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Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

2020-02-01

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Here we build on the manifesto ‘World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologists deeply concerned about the decline of insect populations, we here review what we know about the drivers of insect extinctions, their consequences, and how extinctions can negatively impact humanity.We are causing insect extinctions by driving habitat loss, degrada...

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Literature Corpus work: 0a762bb5-d359-5842-9826-523d884f879f
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108426

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