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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

How does climate warming affect plant‐pollinator interactions?

SJ Hegland, A Nielsen, A Lázaro, AL Bjerknes… - Ecology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming affects the phenology, local abundance and large‐scale distribution of
plants and pollinators. Despite this, there is still limited knowledge of how elevated …

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

I Bartomeus, JS Ascher, J Gibbs… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

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 …