Upsetting the order: how climate and atmospheric change affects herbivore-enemy interactions

Sarah L Facey; David S Ellsworth; Joanna T Staley; Denis J Wright; Scott N Johnson

doi:10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.015

Upsetting the order: how climate and atmospheric change affects herbivore-enemy interactions

Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2014 Nov:5:66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.015. Epub 2014 Oct 2.

Authors

Sarah L Facey¹, David S Ellsworth², Joanna T Staley³, Denis J Wright⁴, Scott N Johnson²

Affiliations

¹ Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, First Floor, Building L9, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, 2751 NSW, Australia. Electronic address: sarah.facey@uws.edu.
² Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Campus, First Floor, Building L9, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, 2751 NSW, Australia.
³ Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, United Kingdom.
⁴ Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.

PMID: 32846744
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.015

Abstract

Gaining a better understanding of climate and atmospheric change effects on species interactions is one of the great challenges facing modern ecology. Here, we review the literature concerning the responses of insect herbivores and their natural enemies to atmospheric and climate change, focusing specifically on elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO₂ and air temperatures. We recommend that future work on the responses of systems to climate change incorporates as far as possible the trophic complexity inherent in ecosystems, and where feasible, considers the effects of interrelated climate factors in tandem. Such studies will produce more realistic insights into how species interactions may respond under future climates.

Publication types

Review