Exploring the Nature of Climate Change Impacts on Insect Biodiversity

Organizer(s)

• 

  Charlotte Outhwaite (she/her/hers)

  Research Fellow
  Institute of Zoology
  Zoological Society of London
  London, England, United Kingdom
• DW

  David Wagner

  University of Connecticut
  Storrs, Connecticut

Hear the latest research on climate change impacts on insect biodiversity straight from world experts and contribute to a discussion on data gaps and emerging areas in climate change-insect research. You will also be invited to join the Status of Insects RCN Climate Change working group.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Charlotte L. Outhwaite (she/her/hers) – Zoological Society of London
• 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific

  Projected changes in climate in the western United States of high relevance to insects
  

  Presenting Author: Erica Fleishman – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Nick Siler – Oregon State University
• 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific

  Plant responses to climate change in California and current climate-adaptive management approaches
  

  Presenting Author: James Thorne – University of California
• 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM Pacific

  Climate sensitivity of desert grasshoppers
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Schmitt – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: David Lightfoot – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Jennifer A. Rudgers – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Kenneth D. Whitney – University of New Mexico
• 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Droughts as a driver of insect population declines
  

  Presenting Author: David Wagner – University of Connecticut

  Co-Author: Madeline Shaw – University of Connecticut
• 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Pacific

  Break
• 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific

  Insect overwintering modulates responses to temperature change
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Halsch – Binghamton University

  Co-Author: Eliza Grames (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University
• 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Global scale impacts of climate change and land use-climate change interactions on insect biodiversity
  

  Presenting Author: Charlotte L. Outhwaite (she/her/hers) – Zoological Society of London

  Co-Author: Peter McCann – UCL

  Co-Author: Kyra Smith – Università di Bologna

  Co-Author: Rob Cooke (he/him/his) – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

  Co-Author: Joseph Millard – Cambridge University

  Co-Author: Andrew Bladon – University of Reading

  Co-Author: James Rodger – Sol Plaatje University

  Co-Author: Grace Skinner – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

  Co-Author: Justin Isip – Natural History Museum, London

  Co-Author: J. Iwan Jones – Queen Mary University of London

  Co-Author: Helen Roy – UKCEH

  Co-Author: Nick Isaac – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

  Co-Author: Andy Purvis – Natural History Museum, London

  Co-Author: Tim Newbold – University College London
• 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Pacific

  Low elevation habitat loss at the trailing edge drives elevational range shifts in tropical insects
  

  Presenting Author: Timothy C. Bonebrake – University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Martha J Ledger – The University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Adam Sharp – The University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Michael J W Boyle – The University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Jin Wu – The University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Louise A Ashton – The University of Hong Kong
• 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

  Panel discussion