Recovery of moth and butterfly (Lepidoptera) communities in a polluted region following emission decline

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Kozlov, Mikhail, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Zverev, Vitali, Zvereva, Elena
• Other Authors: University of Turku, Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Abundance; Biodiversity; Industrial pollution; Life history traits; Murmansk region; Natural recovery; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Monchegorsk; Murmansk; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04060277; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04060277/document; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04060277/file/2022-Kozlov.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155800

International audience Environmental pollution is one of the major drivers of the present-day decline in global biodiversity. However, the links between the effects of industrial pollution on insect communities and the underlying species-specific responses remain poorly understood. We explored the s...