@Sheril See @manusaunders recent posts on #insectdecline as an example. https://ecoevo.social/@manusaunders/110949818736871472

Should you use the term "#insectdecline" in your paper title/abstract/media coverage etc.? Here are some guidelines we published a few years ago that may be useful https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12406

Dramatic decline (72%) in #butterfly 🦋occupancy in #Denmark over 26 yr. During 1993-2014, FIVE SPECIES declared regionally #extinct. #BiodiversityCrisis #InsectDecline #InsectArmageddon #TimeSeries #LongTermMonitoring https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320723003099

Insect decline a threat to fruit crops and food security, scientists warn MPs | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/insect-decline-a-threat-to-fruit-crops-and-food-security-scientists-warn-mps-aoe

#InsectDecline
#Insects
#Fruit
#FoodSecurity
#Pollinators
#Crops
#FoodShortages

Toujours aussi pédagogique et intéressant !
merci @CaluGuillaume
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RT @CaluGuillaume
La prolifération d'espèces exotiques dans un écosystème n'est jamais une bonne nouvelle. Et les Insectes n'échappent malheureusement pas à la règle. Dans ce thread #InsectDecline #Biodiversité nous allons voir quelques exemples d'espèces chitineuses exotiques et envahissantes !
https://twitter.com/CaluGuillaume/status/1653437720264310792

So-called 'safe' pesticides have surprisingly ill effects.

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-so-called-safe-pesticides-ill-effects.html

#Pesticides #Pollution #Ecosystems #InsectDecline

RT @ElizaGrames
New meta-analysis! Insect food availability is generally limiting for songbirds and #InsectDecline could have serious consequences for species that rely on insects as a food source http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14178 #BirdConservation #InsectConservation

RT @ElizaGrames
New meta-analysis! Insect food availability is generally limiting for songbirds and #InsectDecline could have serious consequences for species that rely on insects as a food source http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14178 #BirdConservation #InsectConservation

Paper submitted! 🥳

This one is a major win because 3/4 of us are #AcademicMums. We fight with sleep deprivation, inconsistent childcare, countless illnesses and short-term contracts, so 1st author Franz Weyerer had to juggle our numerous work constraints on top of a challenging research project. But we made it work!

Here is our new #preprint showing how #coevolution of #mutualists accelerates or decelerates #pollinator extinction.

#AdaptiveDynamics
#InsectDecline

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.12.528164v1

"The Value of Insects: Why We Must Act Now to Protect Them" by Esther Ngumbi
#InsectDecline #insects
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/01/value-insects-must-act-now-protect/?s=09

@Ssts

Thanks for that paper, which I have read. You reminded me that I have not read any other articles in the PNAS special issue. And thanks for the website which I had not seen.

#InsectDecline #entomology

@Huia_fishocean - not a book, but the lead article (Wagner et al.) from this symposium and associated papers are a good recent update of what is known about #InsectDecline I think all are open access.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2023989118

More on the topic will be coming here: https://statusofinsects.github.io/index.html

Australian study of Christmas beetles is a great example of how we can use observations from the public to better understand #InsectDecline

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64041547

#citizenscience

Would any of the entomologists out there venture a recommendation of a book about the decline of insects that is more suitable for scientists? I found several popular accounts, but I would like something well referenced to use as a guide for delving deeper into the parts of the scientific literature that particularly catch my interest.

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/

#Insects #Entomology #InsectApocalypse #DeclineOfInsects #InsectDecline #Butterflies #Ants #CommunityEcology

Flying insect numbers plunge 64% since 2004, @Buglife UK #SplatterTest survey finds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/15/flying-insect-numbers-plunge-64-since-2004-uk-survey-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#InsectDecline #insectageddon #insects #ecology

Recording from webinar launch of the #InsectDecline and the Status of Insects Research Coordination Network is now posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuBcVuTLos0.

We're looking to bring together scientists from around the globe interested in better understanding how #insect #biodiversity is faring. More info on the website https://statusofinsects.github.io/index.html

#conservation #NSF

Some excellent graphics in this Reuters piece exploring the state of #InsectDecline & the extent of our knowledge.

"[Insects are] the fabric tethering together every freshwater & terrestrial ecosystem across the planet.”

"The world has lost 5%-10% of all insect species in the last 150 years... 250,000 and 500,000 species"

#SciComm #Insects #Entomology #biodiversity #InsectApocalypse #insectageddon

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/

Fossil fuel folks used to claim rising CO2 levels "helped green up the Earth".
One of our lab's most troubling discoveries—led by Dr. Ellen Welti now with the Smithsonian—is that even as grass production at Konza Prairie doubled over 20+ years, its nutrient content—the amount of nitrogen, potassium, sodium per bite—had plummeted. At the same time, grasshoppers—a foundation taxa—declined >30%. #InsectDecline
This work was a finalist for the NAS Corazelli prize.
https://michaelkaspari.org/2022/01/17/grasshopper-declines-and-the-perils-of-nutrient-dilution/

Another new arrival, learning my way around. I’m a conservation biologist at #UConn. Mostly studying #birds and coastal resilience, especially #saltmarsh responses to #sealevelrise, but also #InsectDecline, #agroecosystems, and whatever else happens to distract me …

Who is going to attend the annual #ecoevo #conference of SFE2 and GFÖ in Metz?

I'll be there, together with Avril Weinbach (postdoc) and Malina Palmer (soon-to-be PhD student). Both will present some really cool #modeling work on mutualistic systems. Are you joining as well? Then please let us know! We would love to get in touch!

#InsectDecline #Metacommunity
#pollination
#mutualism #EcoEvoFeedback #AdaptiveDynamics