Journal of Insect Behavior - Call For Papers: How the Anthropocene is Influencing Insect Behavior
Background
Human activities are resulting in significant and far-reaching effects on the natural environment from local to global scales, for example through global climate change, land use change, species translocation and pollution of air, land, freshwater and marine environments. The effects of human-induced environmental change on invertebrate populations and their behaviour are likely to be widespread, with significant and potentially diverse consequences. For example, human activities can increase or magnify the stressors acting upon invertebrate populations resulting in elevated rates of biodiversity declines, but conversely human activities are also facilitating an increase in the frequency of pest species and novel pest outbreaks.
Understanding the mechanisms by which human activities affect populations of insects and other terrestrial arthropods is crucial for the development of approaches to mitigate population declines and for the effective management of population outbreaks. Key to enhancing and developing our understanding of the mechanisms by which human activities and affecting invertebrate populations is a greater knowledge of how these activities are influencing and altering invertebrate behaviour.
This collection aims to procure a collection of papers which together form an integrated synopsis to provide the latest knowledge of the effects of a wide range of human activities on the behaviour of terrestrial insects and other invertebrates.
Aims and scope
In this Collection, we welcome papers that explore how anthropogenic activities are modifying insect behaviours. The remit is deliberately wide and could include effects on any species of terrestrial or aquatic invertebrate, or interaction between invertebrate species or invertebrates and other organisms. This could include, but is not limited to, investigations of insect behavioural responses to:
Climate Change Pollution, including:
- Light pollution
- Air pollution
- Terrestrial pollution
- Aquatic pollution
- Land use change, including but not limited to:
- Habitat fragmentation
- Changes in land management practices
- Changes in agrochemical use
- Species introductions/invasions/translocations resulting from human interventions
Important Submission Information
To submit a manuscript for this Collection, authors should follow the steps below:
1. Authors submit their papers through the following website (this opens in a new tab)
2. During the submission process under “Additional Information,” “Collections” authors must select that the article is part of a Collection and select Collection title “How the Anthropocene is Influencing Insect Behavior”
Contact
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Guest Editor, Robbie Girling (Robbie.Girling@unisq.edu.au (this opens in a new tab)), or the Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Insect Behavior, Ring Carde (carde@ucr.edu) and Jeremy Allison (Jeremy.Allison@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca (this opens in a new tab))