[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] Fwd: [MEMBERS] NEXT WEEK: Roel Van Klink at the seminar series & Program in June

[Robert Paxton]

Dear All,

Lead author of the recent Science paper on insect declines will speak on Wednesday at 13:00.

Robert



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> From: "Bonnamy, Celine" <celine.bonnamy at idiv.de>
> Subject: [MEMBERS] NEXT WEEK: Roel Van Klink at the seminar series & Program in June
> Date: 22 May 2020 at 14:58:06 CEST
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> Dear all,
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> Next week, we will have the pleasure to host Roel van Klink <https://www.idiv.de/en/groups_and_people/employees/details/788.html>, Post-Doctoral researcher at sDiv, for a talk at the seminar series :
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> Roel van Klink
> “A global insect apocalypse? – The science and the media”
> Wednesday, 27 May 2020
> 1 pm
> Remote Meeting
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> Abstract:
> The purported strong declines of the number of insect individuals has been making alarming headlines around the world for over two years. Interesting is that most of the popular media articles were based on either single case studies or biased attempts at synthesis. To test how widespread such declines are, and when and where they occur, my colleagues and I have been working on an evidence synthesis of all openly available data on monitored insect assemblages we could find. Our results revealed considerable variation in trends across the world, even among adjacent sites: at some sites insect abundances decreased, at other sites they increases and at many sites there were no changes. Nevertheless, when combining all data into one model, we found on average declines of terrestrial insect abundances of 9% per year, but increases for freshwater insects of about 11% per year. Both the declines and increases were most evident in the temperate zone and in Mediterranean climates, whereas in most other parts of the world insufficient evidence was available to discern a trend. We found few relations with global change drivers, such as land-use and climate change.
> Our research was picked up well by the media, so I will discuss the headlines reporting on our work, to see if our more nuanced results have changed public perception. The media attention also generated some interesting comments and personal  interactions with lay people, about which I will share some anecdotes.
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> Join us at the online seminar series here:
> https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/idiv-seminar-series/ <https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/idiv-seminar-series/>
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> Name: your name or nick name
> Room Passcode: idiv123
> Required is a web browser with Flash.
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> We will continue with the online seminar series format in June with an outstanding program:
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> 03 June
> No Seminar, Info Hour
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> 10 June        
> Biodiversity Economics
> Prof. Dan Phaneuf (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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> 17 June        
> Evolution & Adaptation
> Dr. Alexander S.T. Papadopulos, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Ecology and Genomics, (Bangor University, UK)
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> 24 June        
> sDiv
> Prof. Dr. Matthias C. Rillig, (FU Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Plant Ecology)
> " Microplastic effects in terrestrial ecosystems"
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> Hoping to have many of you on board!
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> Kind regards,
> Céline
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> Céline Bonnamy
> Administrative Assistant / Administrative Assistenz
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> Phone  +49 341 9733204
> Email   celine.bonnamy at idiv.de <mailto:celine.bonnamy at idiv.de>
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