Cooke, Rob;
Outhwaite, Charlotte L;
Bladon, Andrew J;
Millard, Joseph;
Rodger, James G;
Dong, Zhaoke;
Dyer, Ellie E;
... Isaac, Nick JB; + view all
(2025)
Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change.
Science
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, Article eadq2110. 10.1126/science.adq2110.
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Abstract
Insects dominate animal species diversity yet face many threats from anthropogenic drivers of change. Many features of insect ecology make them a challenging group, and the fragmented state of knowledge compromises our ability to make general statements about their status. In this Review, we discuss the challenges of assessing insect biodiversity change. We describe how multiple lines of evidence—time series, spatial comparisons, experiments, and expert opinion—can be integrated to provide a synthesis overview of how insect biodiversity responds to drivers. Applying this approach will generate testable predictions of insect biodiversity across space, time, and changing drivers. Given the urgency of accelerating human impacts across the environment, this approach could yield a much-needed rapid assessment of insect biodiversity change.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.adq2110 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq2110 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206028 |
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