Diversified farming in a monoculture landscape: effects on honey bee health and wild bee communities

AL St. Clair, G Zhang, AG Dolezal… - Environmental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the last century, a global transformation of Earth's surface has occurred due to human
activity with extensive agriculture replacing natural ecosystems. Concomitant declines in …

Climate change and managing insect pests and beneficials in agricultural systems

SD Eigenbrode, S Adhikari - Agronomy Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is expected to alter pressure from insect pests and the effectiveness of
insect pollinators across diverse agricultural systems globally. In response to warming …

Impacts of agricultural management systems on biodiversity and ecosystem services in highly simplified dryland landscapes

S Adhikari, A Adhikari, DK Weaver, A Bekkerman… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Covering about 40% of Earth's land surface and sustaining at least 38% of global
population, drylands are key crop and animal production regions with high economic and …

Supporting beneficial insects for agricultural sustainability: The role of livestock-integrated organic and cover cropping to enhance ground beetle (Carabidae) …

S Adhikari, FD Menalled - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ground beetles (Carabidae) are beneficial insects providing ecosystem services by
regulating insect pests and weed seeds. Despite several studies conducted on ground …

The context‐dependent benefits of organic farming on pollinator biodiversity: A meta‐analysis

E Walker, R Wooliver, L Russo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification is driving declines in pollinator diversity and the degradation of
pollination services worldwide. Organic management, which prohibits the use of synthetic …

Predicted climate conditions and cover crop composition modify weed communities in semiarid agroecosystems

ME DuPre, T Seipel, M Bourgault, DL Boss… - Weed …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The US Northern Great Plains is one of the largest expanses of small grain
agriculture, but excessive reliance on off‐farms inputs and predicted warmer and drier …

Pan traps for tracking honey bee activity-density: a case study in soybeans

AL St. Clair, AG Dolezal, ME O'Neal, AL Toth - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
To study how honey bees utilize forage resources and guide pollination management plans
in crops, a multitude of methods have been developed, but most are time consuming, costly …

Megporzóközösség vizsgálata permakultúrás, ökológiai és konvencionális gazdaságokban a Szentendrei-szigeten

FA Mészáros, AJ Szilágyi, R Kun… - Tájökológiai Lapok, 2021 - real.mtak.hu
Az emberi népesség erőteljes növekedésével párhuzamos mezőgazdasági intenzifikáció
következtében fokozottabban kell figyelnünk a források felelős használatára és az …

[PDF][PDF] Wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus)

D Weaver - 2023 - bdschapters.com
The wheat stem sawfly (WSS), Cephus cinctus Norton, has been a major pest of cereal grain
production in the Northern Great Plains of North America for well over a century (Beres et al …

Interactive effect of agricultural management and landscape in bee-plant interaction networks

SM de Castro, C Nagatani, VN Yoshikawa… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Bees' pollination is essential for ecosystems and ecosystem services, including in
agriculture. Thus, agricultural management and environmental changes must not affect bee …