Information on Insect Decline
Published studies
A simple search on google-scholar leads to scientific studies on insect decline: basically we need more work on just knowing what we've got, what they do and what they need. Invertebrate biodiversity underpins terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity. No insects means no insectivores......so we should all be doing what we can to preserve insect habitat.
Further Information
Literature on land-use and disease emergence
Readers of the newsletter might be interested in the following papers that provide scientific (peer-reviewed) information about the role of land-use change and environmental degradation in the emergence of new diseases.