Habitat restoration
Land cover and flying insect diversity
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Low vegetation boosted insect biomass and richness more than expected across German monitoring sites.
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Land cover and flying insect diversity
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Sequencing yielded 50,087 insect OTUs.
Sequencing yielded 50,087 total insect OTUs, 10,803 of which were assigned validated species names.
Insects were collected at 75 monitoring sites.
Insects were collected during 2019 and 2020 from a network of 75 monitoring sites
Key findings
50,087 insect OTUs (10,803 named species); low vegetation raised biomass 50–56% and richness 58% and 33%; land cover, weather, and climate explained 42% of site variation.
Methodology
Sampled flying insects with Malaise traps at 75 German sites in 2019–2020 and related biomass, richness, and turnover to land cover, weather, and protected-area status.
Limitations
Does not experimentally restore habitat or prove that protected-area designation caused the insect patterns.
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