A review of the major threats and challenges to global bat conservation

WF Frick, T Kingston, J Flanders - … of the new York Academy of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bats are an ecologically and taxonomically diverse group accounting for roughly a fifth of
mammalian diversity worldwide. Many of the threats bats face (eg, habitat loss, bushmeat …

Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security

F Requier, N Pérez-Méndez, GKS Andersson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally
important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity …

Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines

JG Rodger, JM Bennett, M Razanajatovo, TM Knight… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Despite evidence of pollinator declines from many regions across the globe, the threat this
poses to plant populations is not clear because plants can often produce seeds without …

Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification

MA Aizen, S Aguiar, JC Biesmeijer… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The global increase in the proportion of land cultivated with pollinator‐dependent crops
implies increased reliance on pollination services. Yet agricultural practices themselves can …

Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops

M Ulyshen, KR Urban‐Mead, JB Dorey… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of natural habitats to pollinator diversity is widely recognized, the
value of forests to pollinating insects has been largely overlooked in many parts of the world …

Bats and their vital ecosystem services: a global review

LA RAMÍREZ‐FRÁNCEL… - Integrative …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bats play crucial ecosystem services as seed dispersers, pollinators, controllers of insects,
and nutrient recyclers. However, there has not been a thorough global review evaluating …

Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history

RE Stephens, RV Gallagher, L Dun… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most contemporary angiosperms (flowering plants) are insect pollinated, but pollination by
wind, water or vertebrates occurs in many lineages. Though evidence suggests insect …

Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination

E Gazzea, P Batáry, L Marini - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Animal pollination supports the production of a wide range of food crops fundamental to
maintaining diverse and nutritionally balanced diets. Here, we present a global meta …

The critical importance of Old World fruit bats for healthy ecosystems and economies

SA Aziz, KR McConkey, K Tanalgo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite extensive documentation of the ecological and economic importance of Old World
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …

Unmanned aerial vehicles for biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes-A systematic review

F Librán-Embid, F Klaus, T Tscharntke… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes is of major importance to
meet the sustainable development challenges of our time. The emergence of unmanned …