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Conservation in post-industrial cities: how does vacant land management and landscape configuration influence urban bees?

Published online: 16 Mar 2021

Authors: Turo, K. J. & Spring, M. R. & Sivakoff, F. S. & Flor, Y. A. D. de la & Gardiner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rich pollinator assemblages are documented in some cities despite habitat fragmentation and degradation, suggesting that urban areas have potential as...

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Quantifying the impact of pesticides on learning and memory in bees.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Siviter, H. & Koricheva, J. & Brown, M. J. F. & Leadbeater, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most insecticides are insect neurotoxins. Evidence is emerging that sublethal doses of these neurotoxins are affecting the learning and memory of both...

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Associations between plant and pollinator communities under grassland restoration respond mainly to landscape connectivity.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Rotchés-Ribalta, R. & Winsa, M. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Öckinger, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use change can disrupt associations between different trophic groups, but it is unclear if habitat restoration can recover these associations. In...

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Alternative pollinator taxa are equally efficient but not as effective as the honeybee in a mass flowering crop.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Rader, R. & Howlett, B. G. & Cunningham, S. A. & Westcott, D. A. & Newstrom-Lloyd, L. E. & Walker, M. K. & Teulon, D. A. J. & Edwards, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The honeybee Apis mellifera is currently in decline worldwide because of the combined impacts of Colony Collapse Disorder and the Varroa destructor mi...

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Extremely frequent bee visits increase pollen deposition but reduce drupelet set in raspberry.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Sáez, A. & Morales, C. L. & Ramos, L. Y. & Aizen, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Production of many flowering crops often benefits from elevated pollinator diversity and abundance. Nevertheless, the opposite relationship may arise ...

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Pollinator body size mediates the scale at which land use drives crop pollination services.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Benjamin, F. E. & Reilly, J. R. & Winfree, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem services to agriculture, such as pollination, rely on natural areas adjacent to farmland to support organisms that provide services. Native ...

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Impact of chronic exposure to a pyrethroid pesticide on bumblebees and interactions with a trypanosome parasite.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Baron, G. L. & Raine, N. E. & Brown, M. J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bees are exposed to pesticides when foraging in agricultural areas and growing evidence suggests that such compounds can be harmful to managed and wil...

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BEEHAVE: a systems model of honeybee colony dynamics and foraging to explore multifactorial causes of colony failure.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Becher, M. A. & Grimm, V. & Thorbek, P. & Horn, J. & Kennedy, P. J. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A notable increase in failure of managed European honeybee Apis mellifera L. colonies has been reported in various regions in recent years. Although t...

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The brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) is an effective pollinator in Australian blueberry orchards.

Published online: 30 Sep 2023

Authors: Santos, K. C. B. S. & Davis, A. E. & Rocchetti, M. & Hocking, B. & Schermeister, B. & Rader, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) is a common bird species in Australia and is a pollinator of many native plant species but there are no re...

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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, Claire Carvell.

Published online: 09 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme

Content type: Conference slides

The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) is a critical initiative aimed at understanding trends in insect pollinator populations across the UK. By g...

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