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Index of Subjects --001a113c250043f26a055d67bcd5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That would be my guess..though I haven't read it yet either. Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre 2220 Irwin Lake Rd Brookfield NS Canada B0N1C0 902-893-0253 helene.birdvet@gmail.com <birdvet@hotmail.com> www.cwrc.net Find us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/134= 671693239334> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife> ****Wildlife Matters**** On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> wrote: > Saw this too but haven=E2=80=99t read the original article. > The pr=C3=A9cis of the study abstracted elsewhere, however, says that =E2= =80=9CThe > authors say that this huge unrecognized loss cannot be sufficiently > explained by changes in weather, land use or habitat=E2=80=9D. > > So what does that leave as an explanation, pesticide use? > Steve > > On Nov 7, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Laviolette, Lance <lance.laviolette@lmco.com= > > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > We have had some discussion about the decline of insects in Nova Scotia= . > A study published in the online scientific journal PLOS ONE indicates tha= t > there has been a dramatic decline in average airborne insect biomass of 7= 6% > (up to 82% in midsummer) in just 27 years for 63 protected nature areas i= n > Germany. > > > > Their results demonstrate that recently reported declines in several > taxa such as butterflies, wild bees and moths, are in parallel with a > severe loss of total aerial insect biomass, suggesting that it is not onl= y > the vulnerable species, but the flying insect community as a whole, that > has been decimated over the last few decades. > > > > It is particularly concerning since these measurements were made in > protected nature areas and not in those areas impacted by more extensive > human activity. > > > > Here is a link to the paper: > > http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=3D10.1371/journal.pone.0185= 809 > > > > Cheers, > > > > Lance > > > > Lance Laviolette > > Glen Robertson, Ontario > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --001a113c250043f26a055d67bcd5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">That would be my guess..though I haven't read it yet e= ither.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Helene</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra= "><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"g= mail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr= "><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><d= iv dir=3D"ltr"><div>Helene Van Doninck DVM</div><div>Cobequid Wildlife Reha= bilitation Centre<br></div><div>2220 Irwin Lake Rd Brookfield NS Canada B0N= 1C0<br>902-893-0253<br><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_bl= ank">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net" target= =3D"_blank">www.cwrc.net</a></div><div><div><div>Find us on <a href=3D"http= s://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/13467169= 3239334" target=3D"_blank">Facebook</a>=C2=A0and <a href=3D"https://twitter= .com/CobequiWildlife" target=3D"_blank">Twitter</a><br></div><div>****Wildl= ife Matters****</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d= iv></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Stephen Sha= w <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:srshaw@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">= srshaw@dal.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Saw t= his too but haven=E2=80=99t read the original article.<br> The pr=C3=A9cis of the study abstracted elsewhere, however, says that =E2= =80=9CThe authors say that this huge unrecognized loss cannot be sufficient= ly explained by changes in weather, land use or habitat=E2=80=9D.<br> <br> So what does that leave as an explanation, pesticide use?<br> Steve<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> On Nov 7, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Laviolette, Lance <<a href=3D"mailto:lance.= laviolette@lmco.com">lance.laviolette@lmco.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > Hi everyone,<br> ><br> > We have had some discussion about the decline of insects in Nova Scoti= a. A study published in the online scientific journal PLOS ONE indicates th= at there has been a dramatic decline in average airborne insect biomass of = 76% (up to 82% in midsummer) in just 27 years for 63 protected nature areas= in Germany.<br> ><br> > Their results demonstrate that recently reported declines in several t= axa such as butterflies, wild bees and moths, are in parallel with a severe= loss of total aerial insect biomass, suggesting that it is not only the vu= lnerable species, but the flying insect community as a whole, that has been= decimated over the last few decades.<br> ><br> > It is particularly concerning since these measurements were made in pr= otected nature areas and not in those areas impacted by more extensive huma= n activity.<br> ><br> > Here is a link to the paper:<br> > <a href=3D"http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=3D10.1371/journ= al.pone.0185809" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://journals.plos.= org/<wbr>plosone/article?id=3D10.1371/<wbr>journal.pone.0185809</a><br> ><br> > Cheers,<br> ><br> > Lance<br> ><br> > Lance Laviolette<br> > Glen Robertson, Ontario<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --001a113c250043f26a055d67bcd5--