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In the foreground, a large rusty container stands on an approximately eight-meter-high steel frame. In front of it, teenagers are playing soccer. Behind them, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is visible, seen from the Kenyan side.

Ecological and evolutionary forces shaping the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of insects along environmental gradients

View of a landscape in the Taita Hills (Kenya), characterized by small-scale farming in the lower and middle areas.

Responses of insect communities and related ecosystem functions to climate and land use change

Close-up of a bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) drinking nectar from a flower of the heath family (Ericaceae).

Thermal limits inform about the capacities of species to tolerate and survive under varying temperature conditions, shaping their distribution, performance, and interactions within ecosystems.

An artificial trap nest for wild bees and wasps (“bee hotel”) stands on an alpine meadow in Berchtesgaden National Park. In the background, a green valley is visible.

Interactions among organisms form the backbone of ecosystem functions. Changes in climate and land use can profoundly alter them.

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Environmental gradients

Climate and land use change

Critical temperatures in insects

Trophic interaction networks

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