Drivers of insect decline: direct, indirect, and combined pressures

Bibtex

@article{711a381e-3fe8-426f-bf00-952b95c764cf,
title = "Drivers of insect decline: direct, indirect, and combined pressures",
abstract = "Reductions in insect biodiversity are widely documented and result from numerous pressures that operate from local to global scales. Identifying and synthesizing information on these drivers has become a central focus of research over the past decade, yet existing reviews often emphasize a limited set of well-established threats. Here, we provide a policy-oriented review of the drivers of insect decline, structured explicitly around the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessment framework and accompanied by statements of confidence to facilitate direct uptake into biodiversity assessments. We integrate evidence on both widely recognized drivers and a broader suite of pressures that remain comparatively understudied. The impacts of large-scale drivers of insect decline, such as land-use change and climate change, are well established and broadly align with those seen to threaten other taxa. Yet, many other threats, such as insecticides and light pollution (among others), pose disproportionate harm to insects but are not fully understood and remain important areas of research. It is also the case that most insect populations are experiencing multiple stressors simultaneously, and the combined effects of these pressures remain unclear. Despite this uncertainty, many threats to insect biodiversity are largely understood, and we know enough to form broad expectations for future responses and to develop action plans.",
author = "Christopher A Halsch and Matthew L Forister and Grace L V Skinner and Charlotte L Outhwaite and Michael W Belitz and Gyanpriya Maharaj and Aimee Code and Laura Melissa Guzman and Braeden Van Deynze and Sebastian Steibl and Eric Stoll and Geert De Knijf and Clare M Dittemore and Leah Gath and Kasey D Fowler-Finn and Payal Bal and Jessica R Marsh and Adam Jadhav and Avalon C S Owens and Nadya D Muchoney and Anna R Tatarko and Juliana Daniel-Ferreira and Erik Öckinger and Thomas P Franzem and Meghan Barrett and Zachary G MacDonald and Tanya Latty and Heath A MacMillan and Greg R Pohl and Lora A Richards and James M W Ryalls and Michael Staab and Kaitlin Stack Whitney and Ben A. Woodcock and Christie A Bahlai and Eliza M Grames and Jessica L Ware and Chris S Elphick and David L Wagner",
year = "2026",
month = sep,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1093/aesa/saag037",
language = "Nederlands",
publisher = "Entomological Society of America",
address = "België",
}

Auteurs

Christopher A Halsch
Matthew L Forister
Grace L V Skinner
Charlotte L Outhwaite
Michael W Belitz
Gyanpriya Maharaj
Aimee Code
Laura Melissa Guzman
Braeden Van Deynze
Sebastian Steibl
Eric Stoll
Greet De Knijf
Clare M Dittemore
Leah Gath
Kasey D Fowler-Finn
Payal Bal
Jessica R Marsh
Adam Jadhav
Avalon C S Owens
Nadya D Muchoney
Anna R Tatarko
Juliana Daniel-Ferreira
Erik Öckinger
Thomas P Franzem
Meghan Barrett
Zachary G MacDonald
Tanya Latty
Heath A MacMillan
Greg R Pohl
Lora A Richards
James M W Ryalls
Michael Staab
Kaitlin Stack Whitney
Ben A. Woodcock
Christie A Bahlai
Eliza M Grames
Jessica L Ware
Chris S Elphick
David L Wagner