Search Results - "Ashe‐Jepson, Esme"
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Thermoregulatory ability and mechanism do not differ consistently between neotropical and temperate butterflies
Published in Global change biology (01-08-2023)“…Climate change is a major threat to species worldwide, yet it remains uncertain whether tropical or temperate species are more vulnerable to changing…”
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Tropical butterflies use thermal buffering and thermal tolerance as alternative strategies to cope with temperature increase
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-09-2023)“…Climate change poses a severe threat to many taxa, with increased mean temperatures and frequency of extreme weather events predicted. Insects can respond to…”
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Day-flying lepidoptera larvae have a poorer ability to thermoregulate than adults
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-10-2023)“…Changes to ambient temperatures under climate change may detrimentally impact small ectotherms that rely on their environment for thermoregulation; however,…”
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Hot topics in butterfly research: Current knowledge and gaps in understanding of the impacts of temperature on butterflies
Published in Insect conservation and diversity (01-01-2024)“…As small poikilotherms, insects are largely dependent on their environment for thermoregulation and so are particularly vulnerable to changing temperatures…”
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Oviposition behaviour and emergence through time of the small blue butterfly (Cupido minimus) in a nature reserve in Bedfordshire, UK
Published in Journal of insect conservation (01-02-2022)“…Climate change affects butterflies in many ways, influencing the timing of emergence and reproduction, habitat preferences, and behaviour. The small blue (…”
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Phylogeny of the Eocene Aphalarinae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Baltic amber, with description of a new species using X-ray micro-computed tomography scanning, and a new genus synonymy
Published in Journal of systematic palaeontology (18-07-2019)“…A new Eocene species of Psylloidea is described from Baltic amber. Eogyropsylla pankowskii Ashe-Jepson & Ouvrard sp. nov., along with E. magna and E. parva, is…”
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Habitat associations of day-flying Lepidoptera and their foodplants within nature reserves in Bedfordshire, UK
Published in Journal of insect conservation (2024)“…Species often associate with specific habitat characteristics, resulting in patchy distributions, whereby they only occupy a proportion of available habitat…”
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Heatwave predicts a shady future for insects: impacts of an extreme weather event on a chalk grassland in Bedfordshire, UK
Published in Journal of insect conservation (2024)“…Climate change is set to become one of the leading causes of biodiversity loss worldwide, with extreme weather events projected to increase in frequency…”
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