Insect Conservation and Diversity

Papers
(The median citation count of Insect Conservation and Diversity 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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Effects of climate change on the distribution of threatened invertebrates in a Mediterranean hotspot71
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Local floral abundance influences bumble bee occupancy more than urban‐agricultural landscape context35
Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes34
Thriving in the heat: How high temperatures and habitat disturbance shape odonate taxonomic and functional diversity in the tropics32
Ecological communities in white‐sand Amazonian rainforests are sensitive to deforestation—A dung beetle case31
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Scorpion assemblages in threatened Brazilian forests: The role of environmental factors in explaining beta‐diversity patterns29
A colourful world with a dark future: Unregulated trade as an emerging threat for woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Spain29
Reaching new heights: Arboreal ant diversity in a North American temperate forest ecosystem26
Implementing a novel approach to long‐term monitoring of butterfly communities in the Neotropics25
Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability23
Species traits to guide moth conservation in anthropogenic regions: A multi‐species approach using distribution trends in Flanders (northern Belgium)22
Identifying key forage plants to support wild bee diversity and a species at risk in the Prairie Pothole Region22
Phylogeography of the Iberian endemic butterfly Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): An integrative approach21
A novel low‐cost effective trap to capture sarcosaprophagous Diptera alive20
Does monitoring of saproxylic beetles benefit from inclusion of larvae?18
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Evolutionary genomics analysis reveals a unique lineage of Megachile pruina found in an isolated population in Bermuda17
Long‐distance movements, large population sizes and density‐dependent dispersal in three threatened butterfly species17
Towards reliable estimates of abundance trends using automated non‐lethal moth traps17
Gaps and spatial trends in the accurate data available on mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) in Brazil: Inventory completeness and priority areas17
Conservation implications of a genomic‐based taxonomy for threatened allopatric Agriades butterflies17
Intraspecific trait variation of carrion beetle species and communities across elevations17
Illegalities in the online trade of stingless bees in Brazil17
Rapid conservation evidence for the impact of sheep grazing on a threatened digger wasp16
Reviving of Coenonympha oedippus: A comprehensive approach to the reintroduction of an endangered European butterfly16
Seasonal and spatial variation of stream macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity across three boreal regions15
Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network15
Identifying key threats to a refugial population of an endangered Hawaiian moth14
Modelling the scope to conserve an endemic‐rich mountain butterfly taxon in a changing climate14
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High mortality of beetle migrants along the Eastern Mediterranean Flyway14
Genetic connectivity is maintained in two insect pollinators across a human‐altered landscape14
Scientists' warning on the need for greater inclusion of dragonflies in global conservation13
Urbanisation drives inter‐ and intraspecific variation in flight‐related morphological traits of aquatic insects at different landscape scales12
Monitoring spatiotemporal patterns in the genetic diversity of a European butterfly species12
Body size and abundance patterns of male orchid bees in a fragmented Neotropical landscape12
Predicting the South American invasion pathways of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum Linnaeus 1761 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) using species distribution models11
Similar temporal patterns in insect richness, abundance and biomass across major habitat types11
It is not a mere piece of the mainland: Fluvial islands contribute to regional spider diversity in a seasonally flooded Amazonian archipelago11
Trophic level and specialization moderate effects of habitat loss and landscape diversity on cavity‐nesting bees, wasps and their parasitoids10
Fallows and permanent grasslands conserve the species composition and functional diversity of carabid beetles and linyphiid spiders in agricultural landscapes10
Myrmecophily is not a risk factor for long‐term occupancy trends of central European Lycaenidae butterflies10
Do carabids struggle to recolonize restored grasslands in the fragmented landscapes of Northern Belgium?10
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Woody encroachment affects multiple dimensions of ant diversity in a neotropical savanna9
Grassland fallows as key for successful insect conservation8
A multidimensional study on population size, deadwood relationship and allometric variation of Lucanus cervus through citizen science8
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Strong genetic differentiation between fragmented alpine bush‐cricket populations demands preservation of evolutionary significant units8
Macroinvertebrate communities in high mountain desert wetlands: Building biological indexes to address the vulnerability of species and communities8
Patch‐burn management affects grassland butterfly communities in cattle‐grazed rangelands8
Depicting environmental gradients from Malaise trap samples: Is ethanol‐basedDNAmetabarcoding enough?8
Finding a lost species in the ‘Lost World’: predicted habitat occupancy by an endemic butterfly in a Neotropical sky‐island archipelago8
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The role of seasonality and disturbance in bee–plant interactions in semi‐arid communities of the southern Chihuahuan desert8
Butterfly community composition within a tropical urban landscape is influenced by habitat type and temperature8
Back to the future: Climate change effects on habitat suitability of Parnassius apollo throughout the Quaternary glacial cycles8
A novel farmland wildflower seed mix attracts a greater abundance and richness of pollinating insects than standard mixes7
Hair‐based minimally invasive barcoding of bumblebees7
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Land‐use change in the Amazon decreases ant diversity but increases ant‐mediated predation7
Effects of short‐term managed honey bee deployment in a native ecosystem on wild bee foraging and plant–pollinator networks7
DNA metabarcoding and morphological identification reveal similar richness, taxonomic composition and body size patterns among flying insect communities7
Contrasting results of multiple species delimitation approaches cause uncertainty in synecological studies: A case study on Sri Lankan chafers7
Saproxylic beetles trace deadwood and differentiate between deadwood niches before their arrival on potential hosts7
Variation in pollen load composition carried by wild bee species in native and nearby agricultural environments in south‐eastern Australia6
Correction to: Changes in predator biomass may mask the negative effects of neonicotinoids on primary consumers in field settings6
Idiosyncratic trends of woodland invertebrate biodiversity in Britain over 45 years6
Monitoring and conservation of cryophilous biodiversity: concerns when working with insect populations in vanishing glacial habitats6
Cryptic diversity of Oxythyrea flower chafers and its implication for conservation of non‐forest biotopes in the Balkans6
Strong negative effects of recent wildfires on two endemic Macaronesian bush‐crickets6
Limestone quarries are the most important refuge for a formerly widespread grassland butterfly6
Higher bee species richness in conservation areas compared with non‐conservation areas in south‐west Germany6
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Responses of the hyper‐diverse community of canopy‐dwelling Hymenoptera to oak decline6
Pollinators differentially respond to local and landscape grassland features6
Large uncertainty in trait responses across insects among overall declines in a subtropical city5
Pollinators respond positively to urban green space enhancements using wild and ornamental flowers5
Grazing impacts on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundance and diversity on semi‐natural grassland5
Complex temporal trends in biomass and abundance of Diptera communities driven by the impact of agricultural intensity5
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Dry grasslands in urban areas can harbour arthropod species of local conservation concern and should be prioritised for biodiversity‐friendly mowing regimes5
Odonata metacommunity structure in northern ecosystems is driven by temperature and latitude5
Fine‐scale bee species distribution models: Hotspots of richness and endemism in South Africa with species‐area comparisons5
Butterfly diversity, richness, and density patterns in Sierra Nevada (SE Spain): Conservation implications under a global change scenario5
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Wild bee visitors and their association with sown and unsown floral resources in reconstructed pollinator habitats within an agriculture landscape5
Vertical stratification of leaf physical traits exerts bottom–up pressures on insect herbivory in a sugar maple temperate forest5
Canopy sampling reveals hidden potential value of woodland trees for wild bee assemblages5
Insect community composition varies between temperate and tropical regions but functional structure remains conserved5
Shade tree isolation in pastures modulates diversity of epiphyte‐dwelling spiders: The role of epiphyte biomass and species dispersal capacity5
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The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern Nearctic5
Leveraging historical field notebooks to uncover continental‐scale patterns in the diversity of Australian grasshoppers4
Climatic stability and species turnover as potential drivers of latitudinal diversity gradients in Chilean wild bees4
Drivers of compositional turnover in narrow‐ranged and widespread dragonflies and damselflies in Africa4
Competition among invasive and endemic carrion fly species in theGalapagos Islandswith implications for biological control risk assessment4
Urban intensity gradients shape community structure, life‐history traits and performance in a multitrophic system4
The impact of land use on the acoustic behaviour of cicadas in the Chocó lowland tropical forest of Ecuador4
Chorotypes, zones for the conservation of Scarabaeoidea, and representativity in protected areas of El Salvador4
Lack of local adaptation of feeding and calling behaviours by Yponomeuta cagnagellus moths in response to artificial light at night4
Flowering areas enhance insect pollinators and biological control agents in wheat intensive agro‐ecosystems4
Landscape type affects the functional diversity of carabid beetles in agricultural landscapes4
Transect walks and malaise traps differ in temperature sensitivity but reveal consistent drivers of pollinator richness4
Environmental correlates of aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity in garden ponds: Implications for pond management4
Effect of landscape structure depends on habitat type in shaping spider communities of a natural mosaic of Eurasian forest‐steppe4
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Fire frequency shapes diversity in multi‐guild communities through direct and indirect pathways4
Random year intercepts in mixed models help to assess uncertainties in insect population trends3
Insect biomass shows a stronger decrease than species richness along urban gradients3
The tragedy of the common? A comparative population genomic study of two bumblebee species3
Ecologically sustainable retention forestry supports spider biodiversity in the Lower Morava UNESCO Biosphere Reserve3
Aphidophagous ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and climate change: a review3
Modelling decisions and density dependence in monarch butterflies: A comment on Meehan and Crossley (2023)3
Scolytine beetle diversity along an altitudinal gradient in Papua New Guinea3
Contrasting patterns of habitat use in a threatened carabid (Carabus intricatus) and a sympatric congener in ancient temperate rainforest3
Floral richness drives pollinator diversity after fire in upland forests and meadows of the Sierra Nevada, California3
Windthrows promote higher diversity of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera: Passalidae) in a Central Amazon forest3
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Shedding light on dark taxa in sky‐island Appalachian leaf litter: Assessing patterns of endemicity using large‐scale, voucher‐based barcoding3
Trends in the Brazilians' engagement with insects on the internet3
Species traits influence the process of biodiversity inventorying: a case study using the British butterfly database3
Comparison of microscopy and metabarcoding to identify pollen used by the critically endangered rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis3
My home is your home: Nest boxes for birds and mammals provide habitats for diverse insect communities3
Extensive mismatch between protected areas and biodiversity hotspots of Iranian Lepidoptera3
Changes in predator biomass may mask the negative effects of neonicotinoids on primary consumers in field settings3
DNA barcoding resolves quantitative multi‐trophic interaction networks and reveals pest species in trap nests3
Contrasting effects of landscape on nest founding and colony success of bumble bees in a mixed‐crop agroecosystem3
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Ecological and life‐history traits predict temporal trends in biomass of boreal moths3
Species traits may predict extinction risk of Azorean endemic arthropods3
Host plants and landscape predict use of roadside habitat by breeding monarchs3
Disentangling how urbanisation influences moth diversity in grasslands3
The ecological functions of dung beetles are shaped by multiple dimensions of diversity3
Distribution patterns of orchid bees in xeric and mesic habitats on a tropical mountaintop3
Mapping wing morphs of Tetrix subulata using citizen science data: Flightless groundhoppers are more prevalent in grasslands near water2
Nest aggregations of wild bees and apoid wasps in urban pavements: A ‘street life’ to be promoted in urban planning2
Light and Malaise traps tell different stories about the spatial variations in arthropod biomass and method‐specific insect abundance2
First population estimates of the vulnerable southeast Iberian endemic tiger beetle Cephalota (Taenidia) deserticoloides2
Restoring declining species through translocations: A test case using flightless grasshoppers in an urban setting2
Examining elevation and thermoregulatory trait differences of endemic tropical swallowtail butterflies to assess their vulnerability to climate change2
Butterfly biodiversity increases with prairie strips and conservation management in row crop agriculture2
Tens of thousands of migrating hoverflies found dead on a strandline in the South of France2
Gene flow stimulates recovery of reproductive fitness in a captive bred insect2
Landscape influence on pollinator population genetic connectivity2
Butterfly colonisation of a new chalkland road cutting2
Weather explains inter‐annual variability, but not the temporal decline, in insect biomass2
Non‐native ants drive dramatic declines in animal community diversity: A meta‐analysis2
Restoring tree species mixtures mitigates the adverse effects of pine monoculture and drought on forest carabids2
Change in monarch winter abundance over the past decade: A Red List perspective2
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Temperature and tree number drive tree crown‐dwelling arthropod diversity in Brazilian semi‐arid cities2
What structures diurnal visitation rates to flowering trees in an Afrotropical lowland rainforest understory?2
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Fifty years of monitoring changes in the abundance of invertebrates in the cereal ecosystem of the Sussex Downs, England2
Asymmetric responses by bees and aculeate wasps to dune stabilisation across the southern Canadian prairies2
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Land‐use change differentially affects endemic, forest and open‐land butterflies in Madagascar2
Bark‐beetle disturbance severity only moderately alters forest affinity of arthropod communities2
Butterflies at porch lights: Exploring nocturnal light visitation in butterflies using community science data from iNaturalist2
Intra‐ and inter‐specific variability in the temporal trends of butterfly phenology in the Northern Alps2
Thermal tolerance and vulnerability to climate change in subterranean species: a case study using an Iberian endemic pseudoscorpion2
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Radio telemetry reveals extensive dispersal capabilities of reintroduced Great Capricorn beetles (Cerambyx cerdo) in oak habitats at their northern range limit2
Diversity of bumble bees and butterflies in Minnesota roadsides depends on floral diversity and abundance but not floral native status2
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Are patterns of sampling effort and completeness of inventories congruent? A test using databases for five insect taxa in the Iberian Peninsula1
When ice and sea are not barriers for flies: First report of Trichocera maculipennis (Diptera) in South America1
Shaping pollinator diversity through coffee agroforestry management: A meta‐analytical approach1
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A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes1
Effects of plant traits on caterpillar communities depend on host specialisation1
Horizontal and vertical variation in the structure of fruit‐feeding butterfly (Nymphalidae) assemblages in the Brazilian Cerrado1
A dark side of conservation biology: Protected areas fail in representing subterranean biodiversity1
Examining the bias of pitfall traps with enclosure experiments and removal sampling1
Spider diversity in a disturbed forest landscape highlights the importance of management heterogeneity1
Differential response of plant and insect pollinator communities to fragmentation in coastal dune slacks1
Functional and taxonomic responses of tropical moth communities to deforestation1
Temporal ecological processes have different seasonal influences on multiple dimensions of riverine insect diversity in China1
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Taxonomic and functional homogenization of butterfly communities along an urban gradient1
Diversity of ground‐dwelling ants across three severely threatened South American subtropical forests: are diversity patterns influenced by spatial or climatic variables?1
Contrasting genetic responses to habitat fragmentation for two Lycaenid butterfly species1
The role of changing landscape in the dispersal of a soil‐feeding termite in Suriname and French Guiana1
Small grassland fragments and connectivity support high arthropod functional diversity in highly modified landscapes1
The impacts of climate and the extreme drought in 2018 on population growth in Swedish moth species1
What level of native beetle diversity can be supported by forestry plantations? A global synthesis1
The relationship between host plant traits and biodiversity across three sympatric seed‐feeding tri‐trophic systems in a tropical region of Brazil1
Local and landscape drivers of natural enemy communities in Indonesian oil palm plantation1
Conservation biogeography of high‐altitude longhorn beetles under climate change1
Temperature and not landscape composition shapes wild bee communities in an urban environment1
Wetland cover in agricultural landscapes is positively associated with bumblebee abundance1
Urbanisation dampens the latitude‐diversity cline in ants1
Accounting for dispersal and intraspecific variation in forecasts of species distribution under climate change1
When a threatened species becomes a threat: a key to reading the Habitats Directive based on occurrence and distribution of Cerambyx cerdo L. in Mediterranean urban and peri‐urban areas1
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A comparison of wild bee communities in sown flower strips and semi‐natural habitats: A pollination network approach1
Millipedes step up: species extend their upper elevational limit in the Alps in response to climate warming1
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Landscape woody features, local management and vegetation composition shape moth communities in extensively managed grasslands1
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Hot topics in butterfly research: Current knowledge and gaps in understanding of the impacts of temperature on butterflies1
A revised Red List of British butterflies1
Associations between a range‐shifting damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) and the UK's resident Odonata suggest habitat sharing is more important than antagonism1
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Intensive monitoring for bees in North America: indispensable or improvident?1
DNA metabarcoding reveals unexpected diet breadth of the specialist large‐headed resin bee (Heriades truncorum) in urbanised areas across Germany1
Toxicity of ivermectin residues in aged farmyard manure to terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates1
Living on the edge—Genomic and ecological delineation of cryptic lineages in the high‐elevation specialist Erebia nivalis1
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