A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery

Soares, António O.; Haelewaters, Danny; Ameixa, Olga M.C.C.; Borges, Isabel; Brown, Peter M.J.; Cardoso, Pedro; de Groot, Michiel D.; Evans, Edward W.; Grez, Audrey A.; Hochkirch, Axel; Holecová, Milada; Honěk, Alois; Kulfan, Ján; Lillebø, Ana I.; Martinková, Zdenka; Michaud, J.P.; Nedvěd, Oldřich; Omkar; Roy, Helen E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-679X; Saxena, Swati; Shandilya, Apoorva; Sentis, Arnaud; Skuhrovec, Jiri; Viglášová, Sandra; Zach, Peter; Zaviezo, Tania; Losey, John E.. 2023 A roadmap for ladybird conservation and recovery. Conservation Biology, 37 (1), e13965. 12, pp. 10.1111/cobi.13965

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13965

Abstract/Summary

Ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) provide services that are critical to food production, and they fulfill an ecological role as a food source for predators. The richness, abundance, and distribution of ladybirds, however, are compromised by many anthropogenic threats. Meanwhile, a lack of knowledge of the conservation status of most species and the factors driving their population dynamics hinders the development and implementation of conservation strategies for ladybirds. We conducted a review of the literature on the ecology, diversity, and conservation of ladybirds to identify their key ecological threats. Ladybird populations are most affected by climate factors, landscape composition, and biological invasions. We suggest mitigating actions for ladybird conservation and recovery. Short-term actions include citizen science programs and education, protective measures for habitat recovery and threatened species, prevention of the introduction of non-native species, and the maintenance and restoration of natural areas and landscape heterogeneity. Mid-term actions involve the analysis of data from monitoring programs and insect collections to disentangle the effect of different threats to ladybird populations, understand habitat use by taxa on which there is limited knowledge, and quantify temporal trends of abundance, diversity, and biomass along a management-intensity gradient. Long-term actions include the development of a worldwide monitoring program based on standardized sampling to fill data gaps, increase explanatory power, streamline analyses, and facilitate global collaborations.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1111/cobi.13965
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	0888-8892
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	Coccinellidae, ecological threats, ecosystem services, roadmap to conservation, short-, mid-, and long-term timescale actions, temporal and spatial trends
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	20 Jun 2023 15:43 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534689

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1111/cobi.13965

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

0888-8892

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

Coccinellidae, ecological threats, ecosystem services, roadmap to conservation, short-, mid-, and long-term timescale actions, temporal and spatial trends

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment

Date made live:

20 Jun 2023 15:43 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534689