten season: the impact of autumn phenology on a specialist insect herbivore community on oak

Author:
Ekholm, Adam; Tack, Ayco J.M.; Bolmgren, Kjell; Roslin, Tomas
Source:
Ecological entomology 2019 v.44 no.3 pp. 425-435
ISSN:
0307-6946
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Phyllonorycter; Quercus robur; autumn; climate; climate change; leafminers; leaves; phenology; phytophagous insects; schools; spring; surveys; trees; Sweden;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... 1. Variation in spring phenology – like tree budburst – affects the structure of insect communities, but impacts of autumn phenology have been neglected. Many plant species have recently delayed their autumn phenology, and the timing of leaf senescence may be important for herbivorous insects. 2. This study explored how an insect herbivore community associated with Quercus robur is influenced by v ...
DOI:
10.1111/een.12719

16. Tropical logging and deforestation impacts multiple scales of weevil beta-diversity

Author:
Sharp, Adam C.; Barclay, Maxwell V.L.; Chung, Arthur Y.C.; Ewers, Robert M.
Source:
Biological conservation 2019 v.234 pp. 172-179
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Curculionidae; Elaeis guineensis; deforestation; forest ecosystems; forests; land use change; landscapes; logging; plantations; species richness; Borneo; Malaysia;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Half of Borneo's forest has been logged and oil palm plantations have replaced millions of hectares of forest since the 1970's. While this extensive land-use change has been shown to reduce species richness across landscapes, there is limited current knowledge on how deforestation affects the spatial arrangement of ecological communities. Identifying responses of beta-diversity to land-use change ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2019.03.024

17. Predatory Hymenopteran Assemblages in Boreal Alaska: Associations with Forest Composition and Post-Fire Succession

Author:
Wenninger, Alexandria; Hollingsworth, Teresa; Wagner, Diane
Source:
Écoscience 2019 v.26 no.3 pp. 205-220
ISSN:
1195-6860
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Betula; Formicidae; fire regime; forests; global warming; habitats; landscapes; microclimate; morphospecies; nectar; species richness; trees; wasps; Alaska;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Changes to the fire regime in boreal Alaska are shifting the ratio of coniferous to deciduous dominance on the landscape. The increase in aspen and birch may have important effects on predatory hymenopteran assemblages by providing a source of extrafloral nectar and increasing prey availability. Furthermore, fire-induced changes in successional age alter habitat structure and microclimate in ways ...
DOI:
10.1080/11956860.2018.1564484

18. Linking mesoscale landscape heterogeneity and biodiversity: gardens and tree cover significantly modify flower-visiting beetle communities

Author:
Foster, Christopher W.; Neumann, Jessica L.; Holloway, Graham J.
Source:
Landscape ecology 2019 v.34 no.5 pp. 1081-1095
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Coleoptera; agroecosystems; biodiversity; community structure; dead wood; gardens; habitats; insects; landscapes; planning; trees; urban areas; United Kingdom;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Maintaining biodiversity in multifunction landscapes is a significant challenge. Planning for the impacts of change requires knowledge of how species respond to landscape heterogeneity. Some insect groups are known to respond to heterogeneity at the mesoscale, defined here as hundreds of metres. However, for many taxa these effects are poorly known. OBJECTIVES: To identify key elements of ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-019-00822-x

19. Upstream refugia and dispersal ability may override benthic-community responses to high-Andean streams deforestation

Author:
González-Trujillo, Juan David; Petsch, Danielle K.; Córdoba-Ariza, Gabriela; Rincón-Palau, Katterine; Donato-Rondon, Jhon Ch.; Castro-Rebolledo, Maria I.; Sabater, Sergi
Source:
Biodiversity and conservation 2019 v.28 no.6 pp. 1513-1531
ISSN:
0960-3115
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Bacillariophyceae; Chironomidae; Ephemeroptera; Plecoptera; benthic organisms; deforestation; forests; refuge habitats; rivers; species diversity; streams; tropics; Andes region;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Deforestation is a major driver of biodiversity loss in the Tropical region, but the role of upstream refugia and dispersal ability on the community response to this disturbance is unknown. We assessed the relevance of undisturbed upstream patches (“refugia”) on the responses of benthic communities to forest cover loss. We selected four Andean rivers with a well-protected forest in their upstream ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10531-019-01739-2

20. A Newly Established Non-Native Praying Mantis Species, Liturgusa maya (Mantodea: Liturgusidae) in Florida, USA, and a Key to Florida Mantis Genera

Author:
Nisip, Andrew J.; Svenson, Gavin J.; Fridie, Brian; Lucky, Andrea
Source:
TheFlorida entomologist 2019 v.102 no.1 pp. 147-153
ISSN:
1938-5102
Subject:
insect communities,   etc   ; Mantis; ecosystems; habitats; insects; introduced species; monitoring; natural history; predators; subtropics; taxonomic keys; Florida; South America;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Exotic insect species pose an increasing threat to Florida's native ecosystems through direct negative effects as predators of native taxa, and indirect effects by competing for food and habitat resources. Although many exotic species established in Florida have no demonstrable negative impact on native insect communities, it is nonetheless important to document the presence of newly established s ...
DOI:
10.1653/024.102.0124