Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Cooke, Rob; Outhwaite, Charlotte L.; Bladon, Andrew J.; Millard, Joseph; Rodger, James G.; Dong, Zhaoke; Dyer, Ellie E.; Edney, Siobhan; Murphy, John F.; Dicks, Lynn V.; Hui, Cang; Jones, J. Iwan; Newbold, Tim; Purvis, Andy; Roy, Helen E.; Woodcock, Ben A.; Isaac, Nick J. B.
• 署名单位: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH); University of London; University College London; Zoological Society of London; University of Cambridge; University of Reading; Natural History Museum London; Stellenbosch University; Qingdao Agricultural University; University of London; Queen Mary University London; Imperial College London; University of Exeter
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-12597
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adq2110
• 发表日期: 2025-04-04
• 关键词: ecosystem services; land-use; population trends; declines; vulnerability; terrestrial; restoration; specificity; pesticides; diversity

摘要

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.