AnthropInsect: a global database of insect traits and anthropogenic associations.
Manfrini, E.; Sauvion, N.; Maquart, P.-O.; Legal, L.; Blight, O.; Duquesne, E.; Hanot, C.; Bang, A.; Geslin, B.; Goebel, F.-R.; Fournier, D.; Berggren, A.; Javal, M.; Angulo, E.; Pincebourde, S.; Zakardjian, M.; Renault, D.; Le Lann, C.; Derocles, S.; Vayssieres, J.-F.; Leroy, B.; Courchamp, F.
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Insect research remains hindered by limited data availability and fragmented knowledge compared to other, better-documented taxonomic groups. Increasingly, both the macroecological and the insect research communities highlight the need to integrate large-scale ecological trait datasets for insects. We present AnthropInsect, the largest database on insect traits to date, which uniquely includes variables describing human-insect associations. AnthropInsect describes species through 35 variables grouped into five categories: (i) taxonomic descriptors; (ii) ecological descriptors (native bioregions and habitat); (iii) human-insect associations (edibility and invasive status); (iii) functional traits (behavior, morphology, life history and feeding); (iv) and macroecological descriptors of native-range geography and climate. AnthropInsect currently includes 5,870 species across six major orders: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera and Blattodea. Data extracted from peer-reviewed and grey literature and from existing databases were standardized and curated with expert knowledge to ensure accuracy. By providing traits data with information on insect- human interactions, this rigorously curated resource supports global research in entomology, ecology, conservation, and global change.
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