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 …

Recent and future declines of a historically widespread pollinator linked to climate, land cover, and pesticides

WM Janousek, MR Douglas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The acute decline in global biodiversity includes not only the loss of rare species, but also
the rapid collapse of common species across many different taxa. The loss of pollinating …

The value of forests to pollinating insects varies with forest structure, composition, and age

MD Ulyshen, KM Ballare, CJ Fettig, JW Rivers… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forests play an essential role in conserving pollinating insects
and supporting pollination services in mixed-use landscapes and are particularly important …

The effects of glyphosate, pure or in herbicide formulation, on bumble bees and their gut microbial communities

EVS Motta, NA Moran - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread use of glyphosate-based formulations to eliminate unwanted vegetation
has increased concerns regarding their effects on non-target organisms, such as honey …

Insufficient pollinator visitation often limits yield in crop systems worldwide

KJ Turo, JR Reilly, TPM Fijen, A Magrach… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Declining pollinator populations could threaten global food production, especially if current
crop yields are limited by insufficient pollinator visitation to flowers, in a phenomenon …

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J Kuppler, U Neumüller, AV Mayr… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flower strips are a commonly used tool for improving agricultural landscapes for pollinators.
The plant composition of the seed mixtures employed is based on logistic decisions, eg …

Bee diversity decreases rapidly with time since harvest in intensively managed conifer forests

RA Zitomer, SM Galbraith, MG Betts… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite widespread concerns about the anthropogenic drivers of global pollinator declines,
little information is available about the impacts of land management practices on wild bees …

Early spring orchard pollinators spill over from resource‐rich adjacent forest patches

KR Urban‐Mead, M Van Dyke, P Muñiz… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator communities are more abundant and diverse in agricultural matrices with more
natural habitat, although the reasons for these correlations remain unclear. It is possible that …

Climate, pesticides, and landcover drive declines of the western bumble bee

NM Williams, J Hemberger - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The plight of the western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis) is a compelling, cautionary tale
for the future of wild bee species under anthropogenic global change. Once a common …

Canopy sampling reveals hidden potential value of woodland trees for wild bee assemblages

G Allen, RG Davies - Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Woodlands can play an important role in supporting bee abundance and diversity in
agricultural landscapes. However, in temperate‐region studies, the canopy is rarely …