Temperate insects as vulnerable to climate change as tropical species
Monday, June 8, 2020 - 11:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In previous research, it has been assumed that insects in temperate regions would cope well with or even benefit from a warmer climate. Not so, according to researchers from the Universities of Uppsala and Lund in Sweden and Oviedo, Spain, in a new study. The earlier models failed to take into account the fact that insects in temperate habitats are inactive for much of the year.