Authors
Jeffrey A Harvey, Robin Heinen, Inge Armbrecht, Yves Basset, James H Baxter-Gilbert, T Martijn Bezemer, Monika Böhm, Riccardo Bommarco, Paulo AV Borges, Pedro Cardoso, Viola Clausnitzer, Tara Cornelisse, Elizabeth E Crone, Marcel Dicke, Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra, Lee Dyer, Jacintha Ellers, Thomas Fartmann, Mathew L Forister, Michael J Furlong, Andres Garcia-Aguayo, Justin Gerlach, Rieta Gols, Dave Goulson, Jan-Christian Habel, Nick M Haddad, Caspar A Hallmann, Sérgio Henriques, Marie E Herberstein, Axel Hochkirch, Alice C Hughes, Sarina Jepsen, T Hefin Jones, Bora M Kaydan, David Kleijn, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Tanya Latty, Simon R Leather, Sara M Lewis, Bradford C Lister, John E Losey, Elizabeth C Lowe, Craig R Macadam, James Montoya-Lerma, Christopher D Nagano, Sophie Ogan, Michael C Orr, Christina J Painting, Thai-Hong Pham, Simon G Potts, Aunu Rauf, Tomas L Roslin, Michael J Samways, Francisco Sanchez-Bayo, Sim A Sar, Cheryl B Schultz, António O Soares, Anchana Thancharoen, Teja Tscharntke, Jason M Tylianakis, Kate DL Umbers, Louise EM Vet, Marcel E Visser, Ante Vujic, David L Wagner, Michiel F WallisDeVries, Catrin Westphal, Thomas E White, Vicky L Wilkins, Paul H Williams, Kris AG Wyckhuys, Zeng-Rong Zhu, Hans de Kroon
Publication date
2020/2
Journal
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
174-176
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Description
To the Editor—A growing number of studies are providing evidence that a suite of anthropogenic stressors—habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, invasive species, climate change and overharvesting—are seriously reducing insect and other invertebrate abundance, diversity and biomass across the biosphere 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. These declines affect all functional groups: herbivores, detritivores, parasitoids, predators and pollinators. Insects are vitally important in a wide range of ecosystem services 9 of which some are vitally important for food production and security (for example, pollination and pest control) 10. There is now a strong scientific consensus that the decline of insects, other arthropods and biodiversity as a whole, is a very real and serious threat that society must urgently address 11, 12, 13. In response to the increasing public awareness of the problem, the German government is committing funds …
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