The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes

By R. Fox. 2013

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers (2019, background): “In Britain, a 20-fold increase in conifer plantations since the 19th century did not increase biodiversity nor abundance of Lepidoptera species (Brereton et al., 2011; Fox, 2013).”
Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward (2020, background): “This will, of course, come as no surprise to entomologists, who have 69 been reading about declining insect populations in Insect Conservation and Diversity, among 70 other journals, for at least a decade (e.g., Shortall et al., 2009; Fox, 2013; Cardoso & Leather, 71 2019).”
Air pollution and its effects on lichens, bryophytes, and lichen‐feeding Lepidoptera: review and evidence from biological records (2015, background): “Increases in these lichenivorous moth species have been linked to the recovery of some lichen species following a reduction in SO2 pollution but, as yet, there has been no study to provide evidence to support this (Fox, 2013).”
ECOLOGY OF ORGANISMS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Urban drivers of plant-pollinator interactions (2015, background): “Nocturnal plant–pollinator interactions may also be sensitive to light pollution, which attracts night-flying insect pollinators like moths (Fox 2013).”
Pollinator Diversity: Distribution, Ecological Function, and Conservation (2017, background): “National initiatives by nongovernmental organizations such as Buglife’s B-Lines project in the United Kingdom and work by the Xerces Society in the United States are also ongoing.”
Macro‐moth families differ in their attraction to light: implications for light‐trap monitoring programmes (2014, unknown): “…provided by the typically highly abundant and ecologically diverse group of macro-moths (e.g. nutrient cycling, pollination: see references in Fox, 2013), and their ease of sampling using light traps (Young, 2005), the establishment of an integrated global monitoring programme to accurately…”
Cascading extinctions as a hidden driver of insect decline (2020, background): “Declines in moths, for example, are linked to the availability of their overwintering host plants (Mattila et al., 2006; Fox, 2013), specialist ground beetles depend on hedgerows and trees (Brooks et al.”
Artificial light at night inhibits mating in a Geometrid moth (2015, background): “…for mitigation of potential negative effects of artificial light on moths, which is important given the rapid declines of moth populations in western Europe (Conrad et al., 2006; Groenendijk & Ellis, 2011; Fox et al., 2014) and the suggested role of artificial night lighting therein (Fox, 2013).”
Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle (2020, background): “Crucially, there is a need to consider the effects of light pollution in the context of other drivers of change, such as agricultural intensification and climate change (Fox, 2013); does light pollution represent a major threat, or is its contribution effectively negligible when placed in the contex”
The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal (2013, background): “…Verheijen, 1985), there have been several recent calls for a much improved understanding of these implications (e.g. Health Council of the Netherlands, 2000; Sutherland et al., 2006; The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 2009; Hölker et al., 2010a,b; Perkin et al., 2011; Fox, 2013).”
Artificial night lighting disrupts sex pheromone in a noctuid moth (2015, background): “These declines are partly ascribed to nocturnal illumination (Conrad et al., 2006; Groenendijk & Ellis, 2011; Fox, 2013), with the proposed mechanism being phototaxis.”
Insect Declines in the Anthropocene. (2020, background): “Much like butter fl ies, there is an alarming record of decreases in moth abundance and species diversity (28, 29, 32, 45, 48, 49, 115, 207).”
Further evidence for a global decline of the entomofauna (2020, result): “Plant quality changes associated with CO2 levels and N inputs could explain current declines, in line with previous reports that emphasised the role of agricultural intensification, altered woodland management and climate change (Fox 2013).”