Drivers and pressures behind insect decline in Central and Western Europe based on long-term monitoring data.

ABSTRACT: Insect declines have been discussed intensively among experts, policymakers, and the public. Albeit, decreasing trends have been reported for a long time for various regions in Europe and North America, but the controversial discussion over the role of specific drivers and pressures still remains. A reason for these uncertainties lies within the complex networks of inter-dependent biotic and abiotic factors as well as anthropogenic activities that influence habitats, communities, populations, and individual organisms. Many recent publications aim to identify both the extent of the observed declines and potential drivers. With this literature analysis, we provide an overview of the drivers and pressures and their inter-relationships, which were concluded in the scientific literature, using

SUBMITTER: Rumohr Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10446172 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature