Insect declines in the Anthropocene
Reports of stark declines in invertebrate biomass prompted attention-grabbing news headlines about an ‘insect apocalypse’, fuelling public and scientific interest in the insect biodiversity crisis. However, substantial discussion has ensued regarding the magnitude and generality of these losses. In...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1712742023-10-18T03:45:48Z Insect declines in the Anthropocene Blüthgen, Nico Dicks, Lynn V. Forister, Matthew L. Outhwaite, Charlotte L. Slade, Eleanor M. Asian School of the Environment Science::Geology Insect Apocalypse Insect Biodiversity Crisis Reports of stark declines in invertebrate biomass prompted attention-grabbing news headlines about an ‘insect apocalypse’, fuelling public and scientific interest in the insect biodiversity crisis. However, substantial discussion has ensued regarding the magnitude and generality of these losses. In this Viewpoint, five researchers offer their views on the insect decline debate. N.B. receives support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Biodiversity Exploratories SPP 1374, Reassembly FOR 5207) and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Feda Initiative, BioDivKultur). L.V.D. receives support from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (NE/V007173/1). M.L.F. receives support from the US National Science Foundation (DEB-2114793). C.L.O. receives support from NERC (NE/V006533/1). E.M.S. receives support from the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund Tier 2 grant (grant no. MOE-T2EP30221–0020). 2023-10-18T03:45:48Z 2023-10-18T03:45:48Z 2023 Journal Article Blüthgen, N., Dicks, L. V., Forister, M. L., Outhwaite, C. L. & Slade, E. M. (2023). Insect declines in the Anthropocene. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, 4(10), 683-686. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00478-x 2662-138X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171274 10.1038/s43017-023-00478-x 2-s2.0-85169686385 10 4 683 686 en MOE-T2EP30221–0020 Nature Reviews Earth and Environment © 2023 Springer Nature Limited. All rights reserved. |
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Reports of stark declines in invertebrate biomass prompted attention-grabbing news headlines about an ‘insect apocalypse’, fuelling public and scientific interest in the insect biodiversity crisis. However, substantial discussion has ensued regarding the magnitude and generality of these losses. In this Viewpoint, five researchers offer their views on the insect decline debate. |
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