Nesting habitat of ground‐nesting bees: a review

CM Antoine, JRK Forrest - Ecological Entomology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
About 3/4 of all wild bee species nest in the soil and spend much of their life cycle
underground. These insects require suitable environmental conditions for nest construction …

A meta‐analysis of bees' responses to anthropogenic disturbance

R Winfree, R Aguilar, DP Vázquez, G LeBuhn… - Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinators may be declining globally, a matter of concern because animal pollination is
required by most of the world's plant species, including many crop plants. Human land use …

Crop diversity benefits carabid and pollinator communities in landscapes with semi‐natural habitats

G Aguilera, T Roslin, K Miller… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In agricultural landscapes, arthropods provide essential ecosystem services such as
biological pest control and pollination. Intensified crop management practices and …

Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances

NM Williams, EE Crone, HR T'ai, RL Minckley… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
The ability to predict the responses of ecological communities and individual species to
human-induced environmental change remains a key issue for ecologists and conservation …

Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land‐use change

C Kremen, NM Williams, MA Aizen… - Ecology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Many ecosystem services are delivered by organisms that depend on habitats that are
segregated spatially or temporally from the location where services are provided …

Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecology?

C Kremen - Ecology letters, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Human domination of the biosphere has greatly altered ecosystems, often overwhelming
their capacity to provide ecosystem services critical to our survival. Yet ecological …

The role of resources and risks in regulating wild bee populations

TH Roulston, K Goodell - Annual review of entomology, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Recent declines of bee species have led to great interest in preserving and promoting bee
populations for agricultural and wild plant pollination. Many correlational studies have …

The area requirements of an ecosystem service: crop pollination by native bee communities in California

C Kremen, NM Williams, RL Bugg, JP Fay… - Ecology …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Managing ecosystem services is critical to human survival, yet we do not know how large
natural areas must be to support these services. We investigated how crop pollination …

[图书][B] Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing: an ecological and economic perspective

S Naeem, DE Bunker, A Hector, M Loreau, C Perrings - 2009 - books.google.com
How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Modelling pollination services across agricultural landscapes

E Lonsdorf, C Kremen, T Ricketts, R Winfree… - Annals of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Crop pollination by bees and other animals is an essential
ecosystem service. Ensuring the maintenance of the service requires a full understanding of …