Insects other than bees (ie, non-bees) have been acknowledged as important crop
pollinators, but our understanding of which crop plants they visit and how effective they are …

Alpine environments are among the habitats most strongly affected by climate change, and
consequently their unique plants and pollinators are faced with the challenge of adapting or …

This book has been developed out of our many years of teaching an advanced course in
survey sampling to fourth-year undergraduate students and graduate students in statistics …

Australian horticulture relies heavily on the introduced managed honey bee, Apis mellifera
Linnaeus 1758 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), to pollinate crops. Given the risks associated with …

Many insect species provide essential pollination services. However, the amount of pollen
deposited onto a stigma when visiting a flower ('single visit pollen deposition', SVD) can vary …

Abstract Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) are among the most important pollinators, although
they attract less attention than bees. They are usually thought to be rather opportunistic …

The main contemporary challenge for agriculture is to meet the food demands of the
increasing world population while becoming more environmentally sustainable. One way to …

The attention of the global pollination community has been drawn to food safety and other
ecosystem services provided by pollinators, in light of decline in social bee populations …

Accumulating evidence shows that landscape fragmentation drives the observed worldwide
decline in populations of pollinators, particularly in species of Lepidoptera and …

Buzz pollination encompasses the evolutionary convergence of specialized floral
morphologies and pollinator behaviour in which bees use vibrations (floral buzzes) to …