Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

Response of bats and nocturnal insects to urban green areas in Europe

(2021) Lucía Villarroya-Villalba et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

How does the beach ecosystem change without tourists during COVID-19 lockdown?

(2021) E.H. Soto et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Incorporating social values and wildlife habitats for biodiversity conservation modeling in landscapes of the Great Plains

(2021) Amin Rastandeh et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts

(2021) David L. Wagner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Opinion: Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines

(2021) Akito Y. Kawahara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems

(2021) Mark A. Goddard et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A conceptual framework for urban ecological restoration and rehabilitation

(2021) Valentin H. Klaus et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Listening to cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: How do human activities and urbanization impact soundscapes in Colombia?

(2021) Juan Sebastian Ulloa et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Improved air quality during COVID-19 at an urban megacity over the Indo-Gangetic Basin: From stringent to relaxed lockdown phases

(2021) Atul K. Srivastava et al.   Urban Climate

Impacts of artificial lighting at night on insect conservation

(2021) Alan J. A. Stewart   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Moths are strongly attracted to ultraviolet and blue radiation

(2021) Gunnar Brehm et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Dealing with host and food searching in a diurnal parasitoid: consequences of light at night at intra‐ and trans‐generational levels

(2021) Elisa Gomes et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Spectral optimization of beacon lights for the protection of night‐swarming mayflies

(2021) Ádám Mészáros et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Narrow‐spectrum artificial light silences female fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

(2021) Avalon C.S. Owens et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions

(2021) Simone Giavi et al.   Nature Communications

Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects

(2020) Michael J. Samways et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The origin of urban communities: From the regional species pool to community assemblages in city

(2020) Bertrand Fournier et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects

(2020) Panagiotis Theodorou et al.   Nature Communications

Butterfly richness and abundance along a gradient of imperviousness and the importance of matrix quality

(2020) J.S. Kurylo et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Disentangling the effects of plant species invasion and urban development on arthropod community composition

(2020) Wendy A. M. Jesse et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Negative effects of urbanization on terrestrial arthropod communities: A meta‐analysis

(2020) María Silvina Fenoglio et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Direct and indirect effects of noise pollution alter biological communities in and near noise-exposed environments

(2020) Masayuki Senzaki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Urbanisation alters ecological interactions: Ant mutualists increase and specialist insect predators decrease on an urban gradient

(2020) Elise A. Rocha et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of urbanisation and landscape heterogeneity mediated by feeding guild and body size in a community of coprophilous beetles

(2020) Christopher W. Foster et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Anthropogenic noise reduces male reproductive investment in an acoustically signaling insect

(2020) Anne E. Bowen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Functional ecology of wild bees in cities: towards a better understanding of trait-urbanization relationships

(2020) Sascha Buchholz et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Only habitat specialists become smaller with advancing urbanization

(2020) Tibor Magura et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Arthropod diversity and ecological processes on green roofs in a semi-rural area of Argentina: Similarity to neighbor ground habitats and landscape effects

(2020) María Virginia Sánchez Domínguez et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The species composition—ecosystem function relationship: A global meta-analysis using data from intact and recovering ecosystems

(2020) Peter J. Carrick et al.   PLoS One

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

(2020) Karsten Mody et al.   PLoS One

A field-based quantitative analysis of sublethal effects of air pollution on pollinators

(2020) Geetha G. Thimmegowda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unmanned aerial vehicles for biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes - A systematic review

(2020) Felipe Librán-Embid et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: A threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

(2020) Evgenios Agathokleous et al.   Science Advances

Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle

(2020) DOUGLAS H. BOYES et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

‘Drone-Netting’ for Sampling Live Insects

(2020) Helge Löcken et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

No Mow May lawns have higher pollinator richness and abundances: An engaged community provides floral resources for pollinators

(2020) Israel Del Toro et al.   PeerJ

A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis

(2020) Sonja Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Least‐cost path analysis for urban greenways planning: A test with moths and birds across two habitats and two cities

(2020) Manon Balbi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Vehicle-derived ultrafine particulate contaminating bees and bee products

(2020) Giulia Papa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Urban Biodiversity and the Importance of Scale

(2020) Kenta Uchida et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A systems approach reveals urban pollinator hotspots and conservation opportunities

(2019) Katherine C. R. Baldock et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

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

(2019) Steven D. Frank et al.   PeerJ

Life history consequences of developing in anthropogenic noise

(2019) Gabrielle A. Gurule-Small et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective

(2019) Emmanuel Desouhant et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

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

Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMF) on honey bee queen development and mating success

(2019) Richard Odemer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Local and Landscape Drivers of Carabid Activity, Species Richness, and Traits in Urban Gardens in Coastal California

(2019) Stacy M. Philpott et al.   Insects

Greater than the sum of the parts: how the species composition in different forest strata influence ecosystem function

(2019) Ya‐Huang Luo et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Urban bumblebees are smaller and more phenotypically diverse than their rural counterparts

(2019) Helen Eggenberger et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The contribution of constructed green infrastructure to urban biodiversity: A synthesis and meta‐analysis

(2019) Alessandro Filazzola et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Impact of urbanization on predator and parasitoid insects at multiple spatial scales

(2019) Daria Corcos et al.   PLoS One

Acute exposure to urban air pollution impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees

(2019) Ryan J. Leonard et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Effects of temperature and habitat complexity on an urban tree pest (Tinocallis kahawaluokalani), natural enemies, and predation services in the city

(2019) Sarah E. Parsons et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urbanization Shapes the Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Arthropod Herbivore Interactions

(2019) Lindsay S. Miles et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

How urbanization is driving pollinator diversity and pollination – A systematic review

(2019) Arne Wenzel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Light pollution is a driver of insect declines

(2019) Avalon C.S. Owens et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Temperature accounts for the biodiversity of a hyperdiverse group of insects in urban Los Angeles

(2019) Terrence P. McGlynn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biodiversity Impact of Green Roofs and Constructed Wetlands as Progressive Eco-Technologies in Urban Areas

(2019) Knapp et al.   Sustainability

Ecological and economic benefits of low‐intensity urban lawn management

(2019) Christopher J. Watson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Wild bees in urban grasslands: Urbanisation, functional diversity and species traits

(2019) Sascha Buchholz et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Developmental experience with anthropogenic noise hinders adult mate location in an acoustically signalling invertebrate

(2018) Gabrielle A. Gurule-Small et al.   Biology Letters

Increased body size along urbanization gradients at both community and intraspecific level in macro-moths

(2018) Thomas Merckx et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities

(2018) Thomas Merckx et al.   NATURE

Diverse effects of degree of urbanisation and forest size on species richness and functional diversity of plants, and ground surface-active ants and spiders

(2018) Ramona Laila Melliger et al.   PLoS One

Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density

(2018) April L. Hamblin et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Green roof and photovoltaic panel integration: Effects on plant and arthropod diversity and electricity production

(2018) Bracha Y. Schindler et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

A meta-analysis indicates reduced predation pressure with increasing urbanization

(2018) Csaba Béla Eötvös et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Conversion from environmental filtering to randomness as assembly rule of ground beetle assemblages along an urbanization gradient

(2018) Tibor Magura et al.   Scientific Reports

The impact of artificial light at night on nocturnal insects: A review and synthesis

(2018) Avalon C. S. Owens et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Along urbanization sprawl, exotic plants distort native bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) assemblages in high elevation Andes ecosystem

(2018) Patricia Henríquez-Piskulich et al.   PeerJ

Litter decomposition driven by soil fauna, plant diversity and soil management in urban gardens

(2018) Simon Tresch et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Island biogeography of insect conservation in urban green spaces

(2017) SIMONE FATTORINI et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Local and Landscape Drivers of Parasitoid Abundance, Richness, and Composition in Urban Gardens

(2017) Julia M. Burks et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Why artificial light at night should be a focus for global change research in the 21st century

(2017) Thomas W. Davies et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Decreased losses of woody plant foliage to insects in large urban areas are explained by bird predation

(2017) Mikhail V. Kozlov et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

How can Asphalt Roads Extend the Range of In Situ Polarized Light Pollution? A Complex Ecological Trap of Ephemera danica and a Possible Remedy

(2017) Ádám Egri et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Combined effects of night warming and light pollution on predator–prey interactions

(2017) Colleen R. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Edge responses are different in edges under natural versus anthropogenic influence: a meta-analysis using ground beetles

(2017) Tibor Magura et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Warming and drought combine to increase pest insect fitness on urban trees

(2017) Adam G. Dale et al.   PLoS One

Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

(2016) Marco Moretti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Responses of arthropod populations to warming depend on latitude: evidence from urban heat islands

(2016) Elsa Youngsteadt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drones for butterfly conservation: larval habitat assessment with an unmanned aerial vehicle

(2016) Jan Christian Habel et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Wildflowers: From conserving biodiversity to urban greening—A review

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

Invasive stink bug favors naïve plants: Testing the role of plant geographic origin in diverse, managed environments

(2016) Holly M. Martinson et al.   Scientific Reports

The proportion of impervious surfaces at the landscape scale structures wild bee assemblages in a densely populated region

(2016) Benoît Geslin et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Butterflies in the city: a review of urban diurnal Lepidoptera

(2016) Lorena Ramírez-Restrepo et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

The Relationship between Habitat Loss and Fragmentation during Urbanization: An Empirical Evaluation from 16 World Cities

(2016) Zhifeng Liu et al.   PLoS One

The future of urban agriculture and biodiversity-ecosystem services: Challenges and next steps

(2015) Brenda B. Lin et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities

(2015) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Thermal physiology and urbanization: perspectives on exit, entry and transformation rules

(2015) Steven L. Chown et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Urban drivers of plant-pollinator interactions

(2015) Tina Harrison et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Biotic homogenization of three insect groups due to urbanization

(2015) Eva Knop   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Initial insights on the biodiversity potential of biosolar roofs: a London Olympic Park green roof case study

(2015) C. Nash et al.   Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

Biological invasions in the context of green roofs

(2015) Nicole L. Kinlock et al.   Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

Cascading effects of artificial light at night: resource-mediated control of herbivores in a grassland ecosystem

(2015) J. Bennie et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Influence of Electromagnetic Pollution on Living Organisms: Historical Trends and Forecasting Changes

(2015) Grzegorz Redlarski et al.   Biomed Research International

Shared and unique responses of insects to the interaction of urbanization and background climate

(2015) Sarah E Diamond et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Contrasting Effects of Land Use Intensity and Exotic Host Plants on the Specialization of Interactions in Plant-Herbivore Networks

(2015) Walter Santos de Araújo et al.   PLoS One

Adding ecological value to the urban lawnscape. Insect abundance and diversity in grass-free lawns

(2014) Lionel S. Smith et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Urban greenspace composition and landscape context influence natural enemy community composition and function

(2014) Caitlin E. Burkman et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Urban warming trumps natural enemy regulation of herbivorous pests

(2014) Adam G. Dale et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

Decreasing Abundance, Increasing Diversity and Changing Structure of the Wild Bee Community (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) along an Urbanization Gradient

(2014) Laura Fortel et al.   PLoS One

The Effects of Urban Warming on Herbivore Abundance and Street Tree Condition

(2014) Adam G. Dale et al.   PLoS One

Exotics on exotics: Pollen analysis of urban bees visiting Sedum on a green roof

(2014) J. Scott MacIvor et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Native plants are the bee’s knees: local and landscape predictors of bee richness and abundance in backyard gardens

(2014) Gabriella L. Pardee et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Beneficial insects in urban environments: Parasitism rates increase in large and less isolated plant patches via enhanced parasitoid species richness

(2013) María Silvina Fenoglio 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

Habitat connectivity shapes urban arthropod communities: the key role of green roofs

(2013) S. Braaker et al.   ECOLOGY

Heat stress and the fitness consequences of climate change for terrestrial ectotherms

(2013) Joel G. Kingsolver et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Urban dry meadows provide valuable habitat for granivorous and xerophylic carabid beetles

(2013) Stephen J. Venn et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Do artificially illuminated skies affect biodiversity in nocturnal landscapes?

(2013) Christopher C. M. Kyba et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Urban Warming Drives Insect Pest Abundance on Street Trees

(2013) Emily K. Meineke et al.   PLoS One

The importance of invertebrates when considering the impacts of anthropogenic noise

(2013) E. L. Morley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A meta-analysis of the effects of urbanization on ground beetle communities

(2013) Holly M. Martinson et al.   Ecosphere

The future of urban biodiversity research: Moving beyond the ‘low-hanging fruit’

(2013) Mark J. McDonnell et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urbanisation effect on Orthoptera: which scale matters?

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

Forest edge contrasts have a predictable effect on the spatial distribution of carabid beetles in urban forests

(2012) Norbertas Noreika et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Patch size determines the strength of edge effects on carabid beetle assemblages in urban remnant forests

(2012) Masashi Soga et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Direct and indirect effects of land use on floral resources and flower-visiting insects across an urban landscape

(2012) K. C. Matteson et al.   OIKOS

Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

(2012) R. B. Huey et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Urban biodiversity: patterns and mechanisms

(2011) Stanley H. Faeth et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Effect of spectral composition of artificial light on the attraction of moths

(2011) Frank van Langevelde et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

(2011) Alan Vergnes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Physical barriers and corridors in urban habitats affect colonisation and parasitism rates of a specialist leaf miner

(2011) GUADALUPE PERALTA et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Wild bees along an urban gradient: winners and losers

(2011) Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Local and landscape scale variables impact parasitoid assemblages across an urbanization gradient

(2011) Ashley B. Bennett et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

A Meta-Analysis of Global Urban Land Expansion

(2011) Karen C. Seto et al.   PLoS One

Insects on urban plants: contrasting the flower head feeding assemblages on native and exotic hosts

(2011) Paula Perre et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Insect extinction by urbanization: A long term study in Rome

(2010) Simone Fattorini   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Plant patch structure modifies parasitoid assemblage richness of a specialist herbivore

(2010) MARÍA S. FENOGLIO et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Monitoring urban environments on the basis of biological traits

(2010) Marie-Hélène Lizée et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress

(2010) S.T.A. Pickett et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Decline in the diversity of willow trunk-dwelling weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) as a result of urban expansion in Beijing, China

(2010) Zhimin Su et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Preferences for exotic flowers do not promote urban life in butterflies

(2010) Benjamin Bergerot et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

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

(2010) T. Sattler et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Landscape variables impact the structure and composition of butterfly assemblages along an urbanization gradient

(2010) Benjamin Bergerot et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Determinates of inner city butterfly and bee species richness

(2010) Kevin C. Matteson et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urban areas may serve as habitat and corridors for dry-adapted, heat tolerant species; an example from ants

(2010) Sean B. Menke et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Ecology of Herbivorous Arthropods in Urban Landscapes

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

Plantations of exotic tree species in Britain: irrelevant for biodiversity or novel habitat for native species?

(2009) Christopher P. Quine et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Polarized light pollution: a new kind of ecological photopollution

(2009) Gábor Horváth et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Does urbanization decrease diversity in ground beetle (Carabidae) assemblages?

(2009) Tibor Magura et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Effects of narrow roads on the movement of carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaido

(2009) Yoshiki Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Carabid beetle assemblages along urban to rural gradients: A review

(2009) Jari Niemelä et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Bumble Bees (Bombus spp) along a Gradient of Increasing Urbanization

(2009) Karin Ahrné et al.   PLoS One

The anthropogenic sealing of soils in urban areas

(2008) Riccardo Scalenghe et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The use of gradient analysis studies in advancing our understanding of the ecology of urbanizing landscapes: current status and future directions

(2008) Mark J. McDonnell et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

(2008) N. B. Grimm et al.   SCIENCE