Freshwater ecosystems are particularly at risk from climate change due to the intrinsic link between physical properties of water environment and those species that live there. Mayflies, stoneflies caddisflies key indicators health freshwater environments their biological traits ecological preferences determine vulnerability change. Traits for 289 British were analysed, with voltinism, length f...

Temperature plays an important role in the growth and development of arthropods, and thus the current trend of climate change will alter their biology and species distribution. We used Chaetodactylus krombeini (Acari: Chaetodactylidae), a cleptoparasitic mite associated with Osmia bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), as a model organism to investigate how temperature affects the development and vo...

The European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is considered to be the main pest in vineyards of Douro Demarcated Region (DDR) due economic losses it can cause. Damage caused by larvae this feeding on grape clusters, rendering them susceptible Botrytis cinerea mid-season and leading development primary secondary rot at harvest. Understanding pest´s behaviour region unde...

Changes in phenology are correlated with climate change. However, we still struggle to understand the traits making species susceptible to climate change, and the implications of species' reactions for communities and food webs. Butterflies and moths are an ecologically important group that have shown pronounced phenological changes over the last decades. Tests using a > 150-year dataset from 5...