Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers
2019/01/31 by Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, Francisco Sánchez‐Bayo, Kris A.G. Wyckhuys +1 · 1 voice · 3,473 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biodiversity #Biology #Ecological niche #Ecology #Generalist and specialist species #Geography #Habitat #Habitat destruction #Insect Utilization and Effects #Odonata #Plant and animal studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Threatened species
paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.01.020
published in Biological Conservation 232, 8-27 (Elsevier BV)
openalex publication_date 2019/01/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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