Australian horticulture relies heavily on the introduced managed honey bee, Apis mellifera
Linnaeus 1758 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), to pollinate crops. Given the risks associated with …

Many insect species provide essential pollination services. However, the amount of pollen
deposited onto a stigma when visiting a flower ('single visit pollen deposition', SVD) can vary …

Pollinator declines, changes in land use and climate-induced shifts in phenology have the
potential to seriously affect ecosystem function and food security by disrupting pollination …

Protecting, establishing and managing biodiverse semi-natural habitats is one strategy
within the concept of ecological intensification of agriculture that supports insect pollinator …

Differences in pollination effectiveness (PE) among pollinators have been widely
documented. However, the morphological and behavioural traits underlying these …

The drone fly (Eristalis tenax) pollinates many crops and is found almost worldwide. Its
successful management as a field-crop pollinator would provide an additional option to …

Observed declines in pollinator populations due to human pressures is of critical concern
because pollination is an essential regulating ecosystem service (ES). Pollination has a …

One of the major aims of pollination ecology has been to understand the role and relative
importance of different pollinator species in both natural and agricultural systems. This study …

Context Landscape simplification is a main driver of insect decline, threatening crop
pollination services. Changes in functional features in simplified agroecosystems may …

Many pollinator species visit multiple crops in multiple regions, yet we know little about their
pollination service provisioning at local and regional scales. We investigated the floral …