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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Floral richness drives pollinator diversity after fire in upland forests and meadows of the Sierra Nevada, California33
Answering key bumble bee conservation questions by studying discovered wild nests: A Bombus affinis case study30
Saproxylic beetles trace deadwood and differentiate between deadwood niches before their arrival on potential hosts30
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Mixed responses among closely related Neotropical butterflies under extreme climate and land cover changes26
Intensive monitoring for bees in North America: indispensable or improvident?25
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Limestone quarries are the most important refuge for a formerly widespread grassland butterfly23
When ice and sea are not barriers for flies: First report of Trichocera maculipennis (Diptera) in South America21
Variation in pollen load composition carried by wild bee species in native and nearby agricultural environments in south‐eastern Australia20
Differential response of plant and insect pollinator communities to fragmentation in coastal dune slacks18
Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered saproxylic beetle L. cervus in a fragmented landscape18
Living on the edge—Genomic and ecological delineation of cryptic lineages in the high‐elevation specialist Erebia nivalis18
Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes17
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 areas17
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Mosaic landscapes provide conservation pockets for an endangered species: Colias myrmidone in Romania17
Existing flower preference metrics disagree on best plants for pollinators: which metric to choose?17
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Idiosyncratic trends of woodland invertebrate biodiversity in Britain over 45 years17
Ecological communities in white‐sand Amazonian rainforests are sensitive to deforestation—A dung beetle case16
Pollinators differentially respond to local and landscape grassland features16
Pollinator visits increase with bloom amount but decline with building height on extensive green roofs15
Revealing suitable micro‐ and macrohabitat characteristics to save the critically endangered Chilean saproxylic beetle Sclerostomulus nitidus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)15
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Taxonomic and functional homogenization of butterfly communities along an urban gradient13
Effects of climate change on the distribution of threatened invertebrates in a Mediterranean hotspot12
Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs12
Aphidophagous ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and climate change: a review12
Contrasting patterns of habitat use in a threatened carabid (Carabus intricatus) and a sympatric congener in ancient temperate rainforest12
Thriving in the heat: How high temperatures and habitat disturbance shape odonate taxonomic and functional diversity in the tropics12
Ecologically sustainable retention forestry supports spider biodiversity in the Lower Morava UNESCO Biosphere Reserve11
What can an analysis of Australian tropical rainforest bark beetles suggest about the missing millions of Earth's insect species?11
Extensive mismatch between protected areas and biodiversity hotspots of Iranian Lepidoptera11
Monitoring and conservation of cryophilous biodiversity: concerns when working with insect populations in vanishing glacial habitats10
Tropical savanna conversion to exotic pastures negatively affects taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetle assemblages, but not dung removal10
Ecological and life‐history traits predict temporal trends in biomass of boreal moths10
Scorpion assemblages in threatened Brazilian forests: The role of environmental factors in explaining beta‐diversity patterns10
National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation10
Resource gaps pose the greatest threat for bumblebees during the colony establishment phase10
Captive propagation and observations of the endangered species Cicindela (Abroscelis) anchoralis (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) in South Ko8
A colourful world with a dark future: Unregulated trade as an emerging threat for woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Spain8
Local floral abundance influences bumble bee occupancy more than urban‐agricultural landscape context8
Higher bee species richness in conservation areas compared with non‐conservation areas in south‐west Germany8
Shedding light on dark taxa in sky‐island Appalachian leaf litter: Assessing patterns of endemicity using large‐scale, voucher‐based barcoding8
Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability8
Identifying key forage plants to support wild bee diversity and a species at risk in the Prairie Pothole Region8
Accounting for dispersal and intraspecific variation in forecasts of species distribution under climate change8
Canadian goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) invasion affects millipedes and symphylans more than centipedes in an urban meadow8
Temporal ecological processes have different seasonal influences on multiple dimensions of riverine insect diversity in China8
Implementing a novel approach to long‐term monitoring of butterfly communities in the Neotropics7
Quick recovery of a threatened butterfly in well‐connected patches following an extreme drought7
Disentangling how urbanisation influences moth diversity in grasslands7
My home is your home: Nest boxes for birds and mammals provide habitats for diverse insect communities7
Reaching new heights: Arboreal ant diversity in a North American temperate forest ecosystem7
Toxicity of ivermectin residues in aged farmyard manure to terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates7
Species traits to guide moth conservation in anthropogenic regions: A multi‐species approach using distribution trends in Flanders (northern Belgium)7
Identifying conservation hotspots and assessing species commonness and rarity: Baseline arthropod diversity in German nature reserves via national Malaise trap monitoring7
Wetland cover in agricultural landscapes is positively associated with bumblebee abundance7
An integrative framework for dark taxa biodiversity assessment at scale: A case study using Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae)7
Ant–plant relationships in an Amazonian rainforest understory: A network approach6
A revised Red List of British butterflies6
A comparison of summer, fall and winter estimates of monarch population size before and after milkweed eradication from crop fields in North America6
Trends in butterfly populations in UK gardens—New evidence from citizen science monitoring6
Towards reliable estimates of abundance trends using automated non‐lethal moth traps6
Horizontal and vertical variation in the structure of fruit‐feeding butterfly (Nymphalidae) assemblages in the Brazilian Cerrado6
Towards a functional classification of poorly known tropical insects: The case of rhinoceros beetles (Coleoptera, Dynastinae) in Panama6
Dry grassland within the urban matrix acts as favourable habitat for different pollinators including endangered species6
Examining the bias of pitfall traps with enclosure experiments and removal sampling6
The last hideout: Abundance patterns of the not‐quite‐yet extinct mayfly Prosopistoma pennigerum in the Albanian Vjosa River network5
Cryptic diversity of Oxythyrea flower chafers and its implication for conservation of non‐forest biotopes in the Balkans5
Oviposition preferences and larval survival of the marsh fritillary butterfly: The adverse impact of grazing5
Are thermal constraints shaping foraging ant assemblages in tropical regions? Integrating thermal and morphological traits to understand consequences of land‐use transformation5
Does monitoring of saproxylic beetles benefit from inclusion of larvae?5
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Rejuvenation and restoration measures foster specialised and threatened carabid beetle species in montane heathland ecosystems5
Comparison of microscopy and metabarcoding to identify pollen used by the critically endangered rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis5
What level of native beetle diversity can be supported by forestry plantations? A global synthesis5
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The effects of land use change on ant communities in New England4
Intraspecific trait variation of carrion beetle species and communities across elevations4
Local abundance of neotropical orchid bees in Amazon forests not related to large‐scale climate suitability4
The ecological functions of dung beetles are shaped by multiple dimensions of diversity4
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Odonata responses to dispersal and niche processes differ across Amazonian endemism regions4
Host plants and landscape predict use of roadside habitat by breeding monarchs4
Vertical stratification of leaf physical traits exerts bottom–up pressures on insect herbivory in a sugar maple temperate forest4
Evolutionary genomics analysis reveals a unique lineage of Megachile pruina found in an isolated population in Bermuda4
Species traits influence the process of biodiversity inventorying: a case study using the British butterfly database4
Conservation implications of a genomic‐based taxonomy for threatened allopatric Agriades butterflies4
A novel low‐cost effective trap to capture sarcosaprophagous Diptera alive4
Mulching time of forest meadows influences insect diversity4
Are patterns of sampling effort and completeness of inventories congruent? A test using databases for five insect taxa in the Iberian Peninsula4
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Pollinators respond positively to urban green space enhancements using wild and ornamental flowers4
Genetic diversity and gene flow of the soil arthropod (Scolopendra mutilans) in urban landscapes: The roles of rivers, mountains and fragmentation4
Modelling decisions and density dependence in monarch butterflies: A comment on Meehan and Crossley (2023)4
Phylogeography of the Iberian endemic butterfly Erebia palarica Chapman, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): An integrative approach4
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Local and landscape drivers of natural enemy communities in Indonesian oil palm plantation4
Illegalities in the online trade of stingless bees in Brazil3
Ecological trends in moth communities (Geometridae, Lepidoptera) along a complete rainforest elevation gradient in Papua New Guinea3
Conservation biogeography of high‐altitude longhorn beetles under climate change3
Insects as indicators of Key Biodiversity Areas3
Large uncertainty in trait responses across insects among overall declines in a subtropical city3
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First population estimates of the vulnerable southeast Iberian endemic tiger beetle Cephalota (Taenidia) deserticoloides3
Insect community composition varies between temperate and tropical regions but functional structure remains conserved3
Dry grasslands in urban areas can harbour arthropod species of local conservation concern and should be prioritised for biodiversity‐friendly mowing regimes3
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Correction to: Changes in predator biomass may mask the negative effects of neonicotinoids on primary consumers in field settings3
Long‐distance movements, large population sizes and density‐dependent dispersal in three threatened butterfly species3
Canopy nitrogen addition affects ground‐dwelling spider assemblages and trophic position3
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Contrasting genetic responses to habitat fragmentation for two Lycaenid butterfly species3
Species traits may predict extinction risk of Azorean endemic arthropods3
Spider diversity in a disturbed forest landscape highlights the importance of management heterogeneity3
Canopy sampling reveals hidden potential value of woodland trees for wild bee assemblages3
Strong negative effects of recent wildfires on two endemic Macaronesian bush‐crickets3
Responses of the hyper‐diverse community of canopy‐dwelling Hymenoptera to oak decline3
Inventorying and monitoring crop pollinating bees: Evaluating the effectiveness of common sampling methods3
Structure and robustness of the Neotropical ant‐gardens network under climate change3
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Age class of alien tree stands retained for mammal protection have differential effects on flower‐visiting insect assemblages3
Grazing impacts on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) abundance and diversity on semi‐natural grassland2
Identifying key threats to a refugial population of an endangered Hawaiian moth2
The spatial distribution of insect communities of a mountaintop forest archipelago is not correlated with landscape structure: A multitaxa approach2
Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network2
Seasonal and spatial variation of stream macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity across three boreal regions2
Bark‐beetle disturbance severity only moderately alters forest affinity of arthropod communities2
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South European mountain butterflies at a high risk from land abandonment and amplified effects of climate change2
Contrasted propensity for waterborne and airborne dispersal between two closely related semi‐aquatic spider species2
Is being green what matters? Functional diversity of cavity‐nesting bees and wasps and their interaction networks with parasites in different reforestation types in Amazonia2
Island spider origins show complex vertical stratification patterns in Macaronesia2
Non‐native ants drive dramatic declines in animal community diversity: A meta‐analysis2
Odonata metacommunity structure in northern ecosystems is driven by temperature and latitude2
Genetic connectivity is maintained in two insect pollinators across a human‐altered landscape2
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Contrasting genetic population structures in acorn weevils (Curculio spp.) in expanding forests: The effects of differences in resource‐tracking strategies2
Flattening the curve: approaching complete sampling for diverse beetle communities2
A worthy conservation target? Revising the status of the rarest bumblebee of Europe2
Modelling the scope to conserve an endemic‐rich mountain butterfly taxon in a changing climate2
Wild bee visitors and their association with sown and unsown floral resources in reconstructed pollinator habitats within an agriculture landscape2
Effects of temperature on monarch caterpillar pigment variation in nature2
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Land‐use change differentially affects endemic, forest and open‐land butterflies in Madagascar2
Rapid conservation evidence for the impact of sheep grazing on a threatened digger wasp2
Predictions based on phylogeography and climatic niche modelling depict an uncertain future scenario for giant blister beetles (Berberomeloe, Meloidae) facing intensive greenhouse expansion and2
High mortality of beetle migrants along the Eastern Mediterranean Flyway2
Reviving of Coenonympha oedippus: A comprehensive approach to the reintroduction of an endangered European butterfly2
Area and configuration of both semi‐natural habitats and vineyards influence arthropods in South African and central European agricultural landscapes2
Diversity of ground‐dwelling ants across three severely threatened South American subtropical forests: are diversity patterns influenced by spatial or climatic variables?2
Butterfly diversity, richness, and density patterns in Sierra Nevada (SE Spain): Conservation implications under a global change scenario2
Scientists' warning on the need for greater inclusion of dragonflies in global conservation1
A comparison of different Malaise trap types1
Network structure and taxonomic composition of tritrophic communities of Fagaceae, cynipid gallwasps and parasitoids in Sichuan, China1
Restoring tree species mixtures mitigates the adverse effects of pine monoculture and drought on forest carabids1
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Urbanisation drives inter‐ and intraspecific variation in flight‐related morphological traits of aquatic insects at different landscape scales1
Bee functional traits and their relationship to pollination services depend on many factors: A meta‐regression analysis1
Landscape influence on pollinator population genetic connectivity1
Mapping wing morphs of Tetrix subulata using citizen science data: Flightless groundhoppers are more prevalent in grasslands near water1
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Conservation status of Erebia palaricaChapman, 1905 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): Local insight and whole distribution perspective1
DNA from museum samples of a parasitoid wasp genus (Braconidae: Syntretus) offers novel insights into host‐parasitoid interactions1
Ecological network for species dependent on ancient broadleaf trees using Osmoderma barnabita as a model species: a new approach1
First multitaxon assessment of arthropod responses to urbanisation in a widely distributed native and ruderal plant of Brazil1
Functional and taxonomic responses of tropical moth communities to deforestation1
Context‐dependent effects of geographic, climate and land cover factors on hemipteran assemblages in different ecoregions of China1
Change in monarch winter abundance over the past decade: A Red List perspective1
Weather explains inter‐annual variability, but not the temporal decline, in insect biomass1
Galling insect communities mediate the effects of fire on their associated parasitoid communities1
Artificial tree microhabitats: Wound depth and position affect saproxylic beetles attracted to freshly veteranised trees1
Examining elevation and thermoregulatory trait differences of endemic tropical swallowtail butterflies to assess their vulnerability to climate change1
Caterpillar loss through grassland harvest differs between two related butterfly species of conservation concern1
DNA metabarcoding reveals unexpected diet breadth of the specialist large‐headed resin bee (Heriades truncorum) in urbanised areas across Germany1
Myrmecophily is not a risk factor for long‐term occupancy trends of central European Lycaenidae butterflies1
Patterns of aerial arthropod biomass and diversity from three regions of boreal Alaska1
Nest aggregations of wild bees and apoid wasps in urban pavements: A ‘street life’ to be promoted in urban planning1
Light and Malaise traps tell different stories about the spatial variations in arthropod biomass and method‐specific insect abundance1
Associations between a range‐shifting damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) and the UK's resident Odonata suggest habitat sharing is more important than antagonism1
Predicting the South American invasion pathways of the mayfly Cloeon dipterum Linnaeus 1761 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) using species distribution models1
The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern Nearctic1
Temperature and not landscape composition shapes wild bee communities in an urban environment1
Fine‐scale bee species distribution models: Hotspots of richness and endemism in South Africa with species‐area comparisons1
Body size and abundance patterns of male orchid bees in a fragmented Neotropical landscape1
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Shade tree isolation in pastures modulates diversity of epiphyte‐dwelling spiders: The role of epiphyte biomass and species dispersal capacity1
Monitoring spatiotemporal patterns in the genetic diversity of a European butterfly species1
Elevated pan traps optimise the sampling of bees, including when the availability of floral resources is high1
How does the transformation of Cerrado vegetation into exotic pastures affect insect communities? A meta‐analysis1
The cynipid gall wasp Diplolepis rosae is more successful in North America than in Europe because of enemy release1
Complex temporal trends in biomass and abundance of Diptera communities driven by the impact of agricultural intensity1
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