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dc.contributor.authorHaest, B
dc.contributor.authorLiechti, F
dc.contributor.authorHawkes, WL
dc.contributor.authorChapman, J
dc.contributor.authorÅkesson, S
dc.contributor.authorShamoun-Baranes, J
dc.contributor.authorNesterova, AP
dc.contributor.authorComor, V
dc.contributor.authorPreatoni, D
dc.contributor.authorBauer, S
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-09T12:37:42Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-06
dc.date.updated2024-05-07T14:50:24Z
dc.description.abstractMany insects depend on high-altitude, migratory movements during part of their life cycle. The daily timing of these migratory movements is not random, e.g. many insect species show peak migratory flight activity at dawn, noon or dusk. These insects provide essential ecosystem services such as pollination but also contribute to crop damage. Quantifying the diel timing of their migratory flight and its geographical and seasonal variation, are hence key towards effective conservation and pest management. Vertical-looking radars provide continuous and automated measurements of insect migration, but large-scale application has not been possible because of limited availability of suitable devices. Here, we quantify patterns in diel flight periodicity of migratory insects between 50 and 500 m above ground level during March-October 2021 using a network of 17 vertical-looking radars across Europe. Independent of the overall daily migratory movements and location, peak migratory movements occur around noon, during crepuscular evening and occasionally the morning. Relative daily proportions of insect migration intensity and traffic during the diel phases of crepuscular-morning, day, crepuscular-evening and night remain largely equal throughout May-September and across Europe. These findings highlight, extend, and generalize previous regional-scale findings on diel migratory insect movement patterns to the whole of temperate Europe.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 379(1904), article 20230116en_GB
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0116
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/135928
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0002-7475-4441 (Chapman, Jason)
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherThe Royal Societyen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10626690en_GB
dc.rights© 2024 The Authors. Open access. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.en_GB
dc.titleContinental-scale patterns in diel flight timing of high-altitude migratory insectsen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2024-05-09T12:37:42Z
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from the Royal Society via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.descriptionData accessibility: The proportional migratory insect intensity and traffic data are available from the Zenodo repository: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10626690 [50].en_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1471-2970
dc.identifier.journalPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencesen_GB
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-02-07
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2024-05-06
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2024-05-09T12:35:43Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2024-05-09T12:37:49Z
refterms.panelAen_GB
refterms.dateFirstOnline2024-05-06


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