How urbanization is driving pollinator diversity and pollination–A systematic review

A Wenzel, I Grass, VV Belavadi, T Tscharntke - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban areas are growing worldwide and alter landscapes in a persistent fashion, thereby
affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services such as pollination in a little understood way …

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 …

The city as a refuge for insect pollinators

DM Hall, GR Camilo, RK Tonietto, J Ollerton… - Conservation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Research on urban insect pollinators is changing views on the biological value and
ecological importance of cities. The abundance and diversity of native bee species in urban …

The biological deserts fallacy: cities in their landscapes contribute more than we think to regional biodiversity

EN Spotswood, EE Beller, R Grossinger, JL Grenier… - Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes.
Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and threats for pollinator conservation in global towns and cities

KCR Baldock - Current opinion in insect science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Threats to urban pollinators include urban intensification, climate change,
pesticides and pollution.•Adding honey bee hives could negatively affect wild pollinators in …

Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops

M Ulyshen, KR Urban‐Mead, JB Dorey… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of natural habitats to pollinator diversity is widely recognized, the
value of forests to pollinating insects has been largely overlooked in many parts of the world …

Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates

LW Pisa, V Amaral-Rogers, LP Belzunces… - … science and pollution …, 2015 - Springer
We assessed the state of knowledge regarding the effects of large-scale pollution with
neonicotinoid insecticides and fipronil on non-target invertebrate species of terrestrial …

Ecological intensification to mitigate impacts of conventional intensive land use on pollinators and pollination

A Kovács‐Hostyánszki, A Espíndola… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, human appropriation of ecosystems is disrupting plant–pollinator communities
and pollination function through habitat conversion and landscape homogenisation …

Widespread contamination of wildflower and bee-collected pollen with complex mixtures of neonicotinoids and fungicides commonly applied to crops

A David, C Botías, A Abdul-Sada, E Nicholls… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
There is considerable and ongoing debate as to the harm inflicted on bees by exposure to
agricultural pesticides. In part, the lack of consensus reflects a shortage of information on …

Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

LA Garibaldi, I Steffan‐Dewenter, C Kremen… - Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1062–1072 Abstract Sustainable agricultural landscapes by
definition provide high magnitude and stability of ecosystem services, biodiversity and crop …