Systematic mapping and review of Landscape Fire Smoke (LFS) exposure impacts on insects
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Published version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Landscape fire activity is changing in many regions because of climate change. Smoke emissions from landscape fires contain many harmful air pollutants, and beyond the potential hazard posed to human health, these also have ecological impacts. Insects play essential roles in most ecosystems worldwide, and some work suggests they may also be sensitive to smoke exposure. There is therefore a need for a comprehensive review of smoke impacts on insects. We systematically reviewed the scientific literature from 1930 to 2022 to synthesize the current state of knowledge of the impacts of smoke exposure from landscape fires on the development, behavior, and mortality of insects. We found: (1) 42 relevant studies that met our criteria, with 29% focused on the United States of America and 19% on Canada; (2) of these, 40 insect species were discussed, all of which were sensitive to smoke pollution; (3) most of the existing research focuses on how insect behavior responds to landscape fire smoke (LFS); (4) species react differently to smoke exposure, with for example some species being attracted to the smoke (e.g., some beetles) while others are repelled (e.g., some bees). This review consolidates the current state of knowledge on how smoke impacts insects and highlights areas that may need further investigation. This is particularly relevant since smoke impacts on insect communities will likely worsen in some areas due to increasing levels of biomass burning resulting from the joint pressures of climate change, land use change, and more intense land management involving fire.
Editor(s)
Ross, Darrell
Date Issued
2022-10-01
Date Acceptance
2022-09-01
Citation
Environmental Entomology, 2022, 51 (5), pp.871-884
ISSN
0046-225X
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
871
End Page
884
Journal / Book Title
Environmental Entomology
Volume
51
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36130330
PII: 6710218
Subjects
AIR-POLLUTANTS
behavior
BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS
CARBON-DIOXIDE
CIGARETTE-SMOKE
CLIMATE-CHANGE
COLEOPTERA
development
Entomology
FOREST-FIRE
insect
landscape fire
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
OXIDATIVE STRESS
Science & Technology
SIZE DISTRIBUTION
smoke
WILDFIRE
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2022-09-21