Factors influencing butterfly and bumblebee richness and abundance in gardens

CT de Montaigu, D Goulson - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Gardens are often depicted as green sanctuaries, providing refuges for wildlife displaced
from the countryside due to intensive farming. While gardens have been recognized for their …

Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs

CM Collins, H Audusseau, C Hassall… - Insect conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urban expansion across the globe profoundly impacts local biodiversity. The growing body
of urban ecology research on animals has largely focused on mammals and birds, whereas …

Evaluating tramway infrastructure on biodiversity and ecosystem services

D Moroń, M Beim, A Gudowska, F Angeoletto… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Tramways in urban areas for mass transit has been suggested to have a lower
environmental footprint than roads. However, studies on the impact of tramways and the …

Wildlife-friendly garden practices increase butterfly abundance and species richness in urban and arable landscapes

LA Hordley, R Fox - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Insect declines are being reported worldwide and private, residential gardens could provide
refugia for these species under increasing land use change. Interest in wildlife-friendly …

Incorporating phenology to estimate species' population trends from snapshot citizen-science data

EB Dennis, BJT Morgan, CA Harrower… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - Springer
Citizen-science data are increasingly used to contribute to our understanding of biodiversity
change, but analysing such data requires suitable statistical methods, often to deal with …

Using butterfly survey data to model habitat associations in urban developments

JEJ Cooper, KE Plummer, I Middlebrook… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
One approach for measuring the potential biodiversity in new urban construction projects is
through ecological models that predict how wildlife will respond. For the United Kingdom …

Children's environmental citizen science: Stakeholders' experiences and perceptions

C Wilson, S Mills, PJ Wood - People and Nature, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Compared to our understanding of adult participation in environmental citizen science (CS),
the current literature on child engagement is limited. As adult stakeholders may control …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting insect dynamics in a changing world

CA Bahlai - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Predicting how insects will respond to stressors through time is difficult because of the
diversity of insects, environments, and approaches used to monitor and model. Forecasting …

The role of citizens in conservation science: a case study with threatened Brazilian butterflies

AHB Rosa, AVL Freitas - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2024 - Springer
Many records from citizen science (CS) are used in scientific research related to biodiversity.
Photographs of living species are valuable data from CS that are applicable to a range of …

Counting butterflies—are old-fashioned ways of recording data obsolete?

E Kühn, A Harpke, T Schmitt, J Settele… - Journal of Insect …, 2024 - Springer
Citizen Science projects aim to make data entry as easy as possible and often provide
online data recording or data recording with an App. However, many participants cannot or …