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  • Intercropping allows for insect conservation without yield loss

    How can we halt biodiversity declines? A new study led by the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) shows possible solutions for agricultural landscapes. The study shows that intercropping promotes the diversity of insects and other arthropods in agriculture without affecting yields. The study has now been published in the journal Ecological Solutions and Evidence.

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  • Insecticides affect aquatic insects in unexpected ways

    Pesticide pollution of streams in agricultural areas has adverse effects for stream organisms. A new study, led by researchers from the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), provides evidence that aquatic insect larvae respond to insecticide exposure with alterations of the genetic program.

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  • LIB study shows: Species diversity of Ecuador’s tarantulas greater than expected

    The study presents the description of 38 new species of tarantulas of the genus Linothele published in the journal Arthropoda. Undeniably the species diversity in the highly threatened Andean region of Ecuador is much greater than expected and more extensive than in the coastal or the Amazonian region.

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  • Conservation Experts Warn of Current Dangers Posed by the Legal Wildlife Trade

    A multinational and interdisciplinary team of scientists has published new research that provides critical insights into the damage that the legal wildlife trade currently poses to global conservation and sustainability efforts. The group includes members of multiple International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission specialist groups who aim to highlight the risk posed by legal but unsustainable trade in thousands of species.

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  • Global Natural History Initiative builds groundbreaking database

    A group of natural history museums has mapped the total collections from 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums in 28 countries. This is the first step of an ambitious effort to inventory global holdings that can help scientists and decisionmakers find solutions to urgent, wide-ranging issues such as climate change, food insecurity, human health, pandemic preparedness, and wildlife conservation.

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  • LIB researchers discover 172 new species in 2022

    The blind spot of biodiversity is getting a little smaller: researchers at the LIB were able to name and describe a total of 172 new animal species last year. From cockchafer to blind long-legged spider species to amber inclusions, species from a total of twelve different animal orders were identified.

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