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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 5946 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Oct 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- General Physics and Astronomy
- Chemistry(all)
- General Chemistry
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
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In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, 5946, 12.10.2021.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient
AU - Uhler, Johannes
AU - Redlich, Sarah
AU - Zhang, Jie
AU - Hothorn, Torsten
AU - Tobisch, Cynthia
AU - Ewald, Jörg
AU - Thorn, Simon
AU - Seibold, Sebastian
AU - Mitesser, Oliver
AU - Morinière, Jérôme
AU - Bozicevic, Vedran
AU - Benjamin, Caryl S.
AU - Englmeier, Jana
AU - Fricke, Ute
AU - Ganuza, Cristina
AU - Haensel, Maria
AU - Riebl, Rebekka
AU - Rojas‐Botero, Sandra
AU - Rummler, Thomas
AU - Uphus, Lars
AU - Schmidt, Stefan
AU - Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf
AU - Müller, Jörg
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/10/12
Y1 - 2021/10/12
N2 - Recently reported insect declines have raised both political and social concern. Although the declines have been attributed to land use and climate change, supporting evidence suffers from low taxonomic resolution, short time series, a focus on local scales, and the collinearity of the identified drivers. In this study, we conducted a systematic assessment of insect populations in southern Germany, which showed that differences in insect biomass and richness are highly context dependent. We found the largest difference in biomass between semi-natural and urban environments (−42%), whereas differences in total richness (−29%) and the richness of threatened species (−56%) were largest from semi-natural to agricultural environments. These results point to urbanization and agriculture as major drivers of decline. We also found that richness and biomass increase monotonously with increasing temperature, independent of habitat. The contrasting patterns of insect biomass and richness question the use of these indicators as mutual surrogates. Our study provides support for the implementation of more comprehensive measures aimed at habitat restoration in order to halt insect declines.
AB - Recently reported insect declines have raised both political and social concern. Although the declines have been attributed to land use and climate change, supporting evidence suffers from low taxonomic resolution, short time series, a focus on local scales, and the collinearity of the identified drivers. In this study, we conducted a systematic assessment of insect populations in southern Germany, which showed that differences in insect biomass and richness are highly context dependent. We found the largest difference in biomass between semi-natural and urban environments (−42%), whereas differences in total richness (−29%) and the richness of threatened species (−56%) were largest from semi-natural to agricultural environments. These results point to urbanization and agriculture as major drivers of decline. We also found that richness and biomass increase monotonously with increasing temperature, independent of habitat. The contrasting patterns of insect biomass and richness question the use of these indicators as mutual surrogates. Our study provides support for the implementation of more comprehensive measures aimed at habitat restoration in order to halt insect declines.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41467-021-26181-3
DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-26181-3
M3 - Article
VL - 12
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 5946
ER -