Insecticides, more than herbicides, land use, and climate, are associated with declines in butterfly species richness and abundance in the American Midwest
B. Van Deynze, S. M. Swinton, D. A. Hennessy, N. Haddad, L. Ries
The paper links insecticide use, particularly neonicotinoid-treated seeds, to declines in butterfly species richness and abundance in the American Midwest.
bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2022Ecology