CONTEXT Agricultural intensification contributes to global food security and well-being by
supplying the food demand of a growing human population. However, ongoing land-use …

Since the rise of agriculture, human populations have domesticated plant and animal
species to fulfil their needs. With modern agriculture, a limited number of these species has …

Urbanization is a major driver of land use change and biodiversity decline. While most of the
ongoing and future urbanization hotspots are located in the Global South, the impact of …

Despite global interest in the role of pollinators for food production, their impact on farmers'
profit, which determines farmers' livelihood and land-use decisions, is unclear. Although …

Globally insects are declining, but some guilds of pollinators are finding refuge in urban
landscapes. The body of knowledge on urban pollinators is relatively mature, which means it …

Functional traits mediate the response of communities to disturbances (response traits) and
their contribution to ecosystem functions (effect traits). To predict how anthropogenic …

We investigated the relative importance of vacant lot and urban farm habitat features and
their surrounding landscape context on bee community richness, abundance, composition …

Urbanization poses a major threat to biodiversity and food security, as expanding cities,
especially in the Global South, increasingly compete with natural and agricultural lands …

Natural and semi-natural habitats within agricultural landscapes provide food and nesting
resources for wild bees, thus promoting crop pollination services. In central Spain, a large …

Declines in native bee populations can limit pollination services that support native plant
communities and global food production. Mitigating the impacts on pollinators and …