Insect Decline References
SCIENCE PAPERS
The
Economic Value of Ecological Services Provided by Insects
John E. Losey and Mace Vaughan
BioScienceApril 2006 / Vol. 56 No. 4 o
Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers
Francisco Sánchez-Bayo , Kris A.G. Wyckhuys
Biological Conservation Volume 232, April 2019, Pages 8-27
New
approaches narrow global species estimates for beetles, insects, and terrestrial arthropods
Nigel E. Stork , James McBroom , Claire Gely , and Andrew J. Hamilton
More than 75
percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas
Caspar A. Hallmann , Martin Sorg, Eelke Jongejans, Henk Siepel, Nick Hofland, Heinz Schwan, Werner Stenmans, Andreas Müller, Hubert Sumser, Thomas Hörren, Dave Goulson, Hans de Kroon Published: October 18, 2017
Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web
Bradford C. Lister and Andres Garcia
PNAS October 30, 2018 115 (44) E10397-E10406
Ecological determinants of butterfly vulnerability across the European continent
Tijl Essens Frank van Langevelde Rutger A. Vos Chris A. M. Van Swaay Michiel F. WallisDeVries
Journal of Insect Conservation June 2017, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp 439-450
Increasing Pollinator Abundance In Undisturbed Mediterranean Montane Habitats Over Recent Decades
Carlos M. Herrera
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol. 100, No. 1 (JANUARY
2019), pp. 1-6
JOURNALIST ARTICLES
Global
insect decline may see 'plague of pests'
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent. BBC WORLD
What's Causing the Sharp Decline in Insects, and Why It Matters
By Christian Schwä. Yale Press
The
world's insect populations are plummeting everywhere we look
By Josh Davis. Natural History Museum. United Kingdom
What
is causing the decline in pollinating insects?
Some groups of pollinating insects, such as bees, have declined and research has revealed a range of different factors that appear to be involved.
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09 April 2014
Where
have all the insects gone?
By Gretchen Vogel. Science Magazine.
What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?
The conversation
Hopes of Insect Food Boom Crushed as 'Europe's Largest' Factory Closed Down
Carlos Osorio. Sputnik News
Without Bugs, We Might All Be Dead
There are 1.4 billion insects per person on this planet and we need (almost) every one of them.
By Simon Worrall. National Geographic
The
Insect Apocalypse Is Here. What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth?
By Brooke Jarvis. New York Times
As
Insect Populations Decline, Scientists Are Trying to Understand Why
The real story behind reports of an "insect Armageddon" is more
nuanced-but probably just as unsettling
Mary Hoff, Ensia. Scientific American
Insects
are dying off at record rates - an ominous sign we're in the middle of
a 6th mass extinction
Aylin Woodward. Business Insider
The
Staggering Worldwide Decline of Insects Is a Warning of Ecosystem Collapse
Insect biomass is falling by 2.5 percent a year, eight times faster than
the rate of decline for mammals, birds, or reptiles.
By Jill Kiedaisch. Popular Mechanics
'Hyperalarming'
study shows massive insect loss
Ben Guarino. Washington Post
OTHER ARTICLES ON INSECT DECLINE AND HOW TO HELP
Lets save all the bees, not just the honey bees.
What a huge drop in insect numbers will mean to us
Some insects will survive the die-off.
Chemical Use Guidelines. Help to save the insects and the planet.
What you can do to help save the insects
Just buying organic is not enough to save the insects
References used in creation of these articles.
| Janice Hazeldine PhD is the owner and head grower of Floral Encounters an organic Medicinal Herb farm that is also a designated sanctuary for pollinators. |