Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead

M Dornelas, JM Chase, NJ Gotelli… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Estimating biodiversity change across the planet in the context of widespread human
modification is a critical challenge. Here, we review how biodiversity has changed in recent …

Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends

PA López‐Bedoya, T Magura… - Austral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The tropical Andes is one of the most biodiverse ecoregions on Earth, exhibiting high levels
of species endemism. The tropical Andes is also one of the most vulnerable ecoregions …

Landscape type affects the functional diversity of carabid beetles in agricultural landscapes

F Deppe, K Fischer - Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification and expansion has been suggested to be a major driver of the
loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Recent studies have shown that …

Habitat–trait interactions that control response to climate change: North American ground beetles (Carabidae)

T Qiu, AJ Bell, JJ Swenson… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim As one of the most diverse and economically important families on Earth, ground
beetles (Carabidae) are viewed as a key barometer of climate change. Recent meta …

Meta‐analysis reveals that the effects of precipitation change on soil and litter fauna in forests depend on body size

PA Martin, L Fisher, L Pérez‐Izquierdo… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is altering precipitation regimes at a global scale. While
precipitation changes have been linked to changes in the abundance and diversity of soil …

Long‐term drought triggers severe declines in carabid beetles in a temperate forest

F Weiss, H von Wehrden, A Linde - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence for widespread declines in arthropods is growing and climate change is one of the
suspected drivers. Recent droughts in Europe were unprecedented in the previous centuries …

Conocimiento de las comunidades de escarabajos que habitan el suelo en los Andes tropicales: Lagunas y tendencias

PA López‐Bedoya, T Magura… - Austral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Los Andes tropicales son una de las ecorregiones más biodiversas de la Tierra, con altos
niveles de endemismo de especies. Los Andes tropicales son también una de las …

Multiple environmental drivers for the Patagonian forest-dwelling beetles: Contrasting functional and taxonomic responses across strata and trophic guilds

PM Vergara, A Fierro, MA Carvajal, AJ Alaniz… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forest disturbances modify microhabitats along the different vertical strata, triggering
structural and functional changes in forest-dwelling beetle communities. However, the …

Fifty years of monitoring changes in the abundance of invertebrates in the cereal ecosystem of the Sussex Downs, England

JA Ewald, GR Potts, NJ Aebischer… - Insect Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in insect abundance are receiving much attention, with agricultural
intensification considered to be one of the main drivers of decline. We report on changes in …

A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration

T Stoltefaut, PJ Haubrock, EAR Welti, NJ Baker… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural floodplains are complex systems embodying an interwoven network of biodiverse
aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Many floodplains have been impaired and disconnected …