Flower power in the city: Replacing roadside shrubs by wildflower meadows increases insect numbers and reduces maintenance costs

Designing wildlife-inclusive cities that support human-animal co-existence

(2020) Beate Apfelbeck et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Exotic urban trees conserve similar natural enemy communities to native congeners but have fewer pests

(2019) Steven D. Frank et al.   PeerJ

“Insectageddon”: A call for more robust data and rigorous analyses

(2019) Chris D. Thomas et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Long‐term declines of European insectivorous bird populations and potential causes

(2019) Diana E. Bowler et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Predatory arthropods in apple orchards across Europe: Responses to agricultural management, adjacent habitat, landscape composition and country

(2019) Anne-Kathrin Happe et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Perspective: Where might be many tropical insects?

(2019) Daniel H. Janzen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

(2019) Francisco Sánchez-Bayo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Larval and phenological traits predict insect community response to mowing regime manipulations

(2019) Roel Klink et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Analysing the impact of trap shape and movement behaviour of ground‐dwelling arthropods on trap efficiency

(2019) D.A. Ahmed et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Over a century of data reveal more than 80% decline in butterflies in the Netherlands

(2019) Arco J. van Strien et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Urban meadows as an alternative to short mown grassland: effects of composition and height on biodiversity

(2019) Briony A. Norton et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers

(2019) Sebastian Seibold et al.   NATURE

To mow or to mow less: Lawn mowing frequency affects bee abundance and diversity in suburban yards

(2018) Susannah B. Lerman et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments

(2018) Kylie Soanes et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Flying insect abundance declines with increasing road traffic

(2018) Amanda E. Martin et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Abundance of urban male mosquitoes by green infrastructure types: implications for landscape design and vector management

(2018) Gwendolyn K. L. Wong et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Quantifying the unquantifiable: why Hymenoptera, not Coleoptera, is the most speciose animal order

(2018) Andrew A. Forbes et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

It’s a matter of design—how pitfall trap design affects trap samples and possible predictions

(2018) Fabian A. Boetzl et al.   PeerJ

Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web

(2018) Bradford C. Lister et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nonnative plants reduce population growth of an insectivorous bird

(2018) Desirée L. Narango et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of urban forest patches in maintaining isopod diversity (Oniscidea)

(2018) Elisabeth Hornung et al.   ZooKeys

Biodiversity in the city: key challenges for urban green space management

(2017) Myla FJ Aronson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Habitat connectivity and local conditions shape taxonomic and functional diversity of arthropods on green roofs

(2017) Sonja Braaker et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Biodiverse perennial meadows have aesthetic value and increase residents’ perceptions of site quality in urban green-space

(2017) Georgina E. Southon et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Intensive land use drives small-scale homogenization of plant- and leafhopper communities and promotes generalists

(2017) Melanie N. Chisté et al.   OECOLOGIA

“Not in their front yard” The opportunities and challenges of introducing perennial urban meadows: A local authority stakeholder perspective

(2017) Helen Hoyle et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

(2017) Caspar A. Hallmann et al.   PLoS One

Mosquitoes in urban green spaces: using an island biogeographic approach to identify drivers of species richness and composition

(2017) Antônio Ralph Medeiros-Sousa et al.   Scientific Reports

Plant ecotype affects interacting organisms across multiple trophic levels

(2016) Anna Bucharova et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Delayed mowing promotes planthoppers, leafhoppers and spiders in extensively managed meadows

(2016) Pierrick Buri et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

To what extent does vegetation composition and structure influence beetle communities and species richness in private gardens in New Zealand?

(2016) Y. van Heezik et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Approaches to urban vegetation management and the impacts on urban bird and bat assemblages

(2016) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Wildflowers: From conserving biodiversity to urban greening—A review

(2016) Francesca Bretzel et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

A review of extensive variation in the design of pitfall traps and a proposal for a standard pitfall trap design for monitoring ground-active arthropod biodiversity

(2016) Grant R. Brown et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Losers, winners, and opportunists: How grassland land-use intensity affects orthopteran communities

(2016) Melanie N. Chisté et al.   Ecosphere

Food for Pollinators: Quantifying the Nectar and Pollen Resources of Urban Flower Meadows

(2016) Damien M. Hicks et al.   PLoS One

Biodiversity in cities needs space: a meta-analysis of factors determining intra-urban biodiversity variation

(2015) Joscha Beninde et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biodiversity of Coleoptera and other invertebrates in urban gardens: a case study in a New Zealand city

(2015) Barbara I. P. Barratt et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Road mortality potentially responsible for billions of pollinating insect deaths annually

(2015) James H. Baxter-Gilbert et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation: key findings and future challenges

(2015) Maxwell C. Wilson et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Collembolan preferences for soil and microclimate in forest and pasture communities

(2015) Charlène Heiniger et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

High diversity stabilizes the thermal resilience of pollinator communities in intensively managed grasslands

(2015) Sara Kühsel et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of a Major Tree Invader on Urban Woodland Arthropods

(2015) Sascha Buchholz et al.   PLoS One

Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere: Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services

(2014) Erik Andersson et al.   AMBIO

Effects of roads on insects: a review

(2014) Pilar Tamayo Muñoz et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Not all green is as good: Different effects of the natural and cultivated components of urban vegetation on bird and butterfly diversity

(2014) Kwek Yan Chong et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Invertebrates in urban areas: A review

(2014) Elizabeth L. JONES et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Public approval plus more wildlife: twin benefits of reduced mowing of amenity grass in a suburban public park in Saltdean, UK

(2014) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Evaluating the effectiveness of wildflower seed mixes for boosting floral diversity and bumblebee and hoverfly abundance in urban areas

(2014) Lorna M. Blackmore et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Declines in insectivorous birds are associated with high neonicotinoid concentrations

(2014) Caspar A. Hallmann et al.   NATURE

Linking species, traits and habitat characteristics of Collembola at European scale

(2014) S. Salmon et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Insects as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Louie H Yang et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Delaying mowing and leaving uncut refuges boosts orthopterans in extensively managed meadows: Evidence drawn from field-scale experimentation

(2013) Pierrick Buri et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Factors affecting road mortality and the suitability of road verges for butterflies

(2013) Piotr Skórka et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Plant origin asymmetrically impacts feeding guilds and life stages driving community structure of herbivorous arthropods

(2013) Karin T. Burghardt et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Local and landscape drivers of arthropod abundance, richness, and trophic composition in urban habitats

(2013) Stacy M. Philpott et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Vacant land conversion to community gardens: influences on generalist arthropod predators and biocontrol services in urban greenspaces

(2013) Mary M. Gardiner et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

The effect of urban ground covers on arthropods: An experiment

(2013) Briony A. Norton et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

The effects of grassland management and aspect on Orthoptera diversity and abundance: site conditions are as important as management

(2012) Naja Weiss et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Uncut grass refuges mitigate the impact of mechanical meadow harvesting on orthopterans

(2012) Jean-Yves Humbert et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Pollen increases fitness and abundance of Orius insidiosus Say (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) on banker plants

(2012) Sarah K. Wong et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Urbanisation effect on Orthoptera: which scale matters?

(2012) Caterina Penone et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Fine scale spatial urban land cover factors associated with adult mosquito abundance and risk in Tucson, Arizona

(2012) Katheryn I. Landau et al.   JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY

The Effect of Urbanization on Ant Abundance and Diversity: A Temporal Examination of Factors Affecting Biodiversity

(2012) Grzegorz Buczkowski et al.   PLoS One

Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

(2012) K. C. Seto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Urban biodiversity: comparison of insect assemblages on native and non-native trees

(2012) Alvin J. Helden et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Plant species richness drives the density and diversity of Collembola in temperate grassland

(2011) Alexander C.W. Sabais et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Green corridors in urban landscapes affect the arthropod communities of domestic gardens

(2011) Alan Vergnes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Exotic thistles increase native ant abundance through the maintenance of enhanced aphid populations

(2011) María Natalia Lescano et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

(2011) Jeff Ollerton et al.   OIKOS

Response of arthropod species richness and functional groups to urban habitat structure and management

(2010) T. Sattler et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Biodiversity on Broadway - Enigmatic Diversity of the Societies of Ants (Formicidae) on the Streets of New York City

(2010) Marko Pećarević et al.   PLoS One

Non-native plants reduce abundance, richness, and host specialization in lepidopteran communities

(2010) Karin T. Burghardt et al.   Ecosphere

Diversity, abundance, and species composition of ants in urban green spaces

(2010) Shinsuke Uno et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Meadow harvesting techniques and their impacts on field fauna

(2009) Jean-Yves Humbert et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Ecology of Herbivorous Arthropods in Urban Landscapes

(2009) Michael J. Raupp et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Optimizing grassland management for flower-visiting insects in roadside verges

(2009) Jinze Noordijk et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Tree diversity drives abundance and spatiotemporal β-diversity of true bugs (Heteroptera)

(2009) STEPHANIE SOBEK et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Effect of vegetation density, height, and connectivity on the oviposition pattern of the leaf beetleGaleruca tanaceti

(2009) Barbara Randlkofer et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

Impact of Native Plants on Bird and Butterfly Biodiversity in Suburban Landscapes

(2008) KARIN T. BURGHARDT et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Do arthropod assemblages display globally consistent responses to intensified agricultural land use and management?

(2008) S. J. Attwood et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Estimated nationwide effects of pesticide spray drift on terrestrial habitats in the Netherlands

(2007) Frank M.W. de Jong et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT