Ecological changes in the phenology and distribution of plants and animals are occurring in
all well-studied marine, freshwater, and terrestrial groups. These observed changes are …

Global climate change is frequently considered a major conservation threat. The Earth's
climate has already warmed by 0.5° C over the past century, and recent studies show that it …

Causal attribution of recent biological trends to climate change is complicated because non-
climatic influences dominate local, short-term biological changes. Any underlying signal …

This review examines the direct effects of climate change on insect herbivores. Temperature
is identified as the dominant abiotic factor directly affecting herbivorous insects. There is little …

Mean global temperatures have risen this century, and further warming is predicted to
continue for the next 50–100 years,,. Some migratory species can respond rapidly to yearly …

No species occurs everywhere. Indeed, the majority are absent from most places, and where
they do occur they are usually quite rare. Gaston discusses the structure of these …

Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--
oslash--; ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance …

Conservative estimates suggest that 50–90% of the existing insect species on Earth have
still to be discovered, yet the named insects alone comprise more than half of all known …

Data from a national butterfly monitoring scheme were analysed to test for relationships
between temperature and three phenological measures, duration of flight period and timing …

Policies to reduce global warming by offering credits for carbon sequestration have
neglected the effects of forest management on biodiversity. I review properties of forest …