Abstracto
- Habitat fragmentation and urbanization are having a dramatic impact on insect communities. The fast expansion of urban areas and the intensification of agriculture has caused the loss and splitting of natural habitats, which results in ecosystem fragmentation, this process is generating significant consequences to insects. The research reviewed show that habitat fragmentation and urbanization are associated with decline in both diversity and abundance of insect communities. These works highlight that habitat fragmentation and urbanization influence the behavior, insect populations dynamics, migrations patterns, morphometric changes, dispersion, and reproduction of insects, which could have long term consequences in the composition and structure of insect communities.