TY - JOUR
T1 - THE IMPORTANCE OF INSECTS ON LAND AND IN WATER: A TROPICAL VIEW
T2 - a tropical view
AU - Crespo-Pérez, Verónica
AU - Kazakou, Elena
AU - Roubik, David W.
AU - Cárdenas, Rafael E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Tropical insects are astonishingly diverse and abundant yet receive only marginal scientific attention. In natural tropical settings, insects are involved in regulating and supporting ecosystem services including seed dispersal, pollination, organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, herbivory, food webs and water quality, which in turn help fulfill UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Current and future global changes that affect insect diversity and distribution could disrupt key ecosystem services and impose important threats on ecosystems and human well-being. A significant increase in our knowledge of tropical insect roles in ecosystem processes is thus vital to ensure sustainable development on a rapidly changing planet.
AB - Tropical insects are astonishingly diverse and abundant yet receive only marginal scientific attention. In natural tropical settings, insects are involved in regulating and supporting ecosystem services including seed dispersal, pollination, organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, herbivory, food webs and water quality, which in turn help fulfill UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Current and future global changes that affect insect diversity and distribution could disrupt key ecosystem services and impose important threats on ecosystems and human well-being. A significant increase in our knowledge of tropical insect roles in ecosystem processes is thus vital to ensure sustainable development on a rapidly changing planet.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090344379&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cois.2020.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.cois.2020.05.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 32563991
AN - SCOPUS:85090344379
SN - 2214-5745
VL - 40
SP - 31
EP - 38
JO - Current Opinion in Insect Science
JF - Current Opinion in Insect Science
ER -