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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Special issue on insect conservation in biodiversity hotspots44
The genetic structure of the ash obligate moth prays fraxinella suggests that it is not affected by current habitat fragmentation38
Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain33
Beyond butterflies: integrating frugivorous moths into conservation and biodiversity monitoring29
The influence of biodiversity-friendly ranching practices on dung beetle diversity in a Mexican mountainous tropical landscape28
It is here to stay. The exotic species Cloeon smaeleni Lestage, 1924 (Ephemeroptera) will be a long-term element of south American diversity25
Differential response to fire in ground vs. vegetation arthropod communities24
The role of citizens in conservation science: a case study with threatened Brazilian butterflies22
Squeeze it or leave it? An ecological-economic assessment of the impact of mower conditioners on arthropod populations in grassland22
Effects of moss encroachment on reproduction of the large heathland bush-crickets Ephippiger diurnus and Gampsocleis glabra14
Exotic tree plantations drive reduction in morphological variation of damselfly species in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest14
Landscape composition influences colony growth in the tropical asian stingless bees (Tetragonula fuscobalteata)14
Correction: The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the chequered skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon into Rockingham forest, England13
Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation13
Why do spiders balloon? a review of recent evidence12
Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages12
Can protected areas and habitats preserve the vulnerable predatory bush cricket Saga pedo?12
Resilient fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages across a Caatinga dry forest chronosequence submitted to chronic anthropogenic disturbance12
Habitat preferences and phenology of carrot wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae, Gasteruption) in Central Europe12
Carabus clatratus (Coleoptera: Carabidae): study case of mass rearing and release of a threatened species with new details on its life history12
How can an intensively used agricultural landscape preserve diversity of Orthoptera assemblages?11
The potential for elevated soil salinity to enhance the ecological trap effect of roadside pollinator habitat11
Bee-friendly interventions: the barriers and opportunities affecting urban residents’ conservation of wild bees in Gardens11
A Red List of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Flanders (northern Belgium) and its implications for conservation11
Free-living colonies of native honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in 19th and early 20th century Sweden11
The threatened Pookila (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) hosts a diverse macrobiome of arthropods at varying risks of co-extinction10
Evaluating the status and habitat preferences of the threatened skipper, Euphyes vestris harbisoni, in southern California, USA10
Managing an endemic taxon at the verge of extinction: factors driving population persistence and larval microhabitat selection of Zygaena angelicae elegans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)10
Scale insects contribute to spider conservation in urban trees and shrubs10
Strands of connection: unraveling livestock grazing effects on orb-weaver spiders10
A strong decline of the endangered Apollo butterfly over 20 years in the archipelago of southern Finland10
Grass and ground dwelling beetle community responses to holistic and wildlife grazing management using a cross-fence comparison in Western Kalahari rangeland, Namibia10
Moderate degradation of peat bogs causes biodiversity loss in carabid beetle and butterfly assemblages10
Across the firefly-verse: comparison of niche suitability of an exotic firefly in its native and colonized range9
‘First Known Photographs of Living Specimens’: the power of iNaturalist for recording rare tropical butterflies9
Effect of road disturbance on ant diversity in the Monte desert of Argentina9
Plant abandonment behavior and fitness of monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus) is not influenced by an intraspecific competitor9
Artificial habitat – a chance for survival of a rare montane dragonfly (Odonata): case study on an alpine emerald (Somatochlora alpestris)9
Does climate change influence the current and future projected distribution of an endangered species? The case of the southernmost bumblebee in the world9
The impact of city animal and plant raising on people’s level of disgust towards ants and yellow jackets9
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
Saproxylic Hymenoptera in dead wood retained on clear cuts, relation to wood parameters and their degree of specialisation8
Syrphid fly response to urban heat islands varies with functional traits8
Effects of mowing on Isophya costata, Natura 2000 species (Orthoptera), by direct mortality and management history8
Tritrophic interactions in a changing climate: a seed-feeding moth and its larval ectoparasitoids along an elevational gradient8
Beta diversity and microhabitat use of ant assemblages in a white-sand vegetation gradient in central Amazonia8
Positive shifts in species richness and abundance of moths over five decades coincide with community-wide phenotypic trait homogenisation7
Mission Monarch: engaging the Canadian public for the conservation of a species at risk7
Distribution of the Odonata assemblages along an environmental gradient in the streams of the legal Amazonia region in western Maranhão (Brazil)7
Spruce dieback as chance for biodiversity: standing deadwood promotes beetle diversity in post-disturbance stands in western Germany7
A general lack of complete inventories for aquatic beetles in Morocco7
Global warming—friend or enemy of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Montenegro7
Effects of experimental rewilding on butterflies, bumblebees and grasshoppers7
The potential effects of climate change on the populations of Aedes punctor (Diptera: Culicidae) in Hungary7
Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies7
Can microhabitat preferences of ground-dwelling insects be a good indicator for terrestrial ecosystem recovery after an oil spill?7
The role of adult noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and their food plants in a nocturnal pollen-transport network on a Mediterranean island7
Mature egg production in cryopreserved ovaries of a pierid butterfly, Eurema mandarina7
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 availability6
Low extinction risk in the flower fly fauna of northeastern North America6
Book review of ecology and conservation of the dutch ground beetle fauna – lessons from 66 years of pitfall trapping6
Effects of dispersed and aggregated retention-cuttings and differently sized clear-cuttings in conifer plantations on necrophagous silphid and dung beetle assemblages6
From past to a precarious future: climate change threatens protected Mexican tarantulas6
Functional traits of wild bees in response to urbanization6
Effects of environmental factors and ecological integrity on semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) diversity in Cerrado streams6
What do monarchs feed on in winter? Nectar sources at hibernation sites6
How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies6
Efficiency of emergency conservation methods: a case study of the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) and its specific parasitoid6
Effect of environmental factors on the abundance of riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and co-inhabiting aquatic insects within a reach scale, in Japan6
The diversity of moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini) from threatened mountain cloud forests in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot6
Livestock systems preserving natural grasslands are biodiversity reservoirs that promote spiders’ conservation6
Micro-habitat features determine oviposition site selection in High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries5
Population ecology of the red-winged grasshopper, Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae), in Japan5
Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle’ beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique)5
Current and future distributions of a native Andean bumble bee5
Survival of eggs to third instar of late-summer and fall-breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and queen butterflies (Danaus gilippus) in north Texas5
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
Correction: DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)5
Impact of climate warming and landscape change on monarch butterfly5
Key areas for conserving and sustainably using oil-collecting bees (Apidae: Centridini, Tapinotaspidini, Tetrapediini) in the Americas5
Effect of dramatic alteration of landscape structure on the Orthoptera assemblages of Transcarpathian lowland meadows (West Ukraine)5
Can species distribution models using remotely sensed variables inform reintroductions? Trialling methods with Carterocephalus palaemon the Chequered Skipper Butterfly5
“Farming with Alternative Pollinators” approach increases pollinator abundance and diversity in faba bean fields5
Bumblebee abundance and richness along disused railway lines: the impact of track morphology5
Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe5
More insect species are supported by green roofs near public gardens5
Spearhead blues: How threats to the damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum changed over time5
Effects of habitat biotic features on hymenopteran diversity in East Africa5
Diversity of Trichoptera (Insecta) in protected and unprotected areas of the Argentinian Parana and Araucaria Forest provinces5
Is the São Francisco River a historical barrier to gene flow for populations of Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)?5
Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire5
Metabarcoding: opportunities for accelerating monitoring and understanding insect tropical biodiversity4
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
Sunny, hot and humid nesting locations with diverse vegetation benefit Osmia bees nearby almond orchards in a mediterranean area4
Functional reorganization of dung beetle assemblages in forest-replacing sugarcane plantations4
Ancient, veteran and other listed trees as nest sites for wild-living honey bee, Apis mellifera, colonies4
Body size and its correlates in fruit-feeding butterflies in a seasonal environment4
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
Optimising the reintroduction of a specialist peatland butterfly Coenonympha tullia onto peatland restoration sites4
Increased arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness in an agricultural landscape after 32 years4
The spider fauna of Danish coastal dune habitats revisited after 25 years: evidence of faunistic impoverishment4
Effects of species traits on the catchability of butterflies with different types of Malaise traps and implications for total catch biomass4
Litter arthropods display greater differences among locations than grass species in a temperate grassland4
Butterfly and moth conservation: results from a global synopsis of evidence4
Drivers of moth phenology in England and Wales4
Distribution, habitat preferences, and threat factors of the butterfly Bhutanitis thaidina4
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
Relationships between environmental conditions and macroalgae structure on the benthic macroinvertebrate establishment: diversity and conservation in rivers of central Spain and Mexico4
Colonisation of the Fiji Islands by the Lurcher Yoma sabina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)4
The importance of national parks in maintaining the habitat integrity and diversity of Odonata species in Amazonian streams4
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 Austria3
Non-target effects of herbicides on the Zerene silverspot butterfly, a surrogate subspecies for the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly3
Correction: Ant diversity along elevational gradients in the European Alps: insights for conservation under a changing climate3
Review of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) eggs: focus on Japanese species3
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
Image-based South Asian bee species identification: a machine learning approach3
Two decades of monitoring and active conservation of the Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in the Czech Republic3
Agroforestry as a refuge for insect pollinators: seasonal and elevational insights from Northern Tanzania3
New insights on habitat use by larval Northern Emerald dragonflies (Somatochlora arctica)3
Conservation of a specialised species is helpful for the whole ecosystem: a case study of Hylaeus pectoralis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)3
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
Within-habitat vegetation structure and adult activity patterns of the declining butterfly Euphydryas aurinia3
Is invertebrate conservation in Great Britain best achieved by policies that increase species protection?3
Overlooked and misunderstood: how urban community gardeners perceive social wasps and their ecosystem functions3
Do standard weather conditions and flower density affect the results of butterfly monitoring schemes? A field test in three bio-geographic regions in Europe3
Habitat suitability for tropical Asian stingless bees across anthropogenic landscapes3
Experimental management and mark-release-recapture methods fill critical knowledge gaps for an at-risk butterfly3
Woody flowering plants support early-spring pollinators in urban greenspaces3
How to estimate carabid biomass?—an evaluation of size-weight models for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and perspectives for further improvement3
Spatial distribution patterns of longhorn beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Mongolian oak forests in Changbai Mountains, Northeast, China3
Genetic diversity and historical demography of the imperiled rattlesnake-master borer moth (Papaipema eryngii)3
Subterranean biodiversity and the depth distribution of beetles (Coleoptera) in forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)3
Agricultural land use affects the heterogeneity of Odonata communities in the Brazilian Pampa3
Intensification of the rice cultivation cycle reduces the diversity of aquatic insect communities in southern Brazilian irrigated rice fields3
Dung beetle morphological traits show intraspecific differences among four land uses in the Cerrado biome3
Conservation genetics of the steno-endemic Chorthippus lacustris (Orthoptera: Acrididae)3
Mud-puddling on roadsides: a potential ecological trap for butterflies3
Alcon Blues: recent shifts in limiting habitat factors challenge the persistence of an endangered butterfly3
Diversity, distribution patterns and preliminary conservation assessment of the Paraguayan hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)2
Landscape composition shapes biomass, taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles within human-modified tropical rainforests2
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
Effects of urban environmental factors on the water-exiting behaviour of predaceous diving beetles2
Trends in abundance and occupancy of the protected water beetle Graphoderus bilineatus in the Netherlands2
Habitat associations of day-flying Lepidoptera and their foodplants within nature reserves in Bedfordshire, UK2
Influence of canopy structural complexity on urban woodland butterfly species richness2
For the love of insects: gardening grows positive emotions (biophilia) towards invertebrates2
Does resilience to fire confer resilience to grazing in savanna ant communities of Northern Australia?2
Dispersal, population size, and reproduction in a fire-maintained frosted elfin (Callophrys irus) metapopulation2
Is body condition of Mexican rubyspot (Odonata:Zygoptera) associated with urbanization?2
Silvicultural practices, forest age, forest type, and large-scale regional factors influencing numbers of American burying beetles, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)2
Ant diversity along elevational gradients in the European Alps: insights for conservation under a changing climate2
Diversity and endemism of Arctiinae moth assemblages in serpentine dry lowlands in Cuba2
Overcoming the Wallacean shortfall in sky-islands of central Mexico: the case of copro-necrophagous beetles and two national parks2
Traditional almond orchards in contrasting landscapes maintain extremely diverse parasitoid communities threatened by abandonment2
Genetic diversity of a flightless dung beetle appears unaffected by wildfire2
Comparing the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of two sampling methods for monitoring carabid beetle diversity, species assemblages and conservation status in an alpine grassland2
Bee diversity patterns in coastal Amazonia: effects of local habitat and landscape heterogeneity2
Ecology and population assessment of Megachile cypricola Mavromoustakis, 1938 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), a threatened bee endemic to Cyprus2
Soil moisture reduces egg mortality during wildfires in the Madeiran green bush-cricket2
H. Staude, M. Picker and C. Griffiths: Southern African Moths and their caterpillars2
Diversity and composition of seed-carrying ant assemblages in the Monte desert: a regional assessment of the effects of grazing2
Saproxylic beetles in Swedish boreal production forests in relation to local and landscape factors2
Leucas aspera (Willd.) A potential refuge for pollinators2
Ground-dwelling invertebrate community responses to bison and prescribed fire management in tallgrass prairies2
Landscape shifts challenge the maintenance of Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) communities in the Amazon deforestation arc2
The use of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in adapting hotspot conservation to global, regional, and local scales2
Oviposition behaviour and emergence through time of the small blue butterfly (Cupido minimus) in a nature reserve in Bedfordshire, UK2
Unveiling nature’s beat: analyzing the acoustics of an aquatic bug in relation to urban sounds2
Arthropods of Australia’s subtropical and tropical rainforests: rich and unique hotspots of biological diversity?2
Rare and common species are doomed by climate change? A case study with neotropical butterflies and their host plants1
Insects from the southwest Australia biodiversity hotspot: a barometer of diversity and threat status of nine host-dependent families across three orders1
Evaluating log piles as stag beetle conservation measure1
Structure of the assemblage of fruit-feeding butterflies in a high Andean anthropogenic landscape1
Eucorna sanarita (Schaus) (Riodinidae: Riodininae): Distribution, systematic position, and conservation of a threatened brazilian butterfly in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot1
Fecal matters: implementing classical Coleoptera species lists with metabarcoding data from passerine bird feces1
Defining conservation areas through diversity parameters and museum specimens: a case study for craneflies1
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
Habitat management interventions for a specialist mid- successional grassland butterfly, the Lulworth Skipper1
The impact of reduced tillage and distance to field margin on predator functional diversity1
Plant invasion alters movement behaviour in endangered butterflies but not their morphology or genetic variability1
Influence of urban habitat characteristics on bee communities in Costa Rica1
Factors associated with occurrence, potential distribution and conservation of Polyphylla ragusae, an endemic Scarabaeidae (Melolonthinae) from Sicily1
New insights into the geographic patterns of functional role and taxonomic richness of ants from Mexico1
Synergistic effects of climate and human-induced landscape changes on the spatial distribution of an endangered dung beetle1
Responses of necrophilous beetles to animal mass mortality in the Australian Alps1
Habitat quality, not patch isolation, drives distribution and abundance of two light-demanding butterflies in fragmented coppice landscapes1
Pitfall trapping outperforms other methods for surveying ground-dwelling large-bodied alpine invertebrates1
Flower plantings promote insect pollinator abundance and wild bee richness in Canadian agricultural landscapes1
Mapping monarch seasonal breeding patterns in Eastern North America to inform mowing strategies for roadsides and other rights-of-ways1
Not all woods are equal: local, rather than landscape, factors are important to conserve a xylosaprophagous hoverfly1
First field-based estimates of bumblebee diapause survival rates showcase high survivorship in the wild1
Widespread annual occurrence of pesticides within designated critical habitats for endangered prairie butterflies1
Attractivity of various artificial light sources to caddisfly (Trichoptera) species and its importance in their sampling and conservation1
Heterogeneity in altered streams does not increase the richness of stream specialist species of Odonata in the Maranhense Cerrado1
Major land use and vegetation influences on potential pollinator communities in the High Plains of Texas1
Plant-pollinator interactions in the neotropics are affected by urbanization and the invasive bee Apis mellifera1
Ant habitat-use guilds response to forest-pasture shifting in the southwestern Amazon1
The influence of climate on the invasion of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) to Guernsey, Channel Islands: citizen science and misidentified aliens1
First records of the bog fritillary Boloria eunomia (Esper, 1800) in the Romanian fauna (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): Peripheral populations in habitats of conservation concern1
Flight behaviour of a threatened butterfly at edges between high- and low-quality habitat1
Nesting preferences of native and non-native mud dauber wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sceliphron) do not completely overlap1
Identifying insect and arachnid indicator taxa for impacts and management in coastal landscapes1
The effect of soil moisture and ambient temperature on pupation depth for the imperiled Callophrys irus1
Genetic insights, assessment of ecological niche and projected distribution changes of the mountain mayfly species Andesiops peruvianus under climate change in the andes1
Mark-recapture study and habitat assessment for the northern metalmark butterfly, Calephelis borealis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)1
Quantifying ant diversity and community in a subalpine forest mosaic: a comparison of two methods1
Population ecology of the apollo butterfly Parnassius Apollo in the Austrian Alps – a mark-release recapture study1
When to mow and how: Short-term effects of river dike grassland management on arthropod abundance, species richness, and community composition1
Correction: Staying on the current niche: consensus model reveals the habitat loss of a critically endangered dragonfly Libellula Angelina under climate changes1
Parasites in peril: abundance of batflies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) declines along an urbanisation gradient1
The oases of Baja California Peninsula: overlooked hotspots for wild bees1
Scale-dependent effects of landscape context on urban bee diversity1
Land use changes disrupt streams and affect the functional feeding groups of aquatic insects in the Amazon1
Landscape conservation and local interactions with non-crop plants aid in structuring bee assemblages in organic tropical agroecosystems1
Can cattle grazing benefit grassland butterflies?1
Noninvasive genetic diversity assessment using exuviae for reintroduction of the endangered tiger beetle Cicindela (Abroscelis) anchoralis in South Korea1
Correction: Two decades of monitoring and active conservation of the Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in the Czech Republic1
Differential responses of Orthoptera in vineyards to organic farming, pesticide reduction, and landscape heterogeneity1
The effects of plant invasion, floral resources and soil characteristics on ground-nesting bees1
Lights in the dark: a new UV photoluminescence-based sampling method for the protected moth Proserpinus proserpina1
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
Suitable climate space and genetic diversity of the mountain-affiliated moth Cosmosoma maishei (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Euchromiina) in cloud forests of Chiapas, Mexico1
Rove beetle species diversity and the patterns of interactions with their host plants in primary and secondary tropical forests1
Dam failure disrupts Atlantic Rainforest ant communities and their interactions with seeds1
UV-LEDs outperform actinics for standalone moth monitoring1
Aridity, but not disturbance, reduces the specialization and modularity of plant–insect herbivore interaction networks in Caatinga dry forest1
Changes in plant-pollinator network structure and individual species network roles across a gradient of Apis mellifera abundance: the importance of considering the floral context1
Microhabitat requirements of the uncompahgre fritillary butterfly (Boloria improba acrocnema) and climate change implications1
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
What’s in the bee nest holes? A single aggregation of Megachile parietina reveals and helps to fill up Eltonian shortfalls1
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