Worldwide insect declines: An important message, but interpret with caution

A recent paper claiming evidence of global insect declines achieved huge media attention, including claims of “insectaggedon” and a “collapse of nature.” Here, we argue that while many insects are declining in many places around the world, the study has important limitations that should be highlight...

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Autores principales: Simmons, Benno I., Balmford, Andrew, Bladon, Andrew J., Christie, Alec P., De Palma, Adriana, Dicks, Lynn V., Gallego‐Zamorano, Juan, Johnston, Alison, Martin, Philip A., Purvis, Andy, Rocha, Ricardo, Wauchope, Hannah S., Wordley, Claire F. R., Worthington, Thomas A., Finch, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31015957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5153
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author Simmons, Benno I.
Balmford, Andrew
Bladon, Andrew J.
Christie, Alec P.
De Palma, Adriana
Dicks, Lynn V.
Gallego‐Zamorano, Juan
Johnston, Alison
Martin, Philip A.
Purvis, Andy
Rocha, Ricardo
Wauchope, Hannah S.
Wordley, Claire F. R.
Worthington, Thomas A.
Finch, Tom
author_facet Simmons, Benno I.
Balmford, Andrew
Bladon, Andrew J.
Christie, Alec P.
De Palma, Adriana
Dicks, Lynn V.
Gallego‐Zamorano, Juan
Johnston, Alison
Martin, Philip A.
Purvis, Andy
Rocha, Ricardo
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description A recent paper claiming evidence of global insect declines achieved huge media attention, including claims of “insectaggedon” and a “collapse of nature.” Here, we argue that while many insects are declining in many places around the world, the study has important limitations that should be highlighted. We emphasise the robust evidence of large and rapid insect declines present in the literature, while also highlighting the limitations of the original study.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-64678512019-04-23 Worldwide insect declines: An important message, but interpret with caution Simmons, Benno I. Balmford, Andrew Bladon, Andrew J. Christie, Alec P. De Palma, Adriana Dicks, Lynn V. Gallego‐Zamorano, Juan Johnston, Alison Martin, Philip A. Purvis, Andy Rocha, Ricardo Wauchope, Hannah S. Wordley, Claire F. R. Worthington, Thomas A. Finch, Tom Ecol Evol Commentary A recent paper claiming evidence of global insect declines achieved huge media attention, including claims of “insectaggedon” and a “collapse of nature.” Here, we argue that while many insects are declining in many places around the world, the study has important limitations that should be highlighted. We emphasise the robust evidence of large and rapid insect declines present in the literature, while also highlighting the limitations of the original study.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6467851/ /pubmed/31015957 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5153 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dicks, Lynn V.
Gallego‐Zamorano, Juan
Johnston, Alison
Martin, Philip A.
Purvis, Andy
Rocha, Ricardo
Wauchope, Hannah S.
Wordley, Claire F. R.
Worthington, Thomas A.
Finch, Tom
Worldwide insect declines: An important message, but interpret with caution
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5153
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