The Maintenance of Annual Life-Cycles in two Species of Tipulidae (Diptera); A Field Study Relating Development, Temperature and Altitude

Coulson, J. C.; Horobin, J. C.; Butterfield, Jennifer; Smith, Gilbert R.

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“…Good examples include the montane craneflies Tipula subnodicornis and Molophilus ater in northern England (Coulson et al, 1976). T. subnodicornis displays a gradual reduction in the (Q 10 ) rate for development in final-instar larvae as mean temperature increases.…”

Section: (6 ) Variation In Insect Life History and The Significance Omentioning

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Terrestrial insects along elevation gradients: species and community responses to altitude

2005

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The literature on the response of insect species to the changing environments experienced along altitudinal gradients is diverse and widely dispersed. There is a growing awareness that such responses may serve as analogues for climate warming effects occurring at a particular fixed altitude or latitude over time. This review seeks, therefore, to synthesise information on the responses of insects and allied groups to increasing altitude and provide a platform for future research. It focuses on those functional aspects of insect biology that show positive or negative reaction to altitudinal changes but avoids emphasising adaptation to high altitude per se. Reactions can be direct, with insect characteristics or performance responding to changing environmental parameters, or they can be indirect and mediated through the insect's interaction with other organisms. These organisms include the host plant in the case of herbivorous insects, and also competitor species, specific parasitoids, predators and pathogens. The manner in which these various factors individually and collectively influence the morphology, behaviour, ecophysiology, growth and development, survival, reproduction, and spatial distribution of insect species is considered in detail. Resultant patterns in the abundance of individual species populations and of community species richness are examined. Attempts are made throughout to provide mechanistic explanations of trends and to place each topic, where appropriate, into the broader theoretical context by appropriate reference to key literature. The paper concludes by considering how montane insect species will respond to climate warming.

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Section: (6 ) Variation In Insect Life History and The Significance Omentioning

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Terrestrial insects along elevation gradients: species and community responses to altitude

2005

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“…There are some examples that the development rate of some species showed temperature-independence during examinations conducted in transects including areas from different altitudes, but laboratory trials detected temperature-dependence in these species, e.g. : (Butterfiled, 1976;Coulson et al, 1976;Fielding and Tatchell, 1995). The reason for this is that insects are able to actively manipulate their thermal micro-environment (May, 1979;Heinrich, 1977;Porter, 1982;Bryant et al, 2000).…”

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Impacts of Climate Change on Lepidoptera Species and Communities

Kocsis¹

2011

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. In this review, the impacts of climate change on Lepidoptera species and communities are summarized, regarding already registered changes in case of individual species and assemblies, and possible future effects. These include changes in abundance, distribution ranges (altitude above sea level, geographical distribution), phenology (earlier or later flying, number of generations per year). The paper also contains a short description of the observed impacts of single factors and conditions (temperature, atmospheric CO 2 concentration, drought, predators and parasitoids, UV-B radiation) affecting the life of moths and butterflies, and recorded monitoring results of changes in the Lepidoptera communities of some observed areas. The review is closed with some theoretical considerations concerning the characteristics of "winner" species and also the features and conditions needed for a successful invasion, conquest of new territories.

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“…Tipulid populations may be particularly sensitive to climate change. Summer drought can result in high mortality of young larval Tipula subnodicornis instars, the most common insect species in unenclosed moorland and blanket bog habitats (Coulson 1959, 1962, Coulson et al 1976. As a result, the abundance of emerged adults is reduced after hot summers (Pearce-Higgins et al 2010).…”

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Using diet to assess the sensitivity of northern and upland birds to climate change

Pearce‐Higgins¹

2010

Clim. Res.

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High-latitude species are predicted to be vulnerable to climate change, particularly in the UK uplands, where many are at the margins of their southern range. There is increasing evidence that climate change may have an impact on populations through reductions in prey abundance. The diet of 17 insectivorous UK upland birds, and the sensitivity of their prey to likely climate change, were quantified from the literature and combined to produce an index of climate-change sensitivity for upland birds. Coleoptera and Diptera were the 2 most important prey taxa, with Tipulidae the most widely ingested prey family. Lepidoptera, Lumbricidae and Hymenoptera also comprised > 20% of the diet of at least one upland bird species. Of these prey taxa, existing studies suggest that Tipulidae, Chironomidae and Lumbridicae may be particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures and increased frequency of drought projected to result from climate change. Therefore, the contribution of these 3 taxa to the diets of upland birds provides an index of climate-change sensitivity, which was correlated with an index of recent upland bird population trends. Future increases in temperature and drought frequency are expected to have an impact on populations of a range of upland bird species through reductions in prey availability, although further studies are required to test this hypothesis. Many upland areas have been artificially drained using ditches. Blocking these ditches may therefore provide a potential management option for climate-change adaptation in the UK uplands.

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The Maintenance of Annual Life-Cycles in two Species of Tipulidae (Diptera); A Field Study Relating Development, Temperature and Altitude

Cited by 38 publications

References 19 publications

Terrestrial insects along elevation gradients: species and community responses to altitude

Terrestrial insects along elevation gradients: species and community responses to altitude

Impacts of Climate Change on Lepidoptera Species and Communities

Using diet to assess the sensitivity of northern and upland birds to climate change

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