Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes

LS Adler, RE Irwin, SH McArt, RL Vannette - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Several floral traits are associated with pollinator-related microbe transmission.•
Beneficial and pathogenic microbes may share some transmission constraints.•Plant and …

OneHealth implications of infectious diseases of wild and managed bees

L Wilfert, MJF Brown, V Doublet - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
The OneHealth approach aims to further our understanding of the drivers of human, animal
and environmental health, and, ultimately, to improve them by combining approaches and …

Bumble bees in landscapes with abundant floral resources have lower pathogen loads

DJ McNeil, E McCormick, AC Heimann, M Kammerer… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The pollination services provided by bees are essential for supporting natural and
agricultural ecosystems. However, bee population declines have been documented across …

Mass-flowering monoculture attracts bees, amplifying parasite prevalence

H Cohen, GP Smith, H Sardiñas… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As the global agricultural footprint expands, it is increasingly important to address the link
between the resource pulses characteristic of monoculture farming and wildlife …

The state of the world's urban ecosystems: What can we learn from trees, fungi, and bees?

PC Stevenson, MI Bidartondo… - Plants, People …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Social Impact Statement Positive interactions between people and nature inspire behaviours
that are in harmony with biodiversity conservation and also afford physical and mental …

Bumble bee colony health and performance vary widely across the urban ecosystem

P Theodorou, O Kühn, LM Baltz, C Wild… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is a global phenomenon that can affect fitness and could challenge the
persistence of most species, including wild bee pollinators. Yet, how and which …

Complex networks of parasites and pollinators: moving towards a healthy balance

MJF Brown - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Parasites are viewed as a major threat to wild pollinator health. While this may be true for
epidemics driven by parasite spillover from managed or invasive species, the picture is more …

Parasitism of urban bumble bees influenced by pollinator taxonomic richness, local garden management, and surrounding impervious cover

NA Ivers, Z Jordan, H Cohen, A Tripodi, MJF Brown… - Urban …, 2022 - Springer
As urban areas continue to expand globally, animal biodiversity is likely to experience
altered habitat conditions, resource levels, and pathogen dynamics, with critical implications …

Species traits, landscape quality and floral resource overlap with honeybees determine virus transmission in plant–pollinator networks

C Maurer, A Schauer, O Yañez, P Neumann… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Emerging infectious diseases pose a threat to pollinators. Virus transmission among
pollinators via flowers may be reinforced by anthropogenic land-use change and …

Agri-environment scheme nectar chemistry can suppress the social epidemiology of parasites in an important pollinator

AJ Folly, H Koch, IW Farrell… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emergent infectious diseases are one of the main drivers of species loss. Emergent infection
with the microsporidian Nosema bombi has been implicated in the population and range …