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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>This week Aat Barendregt, Theo Zeegers, Eelke Jongejans and I published a paper on the decline in abundance (minus 80%) and species richness (minus 44 %) of Syrphidae in a Dutch forest. Based on a 40 year research of Aat Barendregt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>You can freely access the paper at: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12577"><span lang=EN-GB>https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12577</span></a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In the Netherlands we got quite some attention in the media (newspapers, radio, television).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Wouter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>Wouter van Steenis MSc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>Ecologist Natuurmonumenten, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>Vrouwenmantel 18<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>3621 TR Breukelen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'>+31 6 21218409<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'><a href="mailto:w.v.steenis@casema.nl">w.v.steenis@casema.nl</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'><a href="mailto:w.vansteenis@natuurmonumenten.nl">w.vansteenis@natuurmonumenten.nl</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL'><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wouter-Steenis">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wouter-Steenis</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>