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The viability and compatibility of pollen on insects visiting apple blossom.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Kendall, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The viability of fruit pollen carried on the body hairs of insects collected in apple orchards was usually similar to that of pollen from freshly dehi...

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Nesting sites of giant honeybees modulated by landscape patterns.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Pavageau, C. & Gaucherel, C. & Garcia, C. & Ghazoul, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The composition of agro-ecological landscapes is thought to have important implications for the production of major crops through its effects on polli...

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Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination-dependent crop.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Blaauw, B. R. & Isaacs, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services from wild insects contribute to crop productivity around the world, but are at risk of decline in agricultural landscapes. Using ...

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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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Wild pollination services to California almond rely on semi-natural habitat.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Klein, A. M. & Brittain, C. & Hendrix, S. D. & Thorp, R. & Williams, N. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global declines in honeybees have led to concerns about negative impacts on food production because of low levels of pollination. This is exemplified ...

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Proximity to rainforest enhances pollination and fruit set in orchards.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Blanche, K. R. & Ludwig, J. A. & Cunningham, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical rainforests are potential reservoirs of insects that could enhance crop pollination, but only a few instances of the provision of such servic...

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Seasonal progression and differences in major floral resource use by bees and hoverflies in a diverse horticultural and agricultural landscape revealed by DNA metabarcoding.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Lowe, A. & Jones, L. & Brennan, G. & Creer, S. & Vere, N. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gardens are important habitats for pollinators, providing floral resources and nesting sites. There are high levels of public support for growing 'pol...

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Early-season mass-flowering crop cover dilutes wild bee abundance and species richness in temperate regions: a quantitative synthesis.

Published online: 16 Jun 2024

Authors: Riggi, L. G. A. & Raderschall, C. A. & Fijen, T. P. M. & Scheper, J. & Smith, H. G. & Kleijn, D. & Holzschuh, A. & Aguilera, G. & Badenhausser, I. & Bänsch, S. & Beyer, N. & Blitzer, E. J. & Bommarco, R. & Danforth, B. & González-Varo, J. P. & Grab, H. & Provost, G. le & Poveda, K. & Potts, S. G. & Rundlöf, M. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Tscharntke, T. & Vilà, M. & Westphal, C. & Berggren, Å. & Lundin, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators benefit from increasing floral resources in agricultural landscapes, which could be an underexplored co-benefit of mass-flowering crop cul...

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Shared use of a mass-flowering crop drives dietary niche overlap between managed honeybees and bumblebees.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Bernhardsson, O. & Kendall, L. & Olsson, O. & Olsson, P. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource competition between wild pollinators and managed honeybees (Apis mellifera) has the potential to detrimentally impact insect biodiversity as ...

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Flower-visiting insects and their potential impact on transgene flow in rice.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Pu DeQiang & Shi Min & Wu Qiong & Gao MingQing & Liu JiaFu & Ren ShaoPeng & Yang Fan & Tang Pu & Ye GongYin & Shen ZhiCheng & He JunHua & Yang Ding & Bu WenJun & Zhang ChunTian & Song, Q. S. & Xue Dong & Strand, M. R. & Chen XueXin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice is one of the most important crops in the world. Several transgenic varieties of rice have been developed, and some have recently entered pre-pro...

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