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SUBMITTER: Hallmann CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5646769 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hallmann Caspar A CA Sorg Martin M Jongejans Eelke E Siepel Henk H Hofland Nick N Schwan Heinz H Stenmans Werner W Müller Andreas A Sumser Hubert H Hörren Thomas T Goulson Dave D de Kroon Hans H
PloS one 20171018 10
Global declines in insects have sparked wide interest among scientists, politicians, and the general public. Loss of insect diversity and abundance is expected to provoke cascading effects on food webs and to jeopardize ecosystem services. Our understanding of the extent and underlying causes of this decline is based on the abundance of single species or taxonomic groups only, rather than changes in insect biomass which is more relevant for ecological functioning. Here, we used a standardized pr ...[more]