Pesticides and pollinators: A socioecological synthesis

DB Sponsler, CM Grozinger, C Hitaj, M Rundlöf… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationship between pesticides and pollinators, while attracting no shortage of attention
from scientists, regulators, and the public, has proven resistant to scientific synthesis and …

The importance of competition between insect pollinators in the Anthropocene

DM Thomson, ML Page - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent research connects availability of diverse, sustained floral resources with
reproductive success of insect pollinators.•New experimental work strengthens evidence …

Bumble‐BEEHAVE: A systems model for exploring multifactorial causes of bumblebee decline at individual, colony, population and community level

MA Becher, G Twiston‐Davies… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
World‐wide declines in pollinators, including bumblebees, are attributed to a multitude of
stressors such as habitat loss, resource availability, emerging viruses and parasites …

Robust synchronization of uncertain fractional-order chaotic systems with time-varying delay

A Mohammadzadeh, S Ghaemi - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
This paper presents a new technique using a recurrent non-singleton type-2 sequential
fuzzy neural network (RNT2SFNN) for synchronization of the fractional-order chaotic …

Dynamics of task allocation in social insect colonies: scaling effects of colony size versus work activities

T Feng, D Charbonneau, Z Qiu, Y Kang - Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2021 - Springer
The mechanisms through which work is organized are central to understanding how
complex systems function. Previous studies suggest that task organization can emerge via …

An environmental model of honey bee colony collapse due to pesticide contamination

P Magal, GF Webb, Y Wu - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2019 - Springer
We develop a model of honey bee colony collapse based on the contamination of forager
bees in environmental regions contaminated with pesticides. An important feature of the …

Impacts of Neonicotinoids on the Bumble Bees Bombus terrestris and Bombus impatiens Examined through the Lens of an Adverse Outcome Pathway Framework

AA Camp, DM Lehmann - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Bumble bees (Bombus sp.) are important pollinators for agricultural systems and natural
landscapes and have faced population declines globally in recent decades. Neonicotinoid …

Analysis of the evidence to support the definition of Specific Protection Goals for bumble bees and solitary bees

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), D Auteri… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of the definition of Specific Protection Goals for bees, risk managers asked
EFSA to provide the scientific background to support the decision‐making process about …

Bumble bee pollination and the wildflower/crop trade-off: When do wildflower enhancements improve crop yield?

BS Carturan, N Siewe, CA Cobbold, RC Tyson - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Populations of wild insect pollinators such as bumble bees are threatened worldwide, which
compromises pollinator-dependent crop yields. Intentionally planting wildflower patches in …

Towards a system-level causative knowledge of pollinator communities

S Saavedra, I Bartomeus, O Godoy… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Pollination plays a central role in both crop production and maintaining biodiversity.
However, habitat loss, pesticides, invasive species and larger environmental fluctuations are …