Climate change and habitat loss together alter species communities

This blog post is provided by Emy Guilbault and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Strong context-dependence in the relative importance of climate and habitat on nation-wide macro-moth community changes”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Guilbault and colleagues conducted a macroecological study of macro-moths in Finland, identifying the importance of considering both habitat and climate variables when … Continue reading Climate change and habitat loss together alter species communities

How are North American butterflies shifting their ranges in response to climate change?

This blog post is provided by Carmen da Silva and Sarah Diamond and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Local climate change velocities and evolutionary history explains range shifts in a North American butterfly assemblage” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. da Silva and Diamond use a large database of citizen science collected butterfly occurrence records over an 18-year time period … Continue reading How are North American butterflies shifting their ranges in response to climate change?

How high can you fly: butterflies fly according to the vertical distribution of their plant resources

This blog post is provided by Denise Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Sebastián Mena, Rémi Mauxion, W. Owen McMillan and Stephen H. Montgomery and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Divergence in Heliconius flight behaviour is associated with local adaptation to different forest structures”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Butterflies are found everywhere in a tropical forest. Some are found very high in … Continue reading How high can you fly: butterflies fly according to the vertical distribution of their plant resources