What Happened In The Experiment

Question 1

How was the experiment carried out?

Answer 1

Used a standardised protocol to measure total insect biomass using Malaise traps, deployed over 27years in 63 nature protection areas in Germany to infer in. The status and trend of local entomofauna

Question 2

What did the study show?

Answer 2

Season decline of 76% and mid-summer decline of 82% in flying insect biomass over the 27 years of study

Question 3

When was the decline apart?

Answer 3

Regardless of habitat type, while changes in weather land use, and habitat characteristics cannot explain this overall decline