ReviewGlobal change biology2020
Climate change-mediated temperature extremes and insects: From outbreaks to breakdowns.
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- Limits and mechanisms of honey bee colonial thermoregulation in the heat.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Outbreak Risk ofInsects · 2026Article
- Experimental evolution to thermal stress indicates climate resilience in a cosmopolitan arthropod.eLife · 2026Article
- Elevated temperature fatally disrupts nuclear divisions in the early Drosophila embryo.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Seasonal climatic variability shapes immune responses and infection risks in the common bluetail damselfly.Oecologia · 2026Article
- Geographic Divergence in Heat Tolerance and Cross-Generational Responses of the Invasive MealybugInsects · 2026Article
- Asynchronous declines of native and exotic insect predators reduce pest suppression potential in agriculture.PNAS nexus · 2026Article
- Migrating in a Warming World: A Deep Learning Approach to Predict Pan-American Seasonal Shifts in the Monarch Butterfly Niche.Global change biology · 2026Article
- Insect herbivores reduce plant biomass loss and enhance plant recovery in response to extreme drought.Ecology · 2026Article
- Thermal variation associated stress response regulates the growth and reproductive potential of soybean looper.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Microclimatic and Anthropogenic Drivers of Insect Biodiversity in Rubber-Based Agroforestry Systems.Insects · 2026Article
- Community Synchrony in Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Is Unrelated to Environmental Variability but Differs Among Functional Feeding Groups.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- PredictingInsects · 2026Article
- Parental thermal environment affects offspring resilience to winter and spring weather anomalies.Current research in insect science · 2026Article
- Warming Reduces Parasitoid Success and Narrows Their Diet Breadth.Ecology letters · 2026Article
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Abstract
Insects are among the most diverse and widespread animals across the biosphere and are well-known for their contributions to ecosystem functioning and services. Recent increases in the frequency and magnitude of climatic extremes (CE), in particular temperature extremes (TE) owing to anthropogenic climate change, are exposing insect populations and communities to unprecedented stresses. However, a major problem in understanding insect responses to TE is that they are still highly unpredictable both spatially and temporally, which reduces frequency- or direction-dependent selective responses by insects. Moreover, how species interactions and community structure may change in response to stresses imposed by TE is still poorly understood. Here we provide an overview of how terrestrial insects respond to TE by integrating their organismal physiology, multitrophic, and community-level interactions, and building that up to explore scenarios for population explosions and crashes that have ecosystem-level consequences. We argue that TE can push insect herbivores and their natural enemies to and even beyond their adaptive limits, which may differ among species intimately involved in trophic interactions, leading to phenological disruptions and the structural reorganization of food webs. TE may ultimately lead to outbreak-breakdown cycles in insect communities with detrimental consequences for ecosystem functioning and resilience. Lastly, we suggest new research lines that will help achieve a better understanding of insect and community responses to a wide range of CE.
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