Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

JE Ogilvie, JRK Forrest - Current opinion in insect science, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bees experience landscapes with spatial and temporal variation in floral
resources.•Life-history traits (diet breadth, sociality, size) affect bee responses to this …

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 …

Native bee habitat restoration: key ecological considerations from recent North American literature

HE Payne, SJ Mazer, KC Seltmann - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Habitat loss is a primary driver of global biodiversity decline, negatively impacting many
species, including native bees. One approach to counteract the consequences of habitat …

Importance of forest fragments as pollinator habitat varies with season and guild

W Proesmans, D Bonte, G Smagghe, I Meeus… - Basic and applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Large areas of Western Europe are covered with intensively managed agricultural
land. In these landscapes, wild pollinators depend on fragments of semi-natural habitat for …

Disturbance‐mediated heterogeneity drives pollinator diversity in boreal managed forest ecosystems

A Rodríguez, J Kouki - Ecological Applications, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Intensive forest management, together with fire suppression, have decreased structural
complexity and altered dynamics of boreal forests profoundly. Such management threatens …

Forest proximity supports bumblebee species richness and abundance in hemi-boreal agricultural landscape

V Sõber, M Leps, A Kaasik, M Mänd, T Teder - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2020 - Elsevier
To create effective conservation measures for pollinators, we need to understand how
landscape structure affects their distribution. We examined the effects of forest proximity on …

The potential of electricity transmission corridors in forested areas as bumblebee habitat

B Hill, I Bartomeus - Royal Society open science, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Declines in pollinator abundance and diversity are not only a conservation issue, but also a
threat to crop pollination. Maintained infrastructure corridors, such as those containing …

How bees respond differently to field margins of shrubby and herbaceous plants in intensive agricultural crops of the Mediterranean area

JA Sanchez, A Carrasco, M La Spina, M Pérez-Marcos… - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
(1) Intensive agriculture has a high impact on pollinating insects, and conservation
strategies targeting agricultural landscapes may greatly contribute to their maintenance. The …

The effects of habitat management on the species, phylogenetic and functional diversity of bees are modified by the environmental context

MAK Sydenham, SR Moe… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic landscape elements, such as roadsides, hedgerows, field edges, and power
line clearings, can be managed to provide important habitats for wild bees. However, the …

Vegetation composition and structure determine wild bee communities in a tropical dry forest

AS Alvarenga, FA Silveira, JE dos Santos Júnior… - Journal of Insect …, 2020 - Springer
Understanding the factors that influence the composition and structure of bee communities
in natural habitats is critical for conservation and restoration efforts, mainly in disturbed …