Insect Abundance Decline in Protected Grasslands: Twenty Years of Standardised Trapping

Authors

  • Freerk Hoogendijk Department of Entomology, Gooi Institute of Biological Sciences, Hilversum, Netherlands Author
  • Gerd Hovdenakk Department of Ecology, Setesdal Institute of Biological Sciences, Evje, Norway Author
  • Emina Baricevic Department of Biostatistics, Kordun Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Karlovac, Croatia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22667178

Keywords:

Insect Abundance Decline in Protected Grasslands; Biological sciences; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in insect abundance decline in protected grasslands right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for insect abundance decline in protected grasslands, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2022-04-17