Complex responses of insect phenology to climate change

JRK Forrest - Current opinion in insect science, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Climate change can alter insect phenology in complex and counterintuitive
ways.•Advances in springtime phenology with warming are widespread but not …

Climate change effects on predator–prey interactions

AN Laws - Current opinion in insect science, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Climate change can affect predator–prey interactions involving insects.•Climate
change can affect chemical signaling of plants and insects.•Predation risk and temperature …

Desynchronizations in bee–plant interactions cause severe fitness losses in solitary bees

M Schenk, J Krauss, A Holzschuh - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming can disrupt mutualistic interactions between solitary bees and plants when
increasing temperature differentially changes the timing of interacting partners. One possible …

Timing of diapause termination in relation to variation in winter climate

P Lehmann, W Van Der Bijl, S Nylin… - Physiological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In temperate insects, winters are typically endured by entering diapause, which comprises a
deep resting stage. Correct timing of diapause termination is vital for synchronization of …

Phenological synchrony between a butterfly and its host plants: Experimental test of effects of spring temperature

D Posledovich, T Toftegaard, C Wiklund… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate‐driven changes in the relative phenologies of interacting species may potentially
alter the outcome of species interactions. Phenotypic plasticity is expected to be important …

Evidence of an extreme weather‐induced phenological mismatch and a local extirpation of the endangered Karner blue butterfly

TA Patterson, R Grundel, JDK Dzurisin… - … Science and Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In 2011, an experiment was undertaken to examine spring synchrony between the
endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)(Kbb) and its obligate host …

Linking inter‐annual variation in environment, phenology, and abundance for a montane butterfly community

JE Stewart, JG Illán, SA Richards, D Gutiérrez… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change has caused widespread shifts in species' phenology, but the consequences
for population and community dynamics remain unclear because of uncertainty regarding …

Enlightening butterfly conservation efforts: the importance of natural lighting for butterfly behavioral ecology and conservation

BM Seymoure - Insects, 2018 - mdpi.com
Light is arguably the most important abiotic factor for living organisms. Organisms evolved
under specific lighting conditions and their behavior, physiology, and ecology are inexorably …

Endangered Oarisma poweshiek larvae vary their graminoid forage in Manitoba, Canada

J Henault, R Westwood - The Canadian Entomologist, 2022 - cambridge.org
The Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek) is endemic to the tall grass prairie in North
America and is now critically endangered globally. Existing populations are scattered …

Butterfly–host plant synchrony determines patterns of host use across years and regions

T Toftegaard, D Posledovich, JA Navarro‐Cano… - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in the degree of synchrony among host plants and herbivores can disrupt or
intensify species interactions, alter the strength of natural selection on traits associated with …