[HTML][HTML] Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species

J Osterman, MA Aizen, JC Biesmeijer, J Bosch… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cultivation of pollinator-dependent crops has expanded globally, increasing our reliance on
insect pollination. This essential ecosystem service is provided by a wide range of managed …

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

D Goulson, E Nicholls, C Botías, EL Rotheray - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND The species richness of wild bees and other pollinators has declined over
the past 50 years, with some species undergoing major declines and a few going extinct …

Global trends in bumble bee health

SA Cameron, BM Sadd - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Bumble bees (Bombus) are unusually important pollinators, with approximately 260 wild
species native to all biogeographic regions except sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, and New …

Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites within and between bee species

P Graystock, D Goulson… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The dispersal of parasites is critical for epidemiology, and the interspecific vectoring of
parasites when species share resources may play an underappreciated role in parasite …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] Pollinators and pollination: nature and society

J Ollerton - 2021 - books.google.com
A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their
relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The …

A sting in the spit: widespread cross‐infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees

DP McMahon, MA Fürst, J Caspar… - Journal of Animal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Declining populations of bee pollinators are a cause of concern, with major repercussions
for biodiversity loss and food security. RNA viruses associated with honeybees represent a …

Massively introduced managed species and their consequences for plant–pollinator interactions

B Geslin, B Gauzens, M Baude, I Dajoz… - Advances in ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the rise of agriculture, human populations have domesticated plant and animal
species to fulfil their needs. With modern agriculture, a limited number of these species has …

Protecting an ecosystem service: approaches to understanding and mitigating threats to wild insect pollinators

RJ Gill, KCR Baldock, MJF Brown, JE Cresswell… - Advances in ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

Managed honey bees as a radar for wild bee decline?

TJ Wood, D Michez, RJ Paxton, M Drossart… - Apidologie, 2020 - Springer
Wild and managed bees are essential for global food security and the maintenance of
biodiversity. At present, the conservation of wild bees is hampered by a huge shortfall in …

Projected decline in European bumblebee populations in the twenty-first century

G Ghisbain, W Thiery, F Massonnet, D Erazo… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Habitat degradation and climate change are globally acting as pivotal drivers of wildlife
collapse, with mounting evidence that this erosion of biodiversity will accelerate in the …