Insect Decline RCN Symposium and Workshop

Organizer(s)

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  Jessica Ware, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)

  Curator and Division Chair
  Division of Invertebrat Zoology
  American Museum of Natural History
  Cranbury, New Jersey
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  David Wagner

  University of Connecticut
  Stamford, Connecticut
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  Eliza Grames

  Binghamton University
  Binghamton, New York
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  Christie Bahlai

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Biological Sciences
  Kent State University
  Kent, Ohio
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  Chris Halsch

  State University of New York
  Binghamton, New York
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  Chris Elphick

  Professor
  Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  University of Connecticut
  Storrs, Connecticut

This session will focus synthesizing data on the drivers of insect decline. Talks will discuss several hemispheres and syntheses of the causes of decline followed by a workshop that will engage people in working groups evaluating drivers of decline. Our goal is to connect people to specific synthesis projects.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Eliza Grames – Binghamton University
• 8:05 AM – 8:30 AM MST

  UK insect declines: Trends, drivers, and implications
  

  Presenting Author: Richard Fox – Butterfly Conservation
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM MST

  Insect biodiversity research in Guyana: Past, present, and future
  

  Presenting Author: Gyanpriya Maharaj – University of Guyana

  Co-Author: Eric Stoll – University of Guyana
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Growing invertebrate conservation in Australia
  

  Presenting Author: Kate Umbers – Invertebrates Australia
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM MST

  Current trends in grassland grasshopper communities
  

  Presenting Author: Calla Sopko – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-Author: Nicole Davidson – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Ellen A. R. Welti – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-Author: Dave H. Branson – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Laura Burkle – Montana State University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM MST

  Bridging the gap: Enhancing insect monitoring in the neotropics through collaboration
  

  Presenting Author: Melissa Sanchez Herrera – Universidad del Rosario
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM MST

  A strategic vision for insect conservation
  

  Presenting Author: Scott Black (he/him/his) – Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
• 9:45 AM – 9:55 AM MST

  Break
• 9:55 AM – 10:00 AM MST

  Introduction to panel
• 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Causes of insect decline
  

  Presenting Author: Chris Halsch – State University of New York
• 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM MST

  How to do a systematic review and meta-analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Eliza Grames – Binghamton University
• 10:40 AM – 11:35 AM MST

  Group work
• 11:35 AM – 11:50 AM MST

  Wrap-up and next steps