Functional traits offer promising avenues to investigate how community composition and
diversity define ecosystem functioning and service delivery. In recent years, many empirical …

Invasive alien species modify pollinator biodiversity and the services they provide that
underpin ecosystem function and human well-being. Building on the Intergovernmental …

Planted meadows are increasingly used to improve the biodiversity and aesthetic amenity
value of urban areas. Although many 'pollinator-friendly'seed mixes are available, the floral …

Since the rise of agriculture, human populations have domesticated plant and animal
species to fulfil their needs. With modern agriculture, a limited number of these species has …

During the past decades, managed honeybee stocks have increased globally. Managed
honeybees are particularly used within mass-flowering crops and often spill over to adjacent …

Globally, plants display enormous variation in life‐history strategies and trait combinations.
However, evidence suggests that evolutionary and physiological constraints limit the …

The disruption of mutualisms by invasive species has consequences for biodiversity loss
and ecosystem function. Although invasive plant effects on the pollination of individual …

In 2013, an opportunity arose in E ngland to develop an agri‐environment package for wild
pollinators, as part of the new C ountryside S tewardship scheme launched in 2015. It can …

The temporal dynamics of plant phenology and pollinator abundance across seasons
should influence the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks. Nevertheless, such …

Background Green infrastructure is a strategic network of green spaces designed to deliver
ecosystem services to human communities. Green infrastructure is a convenient concept for …