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Q&A ViewAttendees 17

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Section Symposium

Insects in a Changing World: Urban Systems as a Model for Disturbance

Do behavior and physiological adaptation mitigate ectotherm responses to urban warming?

Sunday, October 31, 2021
2:03 PM – 2:18 PM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 111-113
In-Person

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Elsa Youngsteadt

    Assistant Professor
    North Carolina State University
    Raleigh, North Carolina

    • Co-Author(s)

  • SP

    Sara Prado

    North Carolina State University
    Raleigh, North Carolina

Insects are expected to be highly sensitive to climate change, because their metabolism and activity depend on environmental temperature. Evolutionary adaptation or behavioral thermoregulation may mitigate effects of climate change on insects, but these possibilities remain controversial. To address these issues, we assessed ant distribution and foraging activity relative to microclimatic variation arising from the urban heat-island effect.