More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Hallmann, Caspar A ^a   Sorg, Martin ^b   Jongejans, Eelke ^a   Siepel, Henk ^a   Hofland, Nick ^a   Schwan, Heinz ^b   Stenmans, Werner ^b   Müller, Andreas ^b   Sumser, Hubert ^b   Hörren, Thomas ^b   Goulson, Dave ^c   De Kroon, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Entomological Collections Krefeld   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FAUNA; FLYING; GERMANY; INSECT; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; STANDARDIZATION; SUMMER; WEATHER; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85031788933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809     Document Type: Article

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