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    \nUK butterfly populations have fallen by about 50 per cent since 1976<\/q> Warren, M. S., et al., \u2018The decline of butterflies in Europe: problems, significance, and possible solutions\u2019<\/cite>, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/span>, 118 (2), 2021: Article e2002551117, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2002551117<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nThe biomass of flying insects on German nature reserves<\/q> Hallmann, C. A., et al., \u2018More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas\u2019<\/cite>, PLOS One<\/span>, 12 (10), 2017: Article e0185809, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0185809<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \ncaddis flies declined by 60 per cent between 2006 and 2017<\/q> Ibid.\n<\/p>\n

    \nIn North America, numbers of the monarch butterfly<\/q> Center for Biological Diversity, \u2018Eastern monarch butterfly population falls again\u2019<\/cite>, https:\/\/biologicaldiversity.org\/w\/news\/press-releases\/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-falls-again-2021-02-25\/<\/a>, 25 February 2021.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nAttempts to calculate an average rate of decline<\/q> Wagner, D. L., et al., \u2018Insect decline in the Anthropocene: death by a thousand cuts\u2019<\/cite>, , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/span>, 118 (2), 2021: Article e2023989118, https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/2\/e2023989118\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \ncinnabar moths \u2026 declined in number by 83 per cent<\/q> Fox, R., et al., The State of Britain\u2019s Larger Moths<\/span><\/cite>, Butterfly Conservation and Rothamsted Research, 2006, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23637\/rothamsted.898z8<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dave Goulson All online sources accessed on 26 February 2022 UK butterfly populations have fallen by about 50 per cent since 1976 Warren, M. S., et al., \u2018The decline of butterflies in Europe: problems, significance, and possible solutions\u2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (2), 2021: Article e2002551117, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2002551117. The biomass of flying…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-essay.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}