Efficiency of insect biodiversity monitoring via Malaise trap samples and DNA barcoding
Monday, December 5, 2016 - 13:01
in Biology & Nature
The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert citizen scientists proves the urgent need for new methods and standards for fast and wide-scale biodiversity assessments. If we cannot understand species composition, as well as their diversity patterns and reasons behind them, we will fail not only to predict changes, but also to take timely and adequate measures before species go extinct.