Ecological intensification to mitigate impacts of conventional intensive land use on pollinators and pollination

A Kovács‐Hostyánszki, A Espíndola… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, human appropriation of ecosystems is disrupting plant–pollinator communities
and pollination function through habitat conversion and landscape homogenisation …

The role of climate change in pollinator decline across the Northern Hemisphere is underestimated

D Vasiliev, S Greenwood - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Pollinator biodiversity loss occurs at unprecedented rates globally, with particularly sharp
declines documented in the North Temperate Zone. There is currently no consensus on the …

Phenology of farmland floral resources reveals seasonal gaps in nectar availability for bumblebees

TP Timberlake, IP Vaughan… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Floral resources are known to be important in regulating wild pollinator populations and are
therefore an important component of agri‐environment and restoration schemes which aim …

Food for pollinators: quantifying the nectar and pollen resources of urban flower meadows

DM Hicks, P Ouvrard, KCR Baldock, M Baude… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Planted meadows are increasingly used to improve the biodiversity and aesthetic amenity
value of urban areas. Although many 'pollinator-friendly'seed mixes are available, the floral …

Landscape impacts on pollinator communities in temperate systems: evidence and knowledge gaps

D Senapathi, MA Goddard, WE Kunin… - Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review assesses current knowledge about the interplay between landscape and
pollinator communities. Our primary aim is to provide an evidence base, identify key gaps in …

Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes

C Carvell, AFG Bourke, S Dreier, SN Freeman… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Insect pollinators such as bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are in global decline,. A major cause
of this decline is habitat loss due to agricultural intensification. A range of global and …

A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland

LJ Cole, D Kleijn, LV Dicks, JC Stout… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification and associated loss of high‐quality habitats are key drivers of
insect pollinator declines. With the aim of decreasing the environmental impact of …

Protecting an ecosystem service: approaches to understanding and mitigating threats to wild insect pollinators

RJ Gill, KCR Baldock, MJF Brown, JE Cresswell… - Advances in ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

The importance of forests in bumble bee biology and conservation

JM Mola, J Hemberger, J Kochanski… - Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Declines of many bumble bee species have raised concerns because of their importance as
pollinators and potential harbingers of declines among other insect taxa. At present, bumble …

Floral resource diversification promotes solitary bee reproduction and may offset insecticide effects–evidence from a semi‐field experiment

F Klaus, T Tscharntke, G Bischoff, I Grass - Ecology Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator declines in agricultural landscapes are driven by multiple stressors, but potential
interactions of these remain poorly studied. Using a highly replicated semi‐field study with …