Reports of declines in biomass of flying insects have alarmed the world in recent years.
However, how biomass declines reflect biodiversity loss is still an open question. Here, we …

In Germany, the decline of insect biomass was observed in nature conservation areas in
agricultural landscapes. One of the main causal factors discussed is the use of synthetic …

Rapid changes of the biosphere observed in recent years are caused by both small and
large scale drivers, like shifts in temperature, transformations in land-use, or changes in the …

Due to rapid technological innovations, the automated monitoring of insect assemblages
comes within reach. However, this continuous innovation endangers the methodological …

This study summarizes results of a DNA barcoding campaign on German Diptera, involving
analysis of 45,040 specimens. The resultant DNA barcode library includes records for 2,453 …

Recent reports on insect decline have highlighted the need for long‐term data on insect
communities towards identifying their trends and drivers. With the launch of many new insect …

Background Despite their ecological and economic importance, hymenopteran parasitoids
are severely understudied. Even in countries with a long taxonomic history such as …

The number of insect species and insect abundances decreased severely during the past
decades over major parts of Central Europe. Previous studies documented declines of …

Habitat destruction and deterioration of habitat quality caused a severe decline of
biodiversity, such as insect diversity. In this study, we analyze insect diversity and biomass …

Bees are the most important group of insect pollinators, but their populations are declining.
To gain a better understanding of wild bee responses to different stressors (eg land-use …