Malaise trap samples of 1000 individuals per week suggest 4 million insects per hectare in the boreal zone
Luisa Fernanda Serralde Rodríguez, Viktor Gårdman, Tomas V. Roslin, Otso Ovaskainen
The paper estimates insect density in boreal forests using a mark-recapture experiment with Malaise traps, finding 4 million individuals per hectare.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2026 · PreprintEcology