Spatial Work in Focus: Climate, Habitat, and Moth Communities

This feature, introduced by our member Jarno Vanhatalo, explores how climate and habitat together shape biodiversity change across Finland.

Climate change and habitat loss threaten biodiversity around the world. However, we poorly understand their relative importance to communities of organisms.

A collaborative study led by the University of Helsinki shows that, in addition to climate, the diversity of moth communities is heavily influenced by land use changes. According to the study, habitat characteristics, which are mainly influenced by land use, were the main driver of the variation in Finnish moth communities over 109 study sites and 23 years.

— Jarno Vanhatalo

Read the full article here.