[HTML][HTML] Opportunities to enhance pollinator biodiversity in solar parks

H Blaydes, SG Potts, JD Whyatt, A Armstrong - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Renewable power capacity is increasing globally in response to energy decarbonisation,
with solar photovoltaic (PV) projected to be the dominant renewable. A significant proportion …

[HTML][HTML] Significance of apoidea as main pollinators. ecological and economic impact and implications for human nutrition

P Hristov, B Neov, R Shumkova, N Palova - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wild and managed bees provide pollination services to crops and wild plants, as well as a
variety of other services beneficial to humans. Honey bees are the most economically …

Biodiversity and pollination benefits trade off against profit in an intensive farming system

J Scheper, I Badenhausser, J Kantelhardt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Agricultural expansion and intensification have boosted global food production but have
come at the cost of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Biodiversity-friendly …

Novel indices reveal that pollinator exposure to pesticides varies across biological compartments and crop surroundings

M Laurent, S Bougeard, L Caradec, F Ghestem… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Declines in insect pollinators have been linked to a range of causative factors such as
disease, loss of habitats, the quality and availability of food, and exposure to pesticides …

Green port management practices for sustainable port operations: a multi method study of Asian ports

KK Mahmud, MMH Chowdhury… - Maritime Policy & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ports pose a substantial portion of marine emissions, causing significant health and
environmental risks. Providing profitable services in compliance with environmental …

[HTML][HTML] The need for weeds: Man-made, non-cropped habitats complement crops and natural habitats in providing honey bees and bumble bees with pollen …

J Jachuła, B Denisow, M Wrzesień… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In Europe, honey bees and bumble bees are among the most important pollinators, and
there is a growing interest in understanding the effects of floral resource availability on their …

Can landscape level semi-natural habitat compensate for pollinator biodiversity loss due to farmland consolidation?

X Shi, H **ao, S Luo, JA Hodgson, FJJA Bianchi… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditional farming landscapes in China consist of small irregular fields with an intimately
interspersed semi-natural habitat network of field margins, but are increasingly converted …

Agroecosystem landscape diversity shapes wild bee communities independent of managed honey bee presence

ALS Clair, G Zhang, AG Dolezal, ME O'Neal… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large scale agricultural production can lead to a reduction in availability of habitat used by
wild bees for nesting and forage and has been implicated in worldwide bee population …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring multifunctional agricultural landscapes

B Song, GM Robinson, DK Bardsley - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multifunctional agriculture (MFA) has attracted increased attention from academics and
policymakers in recent years. Academic researchers have utilised various approaches to …

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 …