Landscape simplification leads to loss of plant–pollinator interaction diversity and flower visitation frequency despite buffering by abundant generalist pollinators

C Maurer, C Martínez‐Núñez, C Dominik… - Diversity and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Global change, especially landscape simplification, is a main driver of species loss that
can alter ecological interaction networks, with potentially severe consequences to …

Organic farming and annual flower strips reduce parasite prevalence in honeybees and boost colony growth in agricultural landscapes

P Pluta, K Czechofsky, A Hass, L Frank… - Journal of Applied …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite the major role that insect pollinators play in crop production, agricultural
intensification drives them into decline. Various conservation measures have been …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of uncut refuge management on grassland arthropods–A systematic review

K Révész, R Gallé, JY Humbert, P Batáry - Global Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
European semi-natural grasslands are often managed by mowing. These habitats have
species-rich fauna, but mowing threatens arthropods' abundance and diversity. Leaving …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape-wide floral resource deficit enhances the importance of diverse wildflower plantings for pollinators in farmlands

ÁD Bihaly, IS Piross, R Pellaton, V Szigeti… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Pollinators are declining rapidly, largely due to land conversion and intensification of
agriculture. To mitigate their crisis, low-disturbance habitats, such as sown wildflower …

Species traits, landscape quality and floral resource overlap with honeybees determine virus transmission in plant–pollinator networks

C Maurer, A Schauer, O Yañez, P Neumann… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Emerging infectious diseases pose a threat to pollinators. Virus transmission among
pollinators via flowers may be reinforced by anthropogenic land-use change and …

The potential of weeds in arable fields to support pollinator assemblages

P Milberg, KO Bergman, L Björklund… - Weed …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
To what extent are weeds on arable land useful to pollinators in an arable‐dominated
landscape? We sampled the weed flora in fields under conventional or organic farming in …

Milkweed and floral resource availability for monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in the United States

L Lukens, J Thieme, WE Thogmartin - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
The global decline of pollinators, particularly insects, underscores the importance of
enhanced monitoring of their populations and habitats. However, monitoring some pollinator …

Bumblebees mediate landscape effects on a forest herb's population genetic structure in European agricultural landscapes

JT Feigs, S Huang, SIJ Holzhauer, J Brunet… - Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spatially isolated plant populations in agricultural landscapes exhibit genetic responses not
only to habitat fragmentation per se but also to the composition of the landscape matrix …

Pollinator activity and flowering in agricultural weeds in Sweden

P Milberg, M Franzen, A Karpaty Wickbom… - Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The extent to which weeds in arable land are useful to pollinators depends in part on the
temporal pattern of flowering and insect flight activity. We compiled citizen science data on …

[HTML][HTML] Green covers effectively increase arthropod biodiversity in orchards, even at high management intensity

R Ploeg, AR Ballesteros, I Bartomeus, D Kleijn… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Agri-environmental measures such as wildflower strips and green covers are a key
instrument to halt biodiversity loss and enhance the delivery of biodiversity-based …