Aim Stopping the decline of biodiversity is one of today's greatest challenges. To help
address this, we require studies that disentangle the effects of the most important drivers …

Semi-natural grasslands are among the most species-rich ecosystems worldwide. However,
the maintenance of grassland biodiversity is seriously threatened by land-use change …

The biodiversity in calcareous grasslands suffered from severe habitat loss due to land-use
intensification and abandonment across Europe. Although these grasslands are now …

Animal genomes vary widely in size, and much of their architecture and content remains
poorly understood. Even among related groups, such as orders of insects, genomes may …

Aim Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge. While population trends of vertebrates are
well documented, insect declines have not been sufficiently studied. We aim to identify …

Traditionally managed grasslands rank among the most species-rich ecosystems. However,
in agricultural landscapes of Western and Central Europe, their extent has severely …

Due to the transition from traditional land use to modern agriculture throughout Europe, semi-
natural grasslands are subject to severe environmental changes. Both agricultural …

Two of the main principles of global and national conservation strategies consist in focusing
on the most species-rich and most vulnerable ecosystems. In this study, we investigated the …

Globally, insects are declining at an alarming rate. Therefore, there is an urgent need for
standardised monitoring methods to detect changes in insect populations at an early stage …

Grasslands are among the most species-rich ecosystems in Europe. However, their
biodiversity has become increasingly threatened by land-use and climate change. Here, we …