Insect decline analysis

Our research team offers extensive expertise in insect biodiversity, population trends, and the direct and indirect drivers of insect decline, with a particular focus on saproxylic beetles, butterflies, and Hymenoptera.

We combine long-term biodiversity monitoring, large-scale field surveys, ecological experiments, species distribution data, and advanced statistical modelling to investigate the effects of land-use change, habitat loss and fragmentation, forest and grassland management, habitat restoration, and environmental change on insect populations and communities.

Our expertise includes:

• Insect biodiversity monitoring: Field sampling, species identification, community composition, population trends, and biodiversity indicators.

• Analysis of drivers of insect decline: Assessing the effects of habitat quality, landscape structure, land-use intensity, management practices, and environmental factors.

• Experimental ecology: Designing and evaluating field experiments to assess the impacts of conservation interventions and habitat management.

• Advanced data analysis: Statistical modelling of biodiversity patterns, species distributions, population trends, and relationships between insect communities and environmental drivers.

• Applied conservation: Translating scientific findings into evidence-based recommendations for biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, and sustainable land management.

We are interested in joining an international consortium addressing insect decline across European ecosystems. We can contribute to research design, field data collection, harmonisation of monitoring approaches, statistical analyses, assessment of ecological drivers, and the development of practical conservation recommendations.

We are particularly interested in collaborations that integrate existing biodiversity datasets with new field research to identify the mechanisms underlying insect decline and evaluate effective conservation responses.

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