Search Results - "Lamarre, Greg P A"
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Vertical stratification of a temperate forest caterpillar community in eastern North America
Published in Oecologia (01-02-2020)“…Vertical niche partitioning might be one of the main driving forces explaining the high diversity of forest ecosystems. However, the forest’s vertical…”
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Toward a world that values insects
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (28-06-2019)“…Rapid adoption of conservation measures is key to protecting insect populations Insects make up the bulk of terrestrial diversity ( 1 ). Reports of insect…”
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Comparison of traditional and DNA metabarcoding samples for monitoring tropical soil arthropods (Formicidae, Collembola and Isoptera)
Published in Scientific reports (24-06-2022)“…The soil fauna of the tropics remains one of the least known components of the biosphere. Long-term monitoring of this fauna is hampered by the lack of…”
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Insect herbivores, chemical innovation, and the evolution of habitat specialization in Amazonian trees
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-08-2013)“…Herbivores are often implicated in the generation of the extraordinarily diverse tropical flora. One hypothesis linking enemies to plant diversification posits…”
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Taxonomic and functional composition of arthropod assemblages across contrasting Amazonian forests
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (2016)“…Arthropods represent most of global biodiversity, with the highest diversity found in tropical rain forests. Nevertheless, we have a very incomplete…”
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Using field-based entomological research to promote awareness about forest ecosystem conservation
Published in Nature Conservation (18-09-2018)“…Interactions between plants, insect herbivores and associated predators represent the majority of terrestrial biodiversity. Insects are vital food sources for…”
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Leaf synchrony and insect herbivory among tropical tree habitat specialists
Published in Plant ecology (01-02-2014)“…Growth defense tradeoff theory predicts that plants in low-resource habitats invest more energy in defense mechanisms against natural enemies than growth,…”
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Vertical stratification and defensive traits of caterpillars against parasitoids in a lowland tropical forest in Cameroon
Published in Oecologia (01-04-2024)“…Insect herbivores and their parasitoids play a crucial role in terrestrial trophic interactions in tropical forests. These interactions occur across the entire…”
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Abundance, occurrence and time series: long-term monitoring of social insects in a tropical rainforest
Published in Ecological indicators (01-06-2023)“…[Display omitted] •Social insects are important in tropical forests, but monitoring data are lacking.•We examined time series (2009–2021) for 7 social insect…”
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Global insect decline is the result of wilful political failure: A battle plan for entomology
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-10-2022)“…The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed ecosystem change, human wellbeing and scientific evidence for sustainable use of biological systems. Despite…”
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Percentage leaf herbivory across vascular plant species
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-03-2014)“…Herbivory is viewed as a major driver of plant evolution and the most important energy pathway from plants to higher trophic levels. Therefore, understanding…”
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Illuminating arthropod diversity in a tropical forest: Assessing biodiversity by automatic light trapping and DNA metabarcoding
Published in Environmental DNA (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-03-2024)“…Although studies of insect decline have recently dominated headlines worldwide, their interpretation requires caution since for most species, we lack long‐term…”
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Herbivory, growth rates, and habitat specialization in tropical tree lineages: implications for Amazonian beta-diversity
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-08-2012)“…Tropical plant diversity is extraordinarily high at both local and regional scales. Many studies have demonstrated that natural enemies maintain local…”
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An integrative taxonomy approach unveils unknown and threatened moth species in Amazonian rainforest fragments
Published in Insect conservation and diversity (01-09-2016)“…This study focuses on the importance in hyperdiverse regions, such as the Amazonian forest, of accelerating and optimising the census of invertebrate…”
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Seasonality affects specialisation of a temperate forest herbivore community
Published in Oikos (01-09-2021)“…Understanding spatiotemporal trends on insect‐plant interaction networks is essential to unveil the ecological and evolutionary processes driving herbivore…”
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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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More winners than losers over 12 years of monitoring tiger moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Published in Biology letters (2005) (06-04-2022)“…Understanding the causes and consequences of insect declines has become an important goal in ecology, particularly in the tropics, where most terrestrial…”
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Spatial covariance of herbivorous and predatory guilds of forest canopy arthropods along a latitudinal gradient
Published in Ecology letters (01-10-2020)“…In arthropod community ecology, species richness studies tend to be prioritised over those investigating patterns of abundance. Consequently, the biotic and…”
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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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Quantitative assessment of plant-arthropod interactions in forest canopies: A plot-based approach
Published in PloS one (23-10-2019)“…Research on canopy arthropods has progressed from species inventories to the study of their interactions and networks, enhancing our understanding of how…”
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