Insect Conservation and Diversity

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Edited By: Simon R. Leather, Yves Basset and Raphael K. Didham

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ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2011: 19/86 (Entomology)

Online ISSN: 1752-4598

Associated Title(s): Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Ecological Entomology, Insect Molecular Biology, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Physiological Entomology, Systematic Entomology

  1. Original Articles

    1. Altitudinal diversity patterns of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the forests of Changbai Mountain, Northeast China

      Yi Zou, Weiguo Sang, Haicheng Zhou, Liya Huang and Jan Christoph Axmacher

      Article first published online: 15 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12039

    2. Community variability in aphid parasitoids versus predators in response to agricultural intensification

      Vesna Gagic, Sebastian Hänke, Carsten Thies and Teja Tscharntke

      Article first published online: 15 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12037

    3. Local extinction processes rather than edge effects affect ground beetle assemblages from fragmented and urbanised old beech forests

      Eva Gaublomme, Hilde Eggermont and Frederik Hendrickx

      Article first published online: 29 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12036

    4. Ivy: an underappreciated key resource to flower-visiting insects in autumn

      Mihail Garbuzov and Francis L. W. Ratnieks

      Article first published online: 26 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12033

    5. Farmland versus forest: comparing changes in Odonata species composition in western and eastern Sweden

      Kamilla Koch, Christine Wagner and Göran Sahlén

      Article first published online: 21 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12034

    6. Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) diversity and seasonality in response to use of macrocyclic lactones at cattle ranches in the mexican neotropics

      Gertrudis S. Basto-Estrella, Roger I. Rodríguez-Vivas, Hugo Delfín-González and Enrique Reyes-Novelo

      Article first published online: 18 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12035

    7. Long-term trends in the composition of aphidophagous coccinellid communities in Central Europe

      Alois Honek, Zdenka Martinkova, Pavel Kindlmann, Olga M. C. C. Ameixa and Anthony F. G. Dixon

      Article first published online: 28 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12032

    8. Effects of ivermectin residues on dung invertebrate communities in a UK farmland habitat

      Gemma Sutton, James Bennett and Mark Bateman

      Article first published online: 28 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12030

    9. Evolutionary units of Coraebus elatus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in central and eastern Europe – implications for origin and conservation

      Łukasz Kajtoch, Daniel Kubisz, Jerzy M. Gutowski and Wiesław Babik

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12031

  2. Mini-Reviews

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      Biodiversity patterns in a macroinvertebrate community of a temporary pond network

      Margarita Florencio, Carmen Díaz-Paniagua, Carola Gómez-Rodríguez and Laura Serrano

      Article first published online: 22 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12029

  3. Original Articles

    1. The relative roles of habitat heterogeneity and disturbance in drosophilid assemblages (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in the Cerrado

      Renata Alves Da Mata and Rosana Tidon

      Article first published online: 16 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12020

    2. Wood-inhabiting beetles (Coleoptera) associated with oaks in a global biodiversity hotspot: a case study and checklist for Israel

      Jörn Buse, Thorsten Assmann, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman, Oz Rittner and Tomas Pavlicek

      Article first published online: 14 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12023

    3. Refuge for native lady beetles (Coccinellidae) in perennial grassland habitats

      Lauren M. Diepenbrock and Deborah L. Finke

      Article first published online: 14 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12027

    4. Nesting site density and distribution affects Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) reproductive success and almond yield in a commercial orchard

      Derek R. Artz, Matthew J. Allan, Gordon I. Wardell and Theresa L. Pitts-Singer

      Article first published online: 11 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12026

    5. Hidden in taxonomy: Batesian mimicry by a syrphid fly towards a Patagonian bumblebee

      Carlo Polidori, José L. Nieves-Aldrey, Francis Gilbert and Graham E. Rotheray

      Article first published online: 6 MAR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12028

    6. Geographical patterns of Triatominae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) richness and distribution in the Western Hemisphere

      José A. F. Diniz-Filho, Soledad Ceccarelli, Waldo Hasperué and Jorge Rabinovich

      Article first published online: 28 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12025

    7. Impact of non-lethal genetic sampling on the survival, longevity and behaviour of the Hermes copper (Lycaena hermes) butterfly

      Daniel A. Marschalek, Julia A. Jesu and Mark E. Berres

      Article first published online: 20 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12024

    8. Butterflies in semi-natural pastures and power-line corridors – effects of flower richness, management, and structural vegetation characteristics

      Åke Berg, Karin Ahrné, Erik Öckinger, Roger Svensson and Jörgen Wissman

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12019

    9. The dilemma of conserving parasites: the case of Felicola (Lorisicola) isidoroi (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) and its host, the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

      Jesús M. Pérez, Iñigo Sánchez and Ricardo L. Palma

      Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12021

    10. Short-term ecological and behavioural responses of Mediterranean ant species Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latr. 1798) to wildfire

      Alba Lázaro-González, Xavier Arnan, Raphael Boulay, Xim Cerdá and Anselm Rodrigo

      Article first published online: 25 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12018

    11. Estimating abundance of the federally endangered Mitchell's satyr butterfly using hierarchical distance sampling

      Christopher A. Hamm

      Article first published online: 18 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12017

    12. Quantifying habitat-specific contributions to insect diversity in agricultural mosaic landscapes

      Tim Diekötter and Thomas O. Crist

      Article first published online: 10 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12015

    13. Damselflies use different movement strategies for short- and long-distance dispersal

      Daniela Keller and Rolf Holderegger

      Article first published online: 4 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12016

    14. Response of ground-dwelling spider assemblages (Arachnida, Araneae) to Montane Grassland management practices in South Africa

      Raymond Jansen, Lukhanyo Makaka, Ian T. Little and Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman

      Article first published online: 4 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12013

    15. Altered species interactions at forest edges: contrasting edge effects on bumble bees and their phoretic mite loads in temperate forest remnants

      Robert M. Ewers, Scott Bartlam and Raphael K. Didham

      Article first published online: 2 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12014

    16. How reliable are Malaise traps for biomonitoring? – A bivariate species abundance model evaluation using alpine Chironomidae (Diptera)

      Ola H. Diserud, Elisabeth Stur and Kaare Aagaard

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12012

    17. Multiple lines of evidence suggest mosaic polyploidy in the hybrid parthenogenetic stick insect lineage Acanthoxyla

      Shelley S. Myers, Steven A. Trewick and Mary Morgan-Richards

      Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12008

    18. High within- and between-trunk variation in the nematoceran (Diptera) community and its physical environment in decaying aspen trunks

      Panu Halme, Noora Vartija, Jukka Salmela, Jouni Penttinen and Veera Norros

      Article first published online: 4 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12007

    19. Phylogeographic pointers to conservation needs: South Africa's flagship dung beetle, Circellium bacchus

      Catherine L. Sole and Clarke H. Scholtz

      Article first published online: 4 DEC 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12011

    20. Out on a limb: microarthropod and microclimate variation in coastal temperate rainforest canopies

      Zoë Lindo and Neville Winchester

      Article first published online: 22 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12010

    21. Extrapolations from field studies and known faunas converge on dramatically increased estimates of global microgastrine parasitoid wasp species richness (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

      Josephine J. Rodriguez, Jose L. Fernández-Triana, M. Alex Smith, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Terry L. Erwin and James B. Whitfield

      Article first published online: 22 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12003

    22. Species abundance distributions of moth and beetle assemblages in a cool-temperate deciduous forest

      Toshihide Hirao, Masashi Murakami and Yasuhiro Kubota

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12006

    23. Effects of stump extraction on saproxylic beetle diversity in Swedish clear-cuts

      Jonas Victorsson and Mats Jonsell

      Article first published online: 12 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12005

    24. Loss of genetic diversity and increased genetic structuring in response to forest area reduction in a ground dwelling insect: a case study of the flightless carabid beetle Carabus problematicus (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

      Eva Gaublomme, Kevin Maebe, Karine Van Doninck, Hilde Dhuyvetter, Xiang Li, Konjev Desender and Frederik Hendrickx

      Article first published online: 6 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12002

    25. Optimal timing of power line rights-of-ways management for the conservation of butterflies

      Atte Komonen, Terhi Lensu and Janne S. Kotiaho

      Article first published online: 3 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12009

    26. Does species-level resolution matter? Taxonomic sufficiency in terrestrial arthropod biodiversity studies

      Laura L. Timms, Joseph J. Bowden, Keith S. Summerville and Chris M. Buddle

      Article first published online: 1 NOV 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12004

  4. Policy

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      Identifying key knowledge needs for evidence-based conservation of wild insect pollinators: a collaborative cross-sectoral exercise

      Lynn V. Dicks, Andrew Abrahams, John Atkinson, Jacobus Biesmeijer, Nigel Bourn, Chris Brown, Mark J.F. Brown, Claire Carvell, Chris Connolly, James E. Cresswell, Pat Croft, Ben Darvill, Paul De Zylva, Philip Effingham, Michelle Fountain, Anthony Goggin, Debbie Harding, Tony Harding, Chris Hartfield, Matthew S. Heard, Richard Heathcote, David Heaver, John Holland, Mike Howe, Brin Hughes, Theresa Huxley, William E. Kunin, Julian Little, Caroline Mason, Jane Memmott, Juliet Osborne, Tim Pankhurst, Robert J. Paxton, Michael J.O. Pocock, Simon G. Potts, Eileen F. Power, Nigel E. Raine, Elizabeth Ranelagh, Stuart Roberts, Rob Saunders, Katie Smith, Richard M. Smith, Peter Sutton, Luke A.N. Tilley, Andrew Tinsley, Athayde Tonhasca, Adam J. Vanbergen, Sarah Webster, Alan Wilson and William J. Sutherland

      Article first published online: 12 OCT 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00221.x

  5. Original Articles

    1. Testing the species limits of the tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) endemic to California's Southern Coast Ranges, USA

      Joseph S. Wilson, Clayton F. Gunnell, David B. Wahl and James P. Pitts

      Article first published online: 29 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12000

    2. Variation in beetle community structure across five microhabitats in Australian tropical rainforest trees

      Carl W. Wardhaugh, Will Edwards and Nigel E. Stork

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/icad.12001

    3. Aquatic macroinvertebrate community composition in tank-bromeliads is determined by bromeliad species and its constrained characteristics

      Nicholas A. C. Marino, Diane S. Srivastava and Vinicius F. Farjalla

      Article first published online: 27 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00224.x

    4. Factors influencing the diversity of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) in the post-agriculture area of the Kampinos National Park, Poland

      Katarzyna Szczepko, Andrzej Kruk, Maciej Bartos and Bogdan Wiśniowski

      Article first published online: 25 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00223.x

    5. Landscape and local effects on multiparasitoid coexistence

      Zoltán László and Béla Tóthmérész

      Article first published online: 25 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00225.x

    6. Conservation potential for heathland carabid beetle fauna of linear trackways within a plantation forest

      Irena Bertoncelj and Paul M. Dolman

      Article first published online: 25 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00222.x

    7. Urbanisation effect on Orthoptera: which scale matters?

      Caterina Penone, Christian Kerbiriou, Jean-François Julien, Romain Julliard, Nathalie Machon and Isabelle Le Viol

      Article first published online: 4 SEP 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00217.x

  6. Short Communications

    1. Strengthening the case for saproxylic arthropod conservation: a call for ecosystem services research

      Michael D. Ulyshen

      Article first published online: 29 AUG 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00220.x

  7. Original Articles

    1. Long-term change of ant community structure in cacao agroforestry landscapes in Indonesia

      Akhmad Rizali, Yann Clough, Damayanti Buchori, Meldy L.A. Hosang, Merijn M. Bos and Teja Tscharntke

      Article first published online: 22 AUG 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00219.x

    2. Overlapping generations can balance the fluctuations in the activity patterns of an endangered ground beetle species: long-term monitoring of Carabus hungaricus in Hungary

      Sándor Bérces and Zoltán Elek

      Article first published online: 22 AUG 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00218.x

    3. Saproxylic beetle tolerance to habitat fragmentation induced by salvage logging in a boreal mixed-cover burn

      Michel Saint-Germain, Pierre Drapeau and Annie Hibbert

      Article first published online: 16 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00216.x

    4. Dispersal patterns of a saproxylic beetle, Osmoderma eremita, in Mediterranean woodlands

      Stefano Chiari, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Agnese Zauli, Giancarlo M. Zirpoli, Paolo Audisio and Thomas Ranius

      Article first published online: 3 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00215.x

    5. The effects of forest age on saproxylic beetle biodiversity: implications of shortened and extended rotation lengths in a French oak high forest

      Aurore Lassauce, Laurent Larrieu, Yoan Paillet, Francois Lieutier and Christophe Bouget

      Article first published online: 3 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00214.x

    6. Stability in forest lepidopteran communities: how sensitive are pest species to experimental forest management?

      Keith S. Summerville, Jamie Lane and David Courard-Hauri

      Article first published online: 3 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00213.x

    7. Biogeographic patterns and conservation priorities for the dung beetle tribe Phanaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Bolivia

      A. Caroli Hamel-Leigue, Sebastian K. Herzog, Trond H. Larsen, Darren J. Mann, Bruce D. Gill, W. D. Edmonds and Sacha Spector

      Article first published online: 3 JUL 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00211.x

    8. Woodland and grassland mosaic from a butterfly perspective: habitat use by Erebia aethiops (Lepidoptera: Satyridae)

      Irena Slamova, Jan Klecka and Martin Konvicka

      Article first published online: 20 JUN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00212.x

    9. Aquatic insect assemblages associated with subalpine stream segment types in relict glaciated headwaters

      Joshua S. Kubo, Christian E. Torgersen, Susan M. Bolton, Anne A. Weekes and Robert I. Gara

      Article first published online: 20 JUN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00210.x

    10. Are stumps important for the conservation of saproxylic beetles in managed forests? – Insights from a comparison of assemblages on logs and stumps in oak-dominated forests and pine plantations

      ANTOINE BRIN, CHRISTOPHE BOUGET, LIONEL VALLADARES and HERVÉ BRUSTEL

      Article first published online: 14 JUN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00209.x

    11. Historical specimens reveal past relationships and current conservation status of populations in a declining species: the regal fritillary butterfly

      NUSHA KEYGHOBADI, DARIA KOSCINSKI, JASON D. WEINTRAUB and DINA M. FONSECA

      Article first published online: 14 JUN 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00208.x

    12. The effect of forest ski-pistes on butterfly assemblages in the Alps

      ANTONIO ROLANDO, MATTEO NEGRO, PIETRO P. D’ENTRÈVES, EMILIO BALLETTO and CLAUDIA PALESTRINI

      Article first published online: 14 MAY 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00204.x

  8. Techniques and Methodology

    1. Room temperature DNA storage with slide-mounted aphid specimens

      GARY L. MILLER, ANDREW CARMICHAEL, COLIN FAVRET and SONJA J. SCHEFFER

      Article first published online: 8 MAY 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00207.x

  9. Original Articles

    1. Distribution of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) biotypes and their associated symbiotic bacteria on host plants in West Africa

      OLIVIER GNANKINÉ, LAURENCE MOUTON, HÉLÈNE HENRI, GABRIEL TERRAZ, THOMAS HOUNDETÉ, THIBAUD MARTIN, FABRICE VAVRE and FRÉDÉRIC FLEURY

      Article first published online: 8 MAY 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00206.x

    2. Cross-continental comparisons of butterfly assemblages in tropical rainforests: implications for biological monitoring

      YVES BASSET, ROD EASTWOOD, LEGI SAM, DAVID J. LOHMAN, VOJTECH NOVOTNY, TIM TREUER, SCOTT E. MILLER, GEORGE D. WEIBLEN, NAOMI E. PIERCE, SARAYUDH BUNYAVEJCHEWIN, WATANA SAKCHOOWONG, PITOON KONGNOO and MIGUEL A. OSORIO-ARENAS

      Article first published online: 10 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00205.x

    3. The influence of conservation field margins in intensively managed grazing land on communities of five arthropod trophic groups

      ANNETTE ANDERSON, TIM CARNUS, ALVIN J. HELDEN, HELEN SHERIDAN and GORDON PURVIS

      Article first published online: 4 APR 2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00203.x

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