Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change

Cooke, Rob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0601-8888; Outhwaite, Charlotte L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9997-6780; Bladon, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-1247; Millard, Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3025-3565; Rodger, James G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9878-3247; Dong, Zhaoke ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4462-1162; Dyer, Ellie E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5331-4490; Edney, Siobhan; Murphy, John F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2102-7686; Dicks, Lynn V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8304-4468; Hui, Cang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3660-8160; Jones, J. Iwan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7238-2509; Newbold, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-0051; Purvis, Andy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-6204; Roy, Helen E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-679X; Woodcock, Ben A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-9951; Isaac, Nick J.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4869-8052. 2025 Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change. Science, 388 (6742), eadq2110. 9, pp. 10.1126/science.adq2110

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Abstract/Summary

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.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1126/science.adq2110
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity and Land Use (2025-)
ISSN:	0036-8075
Additional Pages:	Review summary
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	16 Apr 2025 12:21 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/539263

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