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 …

Large uncertainty in trait responses across insects among overall declines in a subtropical city

NA Federico, RP Guralnick… - Insect Conservation and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Continued and rapid development of urban environments presents many challenges to
organisms living in and around cities. Insects are among the most abundant and diverse …

Temporal alpha and beta diversity of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) reveals biotic heterogenisation in urban ponds

W Liao, J Soininen - Freshwater Biology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanisation has led to decreasing quantity and quality of both terrestrial and aquatic
habitats, resulting in biodiversity loss in urban ecosystems. Current research has focused on …

Males of the solitary bee Anthophora plumipes have longer tongue, larger ocelli, and higher fluctuating asymmetry in more urbanised habitats

A Ferrari, C Polidori - The European Zoological Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Urbanisation, leading to the reduction and fragmentation of green areas and an increase in
temperature (urban heat island effect), is known to be a strong driver of intraspecific …