Benchmark studies of insect populations are increasingly relevant and needed amid
accelerating concern about insect trends in the Anthropocene. The growing recognition that …

The acute decline in global biodiversity includes not only the loss of rare species, but also
the rapid collapse of common species across many different taxa. The loss of pollinating …

Urban gardens may support bees by providing resources in otherwise resource-poor
environments. However, it is unclear whether urban, backyard gardens with native plants …

Recently there has been considerable concern about declines in bee communities in
agricultural and natural habitats. The value of pollination to agriculture, provided primarily by …

Bees are the predominant pollinating taxa, providing a critical ecosystem service upon
which many angiosperms rely for successful reproduction. Available data suggests that bee …

Fire has a major impact on the structure and function of many ecosystems globally.
Pyrodiversity, the diversity of fires within a region (where diversity is based on fire …

Climate change is shifting the environmental cues that determine the phenology of
interacting species. Plant–pollinator systems may be susceptible to temporal mismatch if …

Urban watersheds can play a critical role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services
in a rapidly changing world. However, managing for multiple environmental and social …

Pan traps (colored plastic bowls) are frequently used as an efficient standardized method of
sampling bee faunas. We explored the utility of pan traps in three colors compared to net …

Addition of floral resources to agricultural field margins has been shown to increase
abundance of beneficial insects in crop fields, but most plants recommended for this use are …