Standards and best practices for monitoring and benchmarking insects

GA Montgomery, MW Belitz, RP Guralnick… - Frontiers in ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Benchmark studies of insect populations are increasingly relevant and needed amid
accelerating concern about insect trends in the Anthropocene. The growing recognition that …

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 …

Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward

RK Didham, Y Basset, CM Collins… - Insect Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many insect species are under threat from the anthropogenic drivers of global change.
There have been numerous well‐documented examples of insect population declines and …

Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes

DC Zemp, N Guerrero-Ramirez, F Brambach, K Darras… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, large knowledge gaps
persist on how to increase biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in cash crop-dominated …

Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects

P Theodorou, R Radzevičiūtė, G Lentendu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Urbanisation is an important global driver of biodiversity change, negatively impacting some
species groups whilst providing opportunities for others. Yet its impact on ecosystem …

Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions

MK Peters, A Hemp, T Appelhans, JN Becker, C Behler… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Agriculture and the exploitation of natural resources have transformed tropical mountain
ecosystems across the world, and the consequences of these transformations for …

Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects

KCR Baldock, MA Goddard… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Insect pollinators provide a crucial ecosystem service, but are under threat. Urban areas
could be important for pollinators, though their value relative to other habitats is poorly …

Direct and indirect effects of invasive species: Biodiversity loss is a major mechanism by which an invasive tree affects ecosystem functioning

TEW Linders, U Schaffner, R Eschen… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Global change, such as exotic invasions, dramatically affects ecosystem functioning.
However, the mechanisms behind the impacts are often unclear and despite extensive …

Landscape configurational heterogeneity by small-scale agriculture, not crop diversity, maintains pollinators and plant reproduction in western Europe

AL Hass, UG Kormann… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agricultural intensification is one of the main causes for the current biodiversity crisis. While
reversing habitat loss on agricultural land is challenging, increasing the farmland …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic air pollutants reduce insect-mediated pollination services

JMW Ryalls, B Langford, NJ Mullinger… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Common air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (NO x), emitted in diesel exhaust, and
ozone (O 3), have been implicated in the decline of pollinating insects. Reductionist …