Delivering integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM)

PA Egan, LV Dicks, HMT Hokkanen, JA Stenberg - Trends in Plant Science, 2020 - cell.com
The need to reduce pollinator exposure to harmful pesticides has led to calls to expedite the
adoption of integrated pest management (IPM). We make the case that IPM is not explicitly …

[HTML][HTML] Mounting evidence that managed and introduced bees have negative impacts on wild bees: an updated review

JM Iwasaki, K Hogendoorn - Current research in insect science, 2022 - Elsevier
Worldwide, the use of managed bees for crop pollination and honey production has
increased dramatically. Concerns about the pressures of these increases on native …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape crop diversity and semi-natural habitat affect crop pollinators, pollination benefit and yield

CA Raderschall, R Bommarco, SAM Lindström… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has led to the conversion of natural habitats into agricultural
fields, increased field sizes and simplified crop rotations. The resulting homogenisation of …

Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities

D Senapathi, J Fründ, M Albrecht… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While an increasing number of studies indicate that the range, diversity and abundance of
many wild pollinators has declined, the global area of pollinator-dependent crops has …

Seasonal shifts and complementary use of pollen sources by two bees, a lacewing and a ladybeetle species in European agricultural landscapes

C Bertrand, PW Eckerter, L Ammann… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Continuous availability of food resources, such as pollen, is vital for many insects that
provide pollination and pest control services to agriculture. However, there is a lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Apple pollination is ensured by wild bees when honey bees are drawn away from orchards by a mass co-flowering crop, oilseed rape

J Osterman, P Theodorou, R Radzevičiūtė… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, the cultivated area of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L. or OSR), a
mass-flowering crop, has markedly increased in Europe in response to bioenergy demands …

Pollinator nutrition and its role in merging the dual objectives of pollinator health and optimal crop production

J Jones, R Rader - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bee and non-bee insect pollinators play an integral role in the quantity and quality of
production for many food crops, yet there is growing evidence that nutritional challenges to …

Do agroecological practices enhance the supply of ecosystem services? A comparison between agroecological and conventional horticultural farms

S Palomo-Campesino, M García-Llorente, V Hevia… - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has strongly impacted ecosystems and accelerated the process of
global change. Consequently, agroecological practices are being increasingly adopted …

Crop pollination services: Complementary resource use by social vs solitary bees facing crops with contrasting flower supply

S Bänsch, T Tscharntke, D Gabriel… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many farmers are facing high economic risks if pollinator declines continue or temporal and
spatial variation in wild bee communities cause reduced pollination services. Co‐flowering …

Wild plants in hedgerows and weeds in crop fields are important floral resources for wild flower-visiting insects, independently of the presence of intercrops

S Aviron, T Berry, D Leroy, G Savary… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The availability of diverse floral resources is crucial for the maintenance of pollinating
insects and the pollination service they provide in agricultural landscapes. Ensuring plant …