The impact of climate change on insects
This review has discussed the impact of climate change on invasive species, how it is affecting the species distribution of insects, and various secondary effects of increase in temperature on the insects, and how the increased level of CO2 is going to adversely affect the various insect species and thus impact the authors' agriculture.
Abstract
It is widely accepted that climate change has a significant impact on the production of agricultural plants and the insect pests associated with them. Some of the uncertainties about insect pests are related to small-scale climatic variability, including temperature variations, relative humidity, atmospheric CO2, and precipitation patterns. Due to their great diversity, the plants that serve as their hosts, and the variations in global temperatures, different insect species are expected to react to global warming differently depending on where they live. Numerous factors, including range, variety, abundance, growth, and development, are impacted by climate change’s effects on insects. Certain insects are favored while others are hampered. In this review we have discussed the impact of climate change on invasive species, how it is affecting the species distribution of insects, and various secondary effects of increase in temperature on the insects. We have further analyzed how the increased level of CO2 is going to adversely affect the various insect species and thus impact our agriculture.