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Insect biodiversity monitoring must be expanded

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  1. Kris A. G. Wyckhuys

    1. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

  2. Yves Basset

    1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama.

  3. Owen T. Lewis

    1. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Marked declines in insect populations are well documented in temperate settings. Sharp et al. show that this might be mirrored in the tropics (A. C. Sharp et al. Nature 645, 946–951; 2025).

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Nature 646, 288 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03107-3

Competing Interests

K.A.G.W. is the chief executive of Chrysalis Consulting — a firm that provides tailored support to nature-friendly farming and biological control.

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