The role of landscape connectivity in maintaining pollinator biodiversity needs reconsideration

D Vasiliev, S Greenwood - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
Despite ongoing conservation efforts, pollinator biodiversity continues to decline at
unprecedented rates. Conservation approaches tend to ignore landscape connectivity and …

The importance of forests in bumble bee biology and conservation

JM Mola, J Hemberger, J Kochanski… - Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Declines of many bumble bee species have raised concerns because of their importance as
pollinators and potential harbingers of declines among other insect taxa. At present, bumble …

Amount, distance-dependent and structural effects of forest patches on bees in agricultural landscapes

E Rahimi, S Barghjelveh, P Dong - Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 - Springer
Background The growing human population and the need for more food in the world have
reduced forests and turned them into agricultural land. Many agricultural products are …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Flower strips enhance abundance of bumble bee queens and males in landscapes with few honey bee hives

R Bommarco, SAM Lindström, CA Raderschall… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wild bee declines in agricultural landscapes have led farmers to supplement crops with
honey bees. Simultaneously, environmental subsidy and conservation programmes have …

Ecologically-Informed Precision Conservation: A framework for increasing biodiversity in intensively managed agricultural landscapes with minimal sacrifice in crop …

M Knapp, T Teder, V Lukas, M Štrobl, J Knappová… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conservation actions are urgently needed to tackle biodiversity loss in intensively managed
agricultural landscapes. Production lands are usually heterogeneous and contain low-yield …

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 …

Dominance of Fructose-Associated Fructobacillus in the Gut Microbiome of Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Inhabiting Natural Forest Meadows

R Krams, D Gudra, S Popovs, J Willow, T Krama… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A vast array of microorganisms colonize invertebrates and vertebrates.
Most of these microbes reside in the digestive tract, where they constitute the intestinal (gut) …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape-scale diversity of plants, bumblebees and butterflies in mixed farm-forest landscapes of Northern Europe: Clear-cuts do not compensate for the …

GKS Andersson, N Boke-Olen, F Roger, J Ekroos… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
To assess the biodiversity consequences of contemporary land-use trends in Northern
Europe, where agriculture is being replaced by forestry, we need a better knowledge of the …

[HTML][HTML] Are bees attracted by flower richness? Implications for ecosystem service-based policy

J Liira, I Jürjendal - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Agri-environmental policies aim to reverse the degradation of ecosystem services in rural
landscapes by implementing biodiversity-based land-use solutions. One such agri …