Abstract
Using network ecology to understand and mitigate long‐term insect declines
Highlights
Insects represent one of the most diverse groups of animals on Earth with estimates ranging from 1.5 to 5.5 million species, but many taxa remain poorly studied, which is concerning given their importance for many ecological processes
Case studies highlighting substantial insect declines around the world have raised alarm, with a recent meta-analysis showing an average decline of terrestrial insect abundance of ∼9% per decade
Before describing how insect surveys can be used to construct networks, we distinguish between two forms of insect survey datasets: ‘physical’ where biological samples are retained, taxonomically identified or not, and ‘digital’ where time series of insect samples are identified to some taxonomic level and stored electronically
Summary
J. N., Collins, L., Boonham, N., Morales-Hojas, R. and Evans, D. Using network ecology to understand and mitigate long‐term insect declines. The publisher's version can be accessed at:. The output can be accessed at: https://repository.rothamsted.ac.uk/item/98482/usingnetwork-ecology-to-understand-and-mitigate-long-term-insect-declines. Rothamsted Research is a Company Limited by Guarantee Registered Office: as above. N. KITSON, 1 LARISSACOLLINS, 4 NEILBOONHAM, 1 RAMIROMORALES- HOJAS 3 and DARRENM. EVANS 1 1School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., 2Biological and Marine Sciences, Hardy Building, University of Hull, Hull, U.K., 3Rothamsted Insect Survey, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, U.K. and 4Fera Science Ltd, York, U.K. Key words.
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