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View article: Echoes of the Past: Long‐Term Climate Stability Shapes Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity in Euro‐Mediterranean Forests
Echoes of the Past: Long‐Term Climate Stability Shapes Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity in Euro‐Mediterranean Forests Open
Aim Understanding the relative influence of past and present environmental and anthropogenic drivers on biodiversity is crucial for predicting future biodiversity trends. We assessed how past climate stability, present climate, habitat cha…
View article: The Bug‐Network ( <scp>BugNet</scp> ): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems
The Bug‐Network ( <span>BugNet</span> ): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems Open
Plants are consumed by a variety of organisms, including herbivores and pathogens, which significantly impact plant biomass, diversity, community composition, and ecosystem functioning. While the impacts of vertebrate herbivores are well e…
View article: Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe
Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe Open
Ongoing global change is leading to the widespread redistribution of species1,2. Assessments of shifts in species geographic ranges, however, remain taxonomically biased and geographically limited2, especially for insects. We conducted a g…
View article: Butterflies Are Shrinking: Evidence from the Past Century
Butterflies Are Shrinking: Evidence from the Past Century Open
Climate change has had strong impacts on biodiversity, including well-documented shifts in the distributions and phenology of species. Reductions in body size represent a third pervasive biological response; it has garnered significantly l…
View article: Butterfly body size shrinkage: the impact of ecological traits across varied environments
Butterfly body size shrinkage: the impact of ecological traits across varied environments Open
Because of its close ties to numerous ecological and life history characteristics, body size is regarded as one of an organism's most important characteristics and is frequently considered a significant indicator of fitness. According to r…
View article: Climate-Driven Reshuffling of Butterfly Communities: Body Size Declines and Community Homogenization in a Rapidly Warming Switzerland
Climate-Driven Reshuffling of Butterfly Communities: Body Size Declines and Community Homogenization in a Rapidly Warming Switzerland Open
Climate change has been reshaping natural communities by driving species to change their ranges in response to warming temperatures. In Switzerland, the rate of warming since 1950 has approached nearly double the global average, making the…
View article: Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans
Population history shapes urban evolutionary dynamics: distinct genetic structure across urban and rural Europe in two lepidopterans Open
Urbanisation is transforming environments globally. The altered abiotic conditions and biotic interactions in urban habitats impose divergent selection pressures on urban versus rural populations, while genetic drift may also be significan…
View article: Distribution Patterns and Habitat Preferences of Five Globally Threatened and Endemic Montane Orthoptera (Parnassiana and Oropodisma)
Distribution Patterns and Habitat Preferences of Five Globally Threatened and Endemic Montane Orthoptera (Parnassiana and Oropodisma) Open
Greece is a European hotspot for Orthoptera (378 species), yet it has been scarcely explored. We investigated the distribution and habitat preferences of the species of two endemic Orthoptera genera, Parnassiana and Oropodisma, in the mont…
View article: Mitigating the extinction risk of globally threatened and endemic mountainous Orthoptera species: <i>Parnassiana parnassica</i> and <i>Oropodisma parnassica</i>
Mitigating the extinction risk of globally threatened and endemic mountainous Orthoptera species: <i>Parnassiana parnassica</i> and <i>Oropodisma parnassica</i> Open
Orthoptera species are vulnerable to extinction on a global scale. Greece hosts 35% (380 species) of the European Orthoptera fauna with a high degree of endemic (37%) and threatened species (37%). We sampled 46 plots (100 m 2 ) to investig…
View article: Conservation Prioritization of Orthoptera Assemblages on a Mediterranean Island
Conservation Prioritization of Orthoptera Assemblages on a Mediterranean Island Open
In response to the ongoing global extinction, conservationists must prioritize future conservation investments to ensure that such measures are biologically effective and economically viable. To propose an effective conservation plan for O…
View article: Orthoptera Community Dynamics and Conservation in a Natura 2000 Site (Greece): The Role of Beta Diversity
Orthoptera Community Dynamics and Conservation in a Natura 2000 Site (Greece): The Role of Beta Diversity Open
Greece is a European hotspot for Orthoptera (378 species), yet it has been scarcely explored. We investigated the diversity patterns of Orthoptera and the ecological mechanisms shaping them by sampling 15 sites (30 plots of 1ha) across fiv…
View article: Phenology and foraging bias contribute to sex‐specific foraging patterns in the rare declining butterfly <i>Argynnis idalia idalia</i>
Phenology and foraging bias contribute to sex‐specific foraging patterns in the rare declining butterfly <i>Argynnis idalia idalia</i> Open
Variation in pollinator foraging behavior can influence pollination effectiveness, community diversity, and plant–pollinator network structure. Although effects of interspecific variation have been widely documented, studies of intraspecif…
View article: Not Too Warm, Not Too Cold: Thermal Treatments to Slightly Warmer or Colder Conditions from Mother’s Origin Can Enhance Performance of Montane Butterfly Larvae
Not Too Warm, Not Too Cold: Thermal Treatments to Slightly Warmer or Colder Conditions from Mother’s Origin Can Enhance Performance of Montane Butterfly Larvae Open
Climate change alters organismal performance via shifts in temperature. However, we know little about the relative fitness impacts of climate variability and how cold-adapted ectotherms mediate these effects. Here, we advance the field of …
View article: Stable Generalist Species Anchor a Dynamic Pollination Network
Stable Generalist Species Anchor a Dynamic Pollination Network Open
Previous studies have indicated that a core of generalist species strongly interacts with most other species in a network. We extend this finding, providing temporal and spatial nuance. In particular, species that were highly stable over t…
View article: Stable generalist species anchor a dynamic pollination network
Stable generalist species anchor a dynamic pollination network Open
The application of complex network theory to community ecology has enabled quantification of interactions among large suites of species and clarified patterns of community structure across systems. Past analyses, however, have assumed that…
View article: Butterfly phenology in Mediterranean mountains using space‐for‐time substitution
Butterfly phenology in Mediterranean mountains using space‐for‐time substitution Open
Inferring species' responses to climate change in the absence of long‐term time series data is a challenge, but can be achieved by substituting space for time. For example, thermal elevational gradients represent suitable proxies to study …
View article: Prescribed fire maintains host plants of a rare grassland butterfly
Prescribed fire maintains host plants of a rare grassland butterfly Open
As grassland ecosystems transform globally due to anthropogenic pressures, improvements in our understanding of the effect of management on rare and threatened species in such landscapes has become urgent. Although prescribed fire is a ver…
View article: Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species
Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species Open
The National Park of Dadia in NE Greece (Thrace) was established as a nature reserve in 1980, mainly due to its great diversity in birds of prey. Since then many studies have taken place, focusing on other birds, reptiles, amphibians and s…