Urban forest plays a crucial role in coping with global change and rapid urbanization via
providing various ecosystem services. In this context, cities in Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao …

Bees provide important ecosystem services and are subjects of extensive studies on their α‐
diversity, which is generally calculated with indices that integrate the number of species with …

The competition between honey bees and wild bees in a critical context and lessons for the
German-speaking countries. Bees (Apiformes) are threatened by multiple biotic and abiotic …

Solitary bees are in constant decline due to climate change, pesticide toxicity, and habitat
loss. Provision of nesting sites is an important conservation strategy. Various factors affect …

Pollinators are critical to ecosystem health and agricultural productivity. Endemic bee
diversity and abundance among different crops has not been extensively studied, especially …

Pollination is provided by biodiversity and maintains global food production. We investigated
the effects of vegetation cover on the abundance of floral visitor and vine (Vitis labrusca Raf.) …

Olive groves on the Mediterranean Basin are usually managed by continuous tillage and
low organic matter inputs, leading to several soil degradation processes. Groundcovers …

Solitary ground-nesting bees in agricultural landscapes may be at risk of chronic contact
exposure with pesticide residues in soil during nest construction and immature …

Vineyards can be valuable habitats for biodiversity conservation. For example, in Rhineland-
Palatinate (Germany) over a third of the state's critically endangered Woodlark (Lullula …

Most vegetated land on earth has been used for agriculture for hundreds of years, shaping
the land's features and functions. Agricultural (rural) landscapes are the basis for feeding the …