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Invertebrates are crucial for ecosystem services but climate change threatens them. Better collaboration is needed to sustain these vital invertebrate-mediated services.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Climate Change Biology

Background:

  • Ecosystem services are vital for human well-being and depend on organisms.
  • Invertebrates significantly influence ecosystem services and are sensitive to climate change.
  • Current understanding of invertebrate roles in ecosystem services under climate change is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review invertebrate responses to climate change.
  • To examine the influence of invertebrates on ecosystem services (positive and negative).
  • To identify future research needs and foster collaboration for sustaining invertebrate-mediated services.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review on invertebrates, ecosystem services, and climate change.
  • Analysis of direct and indirect pathways of invertebrate influence.
  • Synthesis of current knowledge and identification of research gaps.

Main Results:

  • Invertebrates play a dominant role in most ecosystems and are highly responsive to climate shifts.
  • Significant gaps exist in understanding the mechanisms by which invertebrates mediate ecosystem services and how climate change impacts these.
  • A lack of interdisciplinary communication hinders progress in this field.

Conclusions:

  • Sustaining ecosystem services requires understanding climate change impacts on invertebrates.
  • Enhanced collaboration among scientists, land managers, and researchers is essential.
  • Future research should focus on interdisciplinary approaches to address these complex challenges.