Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security

F Requier, N Pérez-Méndez, GKS Andersson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally
important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity …

Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions

F Cappa, D Baracchi, R Cervo - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
As synthetic pesticides play a major role in pollinator decline worldwide, biopesticides have
been gaining increased attention to develop more sustainable methods for pest …

National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation

S Reverté, M Miličić, J Ačanski, A Andrić… - Insect conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems globally, ensuring the seed production of most
flowering plants. They are threatened by global changes and knowledge of their distribution …

The degree of urbanisation reduces wild bee and butterfly diversity and alters the patterns of flower-visitation in urban dry grasslands

J Herrmann, S Buchholz, P Theodorou - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Insect-provided pollination services are increasingly threatened due to alarming declines in
insect pollinator populations. One of the main threats to insect pollinators and consequently …

Insect responses to global change offer signposts for biodiversity and conservation

RJ Wilson, R Fox - Ecological Entomology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Insects have emerged as causes célèbres for widespread concern about human effects
on global biodiversity. Here, we consider how insects provide opportunities both to …

The Honey Bee Apis mellifera: An Insect at the Interface between Human and Ecosystem Health

G Papa, R Maier, A Durazzo, M Lucarini, IK Karabagias… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Apis mellifera Linnaeus (1758), a honey bee, is a eusocial insect widely
known for its role in pollination, an essential ecosystem service for plant biodiversity, and …

Insect pollinators decline: an emerging concern of Anthropocene epoch

R Nath, H Singh, S Mukherjee - Journal of Apicultural Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Insect pollination establishes an ecosystem service around the globe, providing compelling
budgetary and creative profits along with developmental values to humans and vital eco …

One stone; two birds: concurrent pest control and pollination services provided by aphidophagous hoverflies

A Pekas, I De Craecker, S Boonen, FL Wäckers… - Biological Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Biological pest control and pollination are vital ecosystem services that are usually studied
in isolation, given that they are typically provided by different guilds of arthropods. Hoverflies …

Green roofs and pollinators, useful green spots for some wild bee species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), but not so much for hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae)

J Jacobs, N Beenaerts, T Artois - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Urbanisation has become one of the major anthropogenic drivers behind insect decline in
abundance, biomass and species richness over the past decades. As a result, bees and …

Huge spring migrations of insects from the Middle East to Europe: quantifying the migratory assemblage and ecosystem services

WLS Hawkes, E Walliker, B Gao, O Forster… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory insects are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems, but understanding their full
contribution is challenging as they are difficult to track, and migration often takes place at …