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Estimating wild bee population size with validated distance sampling

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Distance Sampling is a promising method to estimate population size but has never been validated on insects. We validated it on a honey bee population of known size. We applied Distance Sampling to three insular pollinators and found that estimates are consistent across days, match species phenology and reflect the expected influence of weather ...
Claudia Bruschini, Marco Penco, Olga Barghigiani, Adele Bordoni, Lorenzo Pasquali, Vania Salvati, Leonardo Dapporto, Alessandro Cini   +7 more
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Water availability and land‐use shape the diversity of Odonata in the Middle East

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Odonata diversity in the Middle East depends on the availability of long‐lasting waters, emphasizing the importance of preserving stable aquatic habitats for biodiversity conservation under climate change‐driven droughts. Agricultural expansion is associated with increased Odonata species richness, but overall trait diversity remains limited ...
Zohreh Eslami Barzoki, Jonathan Chase
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Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity patterns of Saturniidae moth communities along a tropical forest recovery gradient in Ecuador

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Diverse Saturniidae moth communities are found in naturally recovering tropical forests in Ecuador. Community composition showed a gradual turnover with strongest differences between old‐growth forest and active agriculture, but only weak differences in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity. While our results suggest that Saturniidae are not
Sebastian Seibold, Dominik Rabl, Paula Sorger, Julian Bittermann, Nico Blüthgen, Gunnar Brehm, Annika Busse, Maria Camila De La Hoz, Mareike Kortmann, Peter Kriegel, Jérôme Morinière, Marcel Püls, Ana B. García‐Ruilova, H. Martin Schaefer, Constance J. Tremlett, Jörg Müller   +15 more
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Priority areas for arthropod conservation in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands: Insights from a multi‐taxon distributional database

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Using over 416,000 occurrence records from 13 arthropod groups (6233 arthropod species), we mapped large‐scale richness patterns and identified biodiversity hotspots across the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. Hotspot congruence among arthropod groups was low, underscoring the importance of integrative, multi‐taxon approaches for conservation ...
David Sánchez‐Fernández, Saray Mañas‐Jordá, Antonio J. García‐Meseguer, Raúl Acosta, Arturo Ariño, Enrique Baquero, Ignasi Bartomeus, Gabriel de Biurrun, Núria Bonada, David Galicia, Enrique García‐Barros, Mario García‐París, Emilio García‐Roselló, Diego Gil‐Tapetado, Marcos González, Pilar Jurado‐Angulo, Manuel Jesús López‐Rodríguez, Jesús Martínez, Andrés Millán, Víctor J. Monserrat, Eduardo Morano, Miguel L. Munguira, Susana Pallarés, Félix Pina, Carlos E. Prieto, Helena Romo, Carlota Sánchez‐Campaña, Pol Sar, José Manuel Tierno de Figueroa, José Luis Yela, Jorge M. Lobo   +30 more
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Critical tipping points in dung beetle communities: Implications for conservation in the Atlantic Forest biome

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Minor land‐use changes consistently lead to abrupt biodiversity shifts across all diversity dimensions, favoring generalist dung beetle species while excluding sensitive specialists. These shifts are observed at lower environmental change rates than previously considered, with significant changes apparent after just 25% habitat loss.
Paula Ribeiro Anunciação, André Tavares, Fernando Z. Vaz‐de‐Mello, Milton C. Ribeiro, Raffael Ernst   +4 more
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Warmest spring on record in the United Kingdom provides insights into how a specialist spring‐flying butterfly may respond to future climate change

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Previous work indicates that the Duke of Burgundy butterfly, a specialist spring‐flying species in the United Kingdom, is poor at buffering its thoracic temperature as air temperatures rise. Taking advantage of unusually warm spring weather, we collected new field data and found that the species can lower its thoracic temperature more than expected in ...
Rosa M. Pollard Smith, Matthew P. Hayes, Gwen E. Hitchcock, Josh Hellon, Andrew J. Bladon, Edgar C. Turner   +5 more
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Arthropod conservation in roadside verges: Unmown refuges outperform mowing equipment changes

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
While roadside verges might have potential as connecting corridors for grassland habitats and their inhabitants, roadside mowing negatively impacts grassland arthropod densities. In contrast to unmown refuges, all mowing techniques harmed grassland arthropods, with no significant differences between mowing equipment.
Johanna L. Berger, Margarita Hartlieb, Nadja K. Simons, Nico Blüthgen   +3 more
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Freshwater fishes of the Waterberg aquatic ecoregion, South Africa: Diversity, taxonomic conflicts and conservation concerns

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Southern Africa is a region denoted by both high levels of fish diversity, some of it cryptic and unrecognised by current taxonomy, and severely threatened freshwater ecosystems. The Waterberg, a key aquatic ecoregion of the greater Limpopo River basin in South Africa, represents an area with high terrestrial conservation value but is lacking ...
Darragh J. Woodford, Mandla Magoro, Wilbert T. Kadye, Martinus Scheepers, Yonela Sithole, Tadiwa I. Mutizwa, Tholoana Ntokoane, Albert Chakona   +7 more
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Historical biogeography of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and its extinct Eurasian populations. [PDF]

BMC Evol Biol, 2018
Paijmans JLA, Barlow A, Förster DW, Henneberger K, Meyer M, Nickel B, Nagel D, Worsøe Havmøller R, Baryshnikov GF, Joger U, Rosendahl W, Hofreiter M.   +11 more
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A wild‐caught rosy barb Pethia conchonius in a British urban pond underscores the need to prevent aquarium releases

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A specimen of rosy barb Pethia conchonius of 51 mm standard length, encountered in an urban pond in London, is reported. This small cyprinid is native to lakes and streams in subtropical regions of southern Asia and is commonly sold as an ornamental fish.
Peter J. Barry, Phil I. Davison, Luke Pearson, Gordon H. Copp   +3 more
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