A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes

KS Prendergast, KW Dixon… - Insect Conservation and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of natural habitat through land‐use change threatens bees. Urbanisation is a major,
increasing form, of habitat loss, and a novel, pervasive form of disturbance known to impact …

The conservation and restoration of wild bees

R Winfree - Annals of the New York academy of sciences, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Bees pollinate most of the world's wild plant species and provide economically valuable
pollination services to crops; yet knowledge of bee conservation biology lags far behind …

Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines

JG Rodger, JM Bennett, M Razanajatovo, TM Knight… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Despite evidence of pollinator declines from many regions across the globe, the threat this
poses to plant populations is not clear because plants can often produce seeds without …

Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits

I Bartomeus, JS Ascher, J Gibbs, BN Danforth… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - pnas.org
Pollinators such as bees are essential to the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However,
despite concerns about a global pollinator crisis, long-term data on the status of bee species …

Museum specimens reveal loss of pollen host plants as key factor driving wild bee decline in The Netherlands

J Scheper, M Reemer, R van Kats, WA Ozinga… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - pnas.org
Evidence for declining populations of both wild and managed bees has raised concern
about a potential global pollination crisis. Strategies to mitigate bee loss generally aim to …

Biodiversity, species interactions and ecological networks in a fragmented world

M Hagen, WD Kissling, C Rasmussen… - Advances in ecological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is organised into complex ecological networks of interacting species in local
ecosystems, but our knowledge about the effects of habitat fragmentation on such systems …

Bumblebee vulnerability and conservation world-wide

PH Williams, JL Osborne - Apidologie, 2009 - apidologie.org
We review evidence from around the world for bumblebee declines and review
management to mitigate threats. We find that there is evidence that some bumblebee …

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

JE Ogilvie, SR Griffin, ZJ Gezon, BD Inouye… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change can influence consumer populations both directly, by affecting survival and
reproduction, and indirectly, by altering resources. However, little is known about the relative …

Experimental heatwaves disrupt bumblebee foraging through direct heat effects and reduced nectar production

JA Hemberger, NM Rosenberger… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heatwaves are an increasingly common extreme weather event across the globe and are
projected to surge in frequency and severity in the coming decades. Plant‐pollinator …

The same, but different: pollen foraging in honeybee and bumblebee colonies

SD Leonhardt, N Blüthgen - Apidologie, 2012 - Springer
Like many other bees worldwide, honeybees and bumblebees are threatened by human-
induced disturbances. Yet some species decline and others thrive, likely due to different …