‘Insectageddon’ is ‘alarmist by bad design’: Scientists point out the study’s major flaws

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 08:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Amidst worldwide publicity and talks about ‘Insectageddon’: the extinction of 40% of the world’s insects, as estimated in a recent scientific review, a critical response was published in the open-access journal Rethinking Ecology. Query- and geographically-biased summaries; mismatch between objectives and cited literature; and misuse of existing conservation data have all been identified in the alarming study, according to […]

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