Native flowering shrubs promote beneficial insects in avocado orchards

AE Muñoz, P Amouroux… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Flower strips can promote and conserve beneficial insects in agroecosystems. Knowing
which groups are favoured and which plant traits affect visitation rates by beneficial insects …

Diverging effects of landscape factors and inter-row management on the abundance of beneficial and herbivorous arthropods in Andalusian vineyards (Spain)

C Judt, G Guzmán, JA Gómez, JM Cabezas… - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
Land use at landscape and field scales can increase the diversity and abundance of natural
enemies for pest control. In this study, we investigated interactions between landscape …

Impact indicators: Effects of land use management on functional trait and phylogenetic diversity of wild bees

KA Odanaka, SM Rehan - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in land use and management intensification, especially in agriculture,
have led to alarming declines in bee populations and the important ecological services they …

Cascading effects of management and landscape on insect pollinators, pollination services and yield in apple orchards

E Hulsmans, R Daelemans, V Cuypers… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent insect pollinator declines, mainly due to the expansion and intensification of
agricultural land use, are jeopardizing ecosystem service provisioning in agroecosystems …

Effects of vineyard inter-row management on the diversity and abundance of plants and surface-dwelling invertebrates in Central Romania

C Fiera, W Ulrich, D Popescu, CI Bunea… - Journal of insect …, 2020 - Springer
Vineyard inter-rows are important biodiversity hotspots within agricultural landscapes,
especially when they are covered with vegetation. However, little is known on the effects to …

Enhancing flowering plant functional richness improves wild bee diversity in vineyard inter‐rows in different floral kingdoms

S Kratschmer, B Pachinger, R Gaigher… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wild bees are threatened by multiple interacting stressors, such as habitat loss, land use
change, parasites, and pathogens. However, vineyards with vegetated inter‐rows can offer …

Flowers of ruderal species are numerous but small, short and low‐rewarding

L Genty, E Kazakou, A Metay, M Baude, A Gardarin… - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Weed species are ecological models that recently received considerable attention due to
their particular strategies linked to their ruderal‐competitive traits. They are known to have …

Landscape or local? Distinct responses of flower visitor diversity and interaction networks to different land use scales in agricultural tropical highlands

N Escobedo-Kenefic, QB Casiá-Ajché… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Land use change has been identified as a cause for biodiversity loss and has significant
effects on pollinators and their interactions with plants. Interaction network analyses …

A regional, honey bee-centered approach is needed to incentivize grower adoption of bee-friendly practices in the almond industry

JL Durant, LC Ponisio - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Managed and wild bee populations contribute over $15 billion in pollination services to US
agriculture, yet both are declining or becoming increasingly vulnerable to parasites and …

Native cover crops enhance arthropod diversity in vineyards of the Cape Floristic Region

M Eckert, LL Mathulwe, R Gaigher… - Journal of insect …, 2020 - Springer
Cover crops can enhance biodiversity in perennial agroecosystems, with native cover crops
potentially having additional biodiversity benefits. We assessed the effect of native cover …