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Complex causes of insect declines

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Insects across the globe are facing multiple anthropogenic pressures. A study combining several data streams and advanced modelling helps to unravel the main factors underlying declines in monarch butterfly populations.

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  1. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Diana E. Bowler

  2. Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Biodiversity, Jena, Germany

    Diana E. Bowler

  3. Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Ecosystem Services, Leipzig, Germany

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