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Research and development of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) has surged in recent years. However, questions remain regarding the safety of interactions between MASS and conventionally crewed ships in mixed-traffic environments, particularly during collision avoidance. Although the critical role of MASS technology is widely recognised, few studies have explored how these interactions may affect the behaviour of the conv...
The Interplay of Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Species Traits Shapes European Butterfly Population TrendsNARA Subscribed
Aim To examine how butterfly population trends respond to climate change and urbanisation at a continental scale, and whether responses differ between urban and rural environments. Location 869 sites across 12 European countries, spanning six bioclimatic zones. Time Period 1976–2021. Major Taxa Studied Butterflies (Lepidoptera). Methods We analysed long‐term monitoring data from > 8400 populations of 145 species representing a...
In the NW-European region of Flanders (northern Belgium), wet heathlands harbour several threatened species among which the emblematic Alcon Blue butterfly Phengaris alcon is rapidly declining. Since 1990, the number of occupied grid cells in Flanders has decreased from 61 to only six in 2023, a decline of 90%. Due to the loss of many populations, the mean distance between populations tripled from 9 km in the period 1950–1990...
Despite large numbers of reintroduction projects taking place and the high cost involved, there is a generally low success rate. Insects in particular are understudied within reintroduction ecology, with guidelines focusing on more iconic vertebrate taxa. Species distribution models (SDMs) examine the associations between species observations and environmental variables to find the conditions in which populations could survive...
Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunitiesNARA Subscribed
Aim Anthropogenic‐driven biodiversity loss can impact ecosystem stability. However, most studies have only evaluated the diversity–stability relationship at the local scale and we do not fully understand which factors stabilize animal populations and communities across scales. Here, we investigate the role of species dispersal ability, climate, spatial distance and different facets of biodiversity on the stability of butterfly...
Beetlehangers.org: harmonizing host–parasite records of Harmonia axyridis and Hesperomyces harmoniaeNARA Subscribed
Citizen science is an increasingly powerful tool to gather large quantities of biological data and to engage the public. The number of citizen science initiatives has rapidly increased in the last 15 years. Invasive alien species such as the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), provide a particularly good opportunity for broad-scale use of such initiatives. Harmonia axyridis is parasitized by a fu...
Climate‐driven range expansion through anthropogenic landscapes: Landscape connectivity mattersNARA Subscribed
This is a commentary on Hodgson et al., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16220
One of the major challenges in evolutionary biology is to understand the mechanisms underlying morphological dimorphism and plasticity, including the genomic basis of traits and links to ecology. At the yellow eel stage of the European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ), two morphotypes are found: broad‐ and narrow‐heads. This dimorphism has been linked to dietary differences, with broad‐heads feeding on harder, larger prey than narrow...