Journal of Insect Conservation

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Insect Conservation is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Special issue on insect conservation in biodiversity hotspots37
The genetic structure of the ash obligate moth prays fraxinella suggests that it is not affected by current habitat fragmentation33
Beyond butterflies: integrating frugivorous moths into conservation and biodiversity monitoring27
The influence of biodiversity-friendly ranching practices on dung beetle diversity in a Mexican mountainous tropical landscape27
It is here to stay. The exotic species Cloeon smaeleni Lestage, 1924 (Ephemeroptera) will be a long-term element of south American diversity25
Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain23
The role of citizens in conservation science: a case study with threatened Brazilian butterflies22
Landscape composition influences colony growth in the tropical asian stingless bees (Tetragonula fuscobalteata)21
Squeeze it or leave it? An ecological-economic assessment of the impact of mower conditioners on arthropod populations in grassland18
Differential response to fire in ground vs. vegetation arthropod communities18
To graze or to mow? The influence of grassland management on grasshoppers (Orthoptera) on a flood protection embankment in the Donau-Auen National Park (Austria)13
Bee-friendly interventions: the barriers and opportunities affecting urban residents’ conservation of wild bees in Gardens13
Why do spiders balloon? a review of recent evidence13
Can protected areas and habitats preserve the vulnerable predatory bush cricket Saga pedo?12
How can an intensively used agricultural landscape preserve diversity of Orthoptera assemblages?12
Effects of moss encroachment on reproduction of the large heathland bush-crickets Ephippiger diurnus and Gampsocleis glabra12
Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation12
Correction: The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the chequered skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon into Rockingham forest, England12
Free-living colonies of native honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in 19th and early 20th century Sweden11
The potential for elevated soil salinity to enhance the ecological trap effect of roadside pollinator habitat11
Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages11
Carabus clatratus (Coleoptera: Carabidae): study case of mass rearing and release of a threatened species with new details on its life history11
A Red List of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Flanders (northern Belgium) and its implications for conservation10
The threatened Pookila (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) hosts a diverse macrobiome of arthropods at varying risks of co-extinction10
Managing an endemic taxon at the verge of extinction: factors driving population persistence and larval microhabitat selection of Zygaena angelicae elegans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)10
Resilient fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages across a Caatinga dry forest chronosequence submitted to chronic anthropogenic disturbance10
‘First Known Photographs of Living Specimens’: the power of iNaturalist for recording rare tropical butterflies10
Evaluating the status and habitat preferences of the threatened skipper, Euphyes vestris harbisoni, in southern California, USA10
Habitat preferences and phenology of carrot wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae, Gasteruption) in Central Europe10
Scale insects contribute to spider conservation in urban trees and shrubs10
Strands of connection: unraveling livestock grazing effects on orb-weaver spiders10
Grass and ground dwelling beetle community responses to holistic and wildlife grazing management using a cross-fence comparison in Western Kalahari rangeland, Namibia9
A strong decline of the endangered Apollo butterfly over 20 years in the archipelago of southern Finland8
The impact of city animal and plant raising on people’s level of disgust towards ants and yellow jackets8
Effect of road disturbance on ant diversity in the Monte desert of Argentina8
Moderate degradation of peat bogs causes biodiversity loss in carabid beetle and butterfly assemblages8
Identification of source populations for reintroduction in extinct populations based on genome-wide SNPs and mtDNA sequence: a case study of the endangered subalpine grassland butterfly Aporia hippia 8
Across the firefly-verse: comparison of niche suitability of an exotic firefly in its native and colonized range8
Artificial habitat – a chance for survival of a rare montane dragonfly (Odonata): case study on an alpine emerald (Somatochlora alpestris)8
Beta diversity and microhabitat use of ant assemblages in a white-sand vegetation gradient in central Amazonia8
Plant abandonment behavior and fitness of monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus) is not influenced by an intraspecific competitor8
Syrphid fly response to urban heat islands varies with functional traits8
Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies7
Saproxylic Hymenoptera in dead wood retained on clear cuts, relation to wood parameters and their degree of specialisation7
Global warming—friend or enemy of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Montenegro7
Effects of experimental rewilding on butterflies, bumblebees and grasshoppers7
Distribution of the Odonata assemblages along an environmental gradient in the streams of the legal Amazonia region in western Maranhão (Brazil)7
What are the main factors limiting the distribution of Bembix rostrata (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) at early-succession sites?7
Tritrophic interactions in a changing climate: a seed-feeding moth and its larval ectoparasitoids along an elevational gradient7
Small-scale traditional maize farming fosters greater arthropod diversity value than conventional maize farming7
The role of adult noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and their food plants in a nocturnal pollen-transport network on a Mediterranean island7
Does climate change influence the current and future projected distribution of an endangered species? The case of the southernmost bumblebee in the world7
Effects of mowing on Isophya costata, Natura 2000 species (Orthoptera), by direct mortality and management history7
Can microhabitat preferences of ground-dwelling insects be a good indicator for terrestrial ecosystem recovery after an oil spill?7
Positive shifts in species richness and abundance of moths over five decades coincide with community-wide phenotypic trait homogenisation7
A general lack of complete inventories for aquatic beetles in Morocco7
Mission Monarch: engaging the Canadian public for the conservation of a species at risk6
Functional traits of wild bees in response to urbanization6
Low extinction risk in the flower fly fauna of northeastern North America6
Gene-flow within a butterfly metapopulation: the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in western Bohemia (Czech Republic)6
The potential effects of climate change on the populations of Aedes punctor (Diptera: Culicidae) in Hungary6
Effect of environmental factors on the abundance of riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and co-inhabiting aquatic insects within a reach scale, in Japan6
Mature egg production in cryopreserved ovaries of a pierid butterfly, Eurema mandarina6
Spruce dieback as chance for biodiversity: standing deadwood promotes beetle diversity in post-disturbance stands in western Germany6
Effects of environmental factors and ecological integrity on semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) diversity in Cerrado streams6
Micro-habitat features determine oviposition site selection in High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries6
Spearhead blues: How threats to the damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum changed over time5
Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe5
Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire5
Efficiency of emergency conservation methods: a case study of the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) and its specific parasitoid5
Effects of dispersed and aggregated retention-cuttings and differently sized clear-cuttings in conifer plantations on necrophagous silphid and dung beetle assemblages5
Impact of climate warming and landscape change on monarch butterfly5
Two common bee-sampling methods reflect different assemblages of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) community in mixed-grass prairie systems and are dependent on surrounding floral resource availability5
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) supports spider diversity of oligotrophic peat bogs5
Conserving Lepidoptera in a changing world: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths5
Effect of dramatic alteration of landscape structure on the Orthoptera assemblages of Transcarpathian lowland meadows (West Ukraine)5
The diversity of moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini) from threatened mountain cloud forests in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot5
What do monarchs feed on in winter? Nectar sources at hibernation sites5
Bumblebee abundance and richness along disused railway lines: the impact of track morphology5
Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle’ beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique)5
Population ecology of the red-winged grasshopper, Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae), in Japan5
How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies5
Effects of habitat biotic features on hymenopteran diversity in East Africa5
Book review of ecology and conservation of the dutch ground beetle fauna – lessons from 66 years of pitfall trapping5
More insect species are supported by green roofs near public gardens5
Livestock systems preserving natural grasslands are biodiversity reservoirs that promote spiders’ conservation5
Key areas for conserving and sustainably using oil-collecting bees (Apidae: Centridini, Tapinotaspidini, Tetrapediini) in the Americas5
Correction: DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)5
Current and future distributions of a native Andean bumble bee4
Diversity of Trichoptera (Insecta) in protected and unprotected areas of the Argentinian Parana and Araucaria Forest provinces4
Drivers of moth phenology in England and Wales4
Relationships between environmental conditions and macroalgae structure on the benthic macroinvertebrate establishment: diversity and conservation in rivers of central Spain and Mexico4
Optimising the reintroduction of a specialist peatland butterfly Coenonympha tullia onto peatland restoration sites4
The last of the maculineans: can we save the emblematic Alcon Blue butterfly Phengaris alcon under climate change when its habitat continues to deteriorate?4
Correction: Changes in the wild bee community (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) over 100 years in relation to land use: a case study in a protected steppe habitat in Eastern Austria4
Buffer zones maximize invertebrate conservation in a Biosphere Reserve4
“Farming with Alternative Pollinators” approach increases pollinator abundance and diversity in faba bean fields4
Functional reorganization of dung beetle assemblages in forest-replacing sugarcane plantations4
Effects of species traits on the catchability of butterflies with different types of Malaise traps and implications for total catch biomass4
The spider fauna of Danish coastal dune habitats revisited after 25 years: evidence of faunistic impoverishment4
Sunny, hot and humid nesting locations with diverse vegetation benefit Osmia bees nearby almond orchards in a mediterranean area4
Microbiotope selection in saproxylic bees and wasps (Hymenoptera, Aculeata): cavity-nesting communities in forests and wooded pastures are affected by variation in openness but not deadwood4
Butterfly and moth conservation: results from a global synopsis of evidence4
Survival of eggs to third instar of late-summer and fall-breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and queen butterflies (Danaus gilippus) in north Texas4
Is the São Francisco River a historical barrier to gene flow for populations of Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)?4
Metabarcoding: opportunities for accelerating monitoring and understanding insect tropical biodiversity4
Ancient, veteran and other listed trees as nest sites for wild-living honey bee, Apis mellifera, colonies4
Dung beetle morphological traits show intraspecific differences among four land uses in the Cerrado biome4
The importance of national parks in maintaining the habitat integrity and diversity of Odonata species in Amazonian streams4
Increased arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness in an agricultural landscape after 32 years4
Can species distribution models using remotely sensed variables inform reintroductions? Trialling methods with Carterocephalus palaemon the Chequered Skipper Butterfly4
Intensification of the rice cultivation cycle reduces the diversity of aquatic insect communities in southern Brazilian irrigated rice fields3
Is invertebrate conservation in Great Britain best achieved by policies that increase species protection?3
Colonisation of the Fiji Islands by the Lurcher Yoma sabina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)3
Agricultural land use affects the heterogeneity of Odonata communities in the Brazilian Pampa3
Subterranean biodiversity and the depth distribution of beetles (Coleoptera) in forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)3
Mud-puddling on roadsides: a potential ecological trap for butterflies3
Non-target effects of herbicides on the Zerene silverspot butterfly, a surrogate subspecies for the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly3
Overlooked and misunderstood: how urban community gardeners perceive social wasps and their ecosystem functions3
Habitat suitability for tropical Asian stingless bees across anthropogenic landscapes3
Conservation genetics of the steno-endemic Chorthippus lacustris (Orthoptera: Acrididae)3
Experimental management and mark-release-recapture methods fill critical knowledge gaps for an at-risk butterfly3
Within-habitat vegetation structure and adult activity patterns of the declining butterfly Euphydryas aurinia3
Butterfly community structure in belize: species richness patterns reveal the role of climate gradients in shaping butterfly community structure and strategies for long-term conservation3
Dragonflies within and outside a protected area: a comparison revealing the role of well-preserved atlantic forests in the preservation of critically endangered, phytotelmatous species3
Larval prey options for the endangered species Dytiscus sharpi (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae) for sustainable ex-situ conservation3
Litter arthropods display greater differences among locations than grass species in a temperate grassland3
Body size and its correlates in fruit-feeding butterflies in a seasonal environment3
Review of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) eggs: focus on Japanese species3
Two decades of monitoring and active conservation of the Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in the Czech Republic3
Correction to: Tolerant semiaquatic bugs species (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) are associated to pasture and conventional logging in the Eastern Amazon3
Tolerant semiaquatic bugs species (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) are associated to pasture and conventional logging in the Eastern Amazon2
Unveiling nature’s beat: analyzing the acoustics of an aquatic bug in relation to urban sounds2
Silvicultural practices, forest age, forest type, and large-scale regional factors influencing numbers of American burying beetles, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)2
Influence of canopy structural complexity on urban woodland butterfly species richness2
Woody flowering plants support early-spring pollinators in urban greenspaces2
Changes in the wild bee community (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) over 100 years in relation to land use: a case study in a protected steppe habitat in Eastern Austria2
Alcon Blues: recent shifts in limiting habitat factors challenge the persistence of an endangered butterfly2
Landscape shifts challenge the maintenance of Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) communities in the Amazon deforestation arc2
Oviposition behaviour and emergence through time of the small blue butterfly (Cupido minimus) in a nature reserve in Bedfordshire, UK2
For the love of insects: gardening grows positive emotions (biophilia) towards invertebrates2
Spatio-temporal beta diversity of specialist and generalist aquatic insects in streams altered by mining activities in eastern Amazonia2
Dave Goulson: silent earth—averting the insect apocalypse2
Traditional almond orchards in contrasting landscapes maintain extremely diverse parasitoid communities threatened by abandonment2
Comparing the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of two sampling methods for monitoring carabid beetle diversity, species assemblages and conservation status in an alpine grassland2
Trends in abundance and occupancy of the protected water beetle Graphoderus bilineatus in the Netherlands2
Leucas aspera (Willd.) A potential refuge for pollinators2
Conservation of a specialised species is helpful for the whole ecosystem: a case study of Hylaeus pectoralis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)2
Necrophagous flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae) as indicators of the conservation or anthropization of environments in eastern Amazonia, Brazil2
New insights on habitat use by larval Northern Emerald dragonflies (Somatochlora arctica)2
Correction: Ant diversity along elevational gradients in the European Alps: insights for conservation under a changing climate2
Spatial distribution patterns of longhorn beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Mongolian oak forests in Changbai Mountains, Northeast, China2
The use of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in adapting hotspot conservation to global, regional, and local scales2
H. Staude, M. Picker and C. Griffiths: Southern African Moths and their caterpillars2
Ant diversity along elevational gradients in the European Alps: insights for conservation under a changing climate2
Does resilience to fire confer resilience to grazing in savanna ant communities of Northern Australia?2
Overcoming the Wallacean shortfall in sky-islands of central Mexico: the case of copro-necrophagous beetles and two national parks2
Ground-dwelling invertebrate community responses to bison and prescribed fire management in tallgrass prairies2
Habitat associations of day-flying Lepidoptera and their foodplants within nature reserves in Bedfordshire, UK2
Effects of urban environmental factors on the water-exiting behaviour of predaceous diving beetles2
Genetic diversity of a flightless dung beetle appears unaffected by wildfire2
Plant-herbivore networks composed by adult and immature insects have distinct responses to habitat modification in Brazilian savannas2
Changes in phenology and abundance of an at-risk butterfly2
Caterpillars of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia can extend their life-cycle in Scotland2
How to estimate carabid biomass?—an evaluation of size-weight models for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and perspectives for further improvement2
Bee diversity patterns in coastal Amazonia: effects of local habitat and landscape heterogeneity2
Landscape composition shapes biomass, taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles within human-modified tropical rainforests2
Saproxylic beetles in Swedish boreal production forests in relation to local and landscape factors2
Diversity and endemism of Arctiinae moth assemblages in serpentine dry lowlands in Cuba2
The effect of soil moisture and ambient temperature on pupation depth for the imperiled Callophrys irus1
Attractivity of various artificial light sources to caddisfly (Trichoptera) species and its importance in their sampling and conservation1
What’s in the bee nest holes? A single aggregation of Megachile parietina reveals and helps to fill up Eltonian shortfalls1
Land use changes disrupt streams and affect the functional feeding groups of aquatic insects in the Amazon1
Can cattle grazing benefit grassland butterflies?1
Identifying insect and arachnid indicator taxa for impacts and management in coastal landscapes1
Plant-pollinator interactions in the neotropics are affected by urbanization and the invasive bee Apis mellifera1
Habitat management interventions for a specialist mid- successional grassland butterfly, the Lulworth Skipper1
Soil moisture reduces egg mortality during wildfires in the Madeiran green bush-cricket1
Arthropods of Australia’s subtropical and tropical rainforests: rich and unique hotspots of biological diversity?1
UV-LEDs outperform actinics for standalone moth monitoring1
The impact of reduced tillage and distance to field margin on predator functional diversity1
Widespread annual occurrence of pesticides within designated critical habitats for endangered prairie butterflies1
The influence of climate on the invasion of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) to Guernsey, Channel Islands: citizen science and misidentified aliens1
What is the best time of the day to monitor Odonata? An investigation into changes in the abundance and species richness of dragonflies in ponds in northern Italy1
Parasites in peril: abundance of batflies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) declines along an urbanisation gradient1
The oases of Baja California Peninsula: overlooked hotspots for wild bees1
Aridity, but not disturbance, reduces the specialization and modularity of plant–insect herbivore interaction networks in Caatinga dry forest1
Eucorna sanarita (Schaus) (Riodinidae: Riodininae): Distribution, systematic position, and conservation of a threatened brazilian butterfly in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot1
Rove beetle species diversity and the patterns of interactions with their host plants in primary and secondary tropical forests1
Microhabitat requirements of the uncompahgre fritillary butterfly (Boloria improba acrocnema) and climate change implications1
Landscape conservation and local interactions with non-crop plants aid in structuring bee assemblages in organic tropical agroecosystems1
From 20 to 2? Landmark-based geometric morphometrics reveal negligible wing-shape divergence between 20 subspecies of the Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae), in the Carpat1
Insects from the southwest Australia biodiversity hotspot: a barometer of diversity and threat status of nine host-dependent families across three orders1
Ant habitat-use guilds response to forest-pasture shifting in the southwestern Amazon1
Differential responses of Orthoptera in vineyards to organic farming, pesticide reduction, and landscape heterogeneity1
Flight behaviour of a threatened butterfly at edges between high- and low-quality habitat1
Rare and common species are doomed by climate change? A case study with neotropical butterflies and their host plants1
Diversity, distribution patterns and preliminary conservation assessment of the Paraguayan hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)1
Fecal matters: implementing classical Coleoptera species lists with metabarcoding data from passerine bird feces1
Nesting preferences of native and non-native mud dauber wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sceliphron) do not completely overlap1
Correction: Two decades of monitoring and active conservation of the Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in the Czech Republic1
Heterogeneity in altered streams does not increase the richness of stream specialist species of Odonata in the Maranhense Cerrado1
Scale-dependent effects of landscape context on urban bee diversity1
Defining conservation areas through diversity parameters and museum specimens: a case study for craneflies1
Influence of urban habitat characteristics on bee communities in Costa Rica1
Habitat quality, not patch isolation, drives distribution and abundance of two light-demanding butterflies in fragmented coppice landscapes1
Mark-recapture study and habitat assessment for the northern metalmark butterfly, Calephelis borealis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)1
The potential for parasite spill-back from commercial bumblebee colonies: a neglected threat to wild bees?1
Plant invasion alters movement behaviour in endangered butterflies but not their morphology or genetic variability1
New insights into the geographic patterns of functional role and taxonomic richness of ants from Mexico1
Structure of the assemblage of fruit-feeding butterflies in a high Andean anthropogenic landscape1
Major land use and vegetation influences on potential pollinator communities in the High Plains of Texas1
First field-based estimates of bumblebee diapause survival rates showcase high survivorship in the wild1
Suitable climate space and genetic diversity of the mountain-affiliated moth Cosmosoma maishei (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Euchromiina) in cloud forests of Chiapas, Mexico1
The effects of plant invasion, floral resources and soil characteristics on ground-nesting bees1
Dispersal, population size, and reproduction in a fire-maintained frosted elfin (Callophrys irus) metapopulation1
Lights in the dark: a new UV photoluminescence-based sampling method for the protected moth Proserpinus proserpina1
Is body condition of Mexican rubyspot (Odonata:Zygoptera) associated with urbanization?1
Responses of necrophilous beetles to animal mass mortality in the Australian Alps1
Correction: Staying on the current niche: consensus model reveals the habitat loss of a critically endangered dragonfly Libellula Angelina under climate changes1
The higher abundance of host plant and suitable management recommended as the important elements in the conservation of Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius (Bergsträser, 1779) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in t1
Evaluating log piles as stag beetle conservation measure1
Flower plantings promote insect pollinator abundance and wild bee richness in Canadian agricultural landscapes1
Dominant parasitoid species diminishes food web structural complexity and function1
Pitfall trapping outperforms other methods for surveying ground-dwelling large-bodied alpine invertebrates1
Not all woods are equal: local, rather than landscape, factors are important to conserve a xylosaprophagous hoverfly1
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