Chemistry, biosynthesis and biology of floral volatiles: roles in pollination and other functions

S Dötterl, J Gershenzon - Natural Product Reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2010 to 2023 Floral volatiles are a chemically diverse group of plant metabolites
that serve multiple functions. Their composition is shaped by environmental, ecological and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Global patterns and drivers of bee distribution

MC Orr, AC Hughes, D Chesters, J Pickering, CD Zhu… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Insects are the focus of many recent studies suggesting population declines, but even
invaluable pollination service providers such as bees lack a modern distributional synthesis …

Global effects of land-use intensity on local pollinator biodiversity

J Millard, CL Outhwaite, R Kinnersley… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pollinating species are in decline globally, with land use an important driver. However, most
of the evidence on which these claims are made is patchy, based on studies with low …

Pollinators contribute to the maintenance of flowering plant diversity

N Wei, RL Kaczorowski, G Arceo-Gómez, EM O'Neill… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mechanisms that favour rare species are key to the maintenance of diverse communities,–.
One of the most critical tasks for conservation of flowering plant biodiversity is to understand …

Environmental and health effects of pesticide residues

S Ali, MI Ullah, A Sajjad, Q Shakeel… - … agriculture reviews 48 …, 2021 - Springer
Now a days, agroecosystem is largely dependent on pesticides to meet the ever-increasing
demand of food and fiber. Tons of synthetic pesticides are deposited to increase the yield …

The effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination: A meta‐analysis

H Liang, YD He, P Theodorou, CF Yang - Ecology Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is increasing worldwide, with major impacts on biodiversity, species
interactions and ecosystem functioning. Pollination is an ecosystem function vital for …

[HTML][HTML] Pollinator diversity benefits natural and agricultural ecosystems, environmental health, and human welfare

DM Katumo, H Liang, AC Ochola, M Lv, QF Wang… - Plant Diversity, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiversity loss during the Anthropocene is a serious ecological challenge. Pollinators are
important vectors that provide multiple essential ecosystem services but are declining …

Global trends in bumble bee health

SA Cameron, BM Sadd - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Bumble bees (Bombus) are unusually important pollinators, with approximately 260 wild
species native to all biogeographic regions except sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, and New …

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 …