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Quantifying the impacts of bioenergy crops on pollinating insect abundance and diversity: a field-scale evaluation reveals taxon-specific responses.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Stanley, D. A. & Stout, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global declines in pollinating insects have been linked with agricultural intensification and land-use change. Increased production of novel crops for...

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

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Pluta, P. & Czechofsky, K. & Hass, A. & Frank, L. & Westerhoff, A. & Klingenberg, H. & Theodorou, P. & Westphal, C. & Paxton, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite the major role that insect pollinators play in crop production, agricultural intensification drives them into decline. Various conservation me...

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Pilot results-based payment approaches for agri-environment schemes in arable and upland grassland systems in England.

Published online: 26 Mar 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Chaplin, S. & Robinson, V. & Page, A. le & Ward, D. & Hicks, D. & Scholz, E. M. & Keep, H. & Cocq, J. le

Content type: Reports

In this publication, to test if results-based Agri-Environment Schemes (AES) could work in a range of different farming systems and for the delivery o...

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The pollinating efficiency of honeybee and bumblebee visits to flowers of the runner bean Phaseolus coccineus L.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Kendall, D. A. & Smith, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The pollinating value of bees on temporarily uncaged runner beans was determined from the set on flowers known to have been visited by these insects, ...

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Diet diversity and pesticide risk mediate the negative effects of land use change on solitary bee offspring production.

Published online: 13 Feb 2021

Authors: Centrella, M. & Russo, L. & Ramírez, N. M. & Eitzer, B. & Dyke, M. van & Danforth, B. & Poveda, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Threats to bee pollinators such as land use change, high pesticide risk and reduced floral diet diversity are usually assessed independently, even tho...

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The ability of bumblebees and honeybees to pollinate red clover.

Published online: 19 Dec 1966

Authors: Free, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The percentage of florets of the Trifolium pratense varieties Altaswede, Berry's and Essex which set seed when visited by Apis mellifera and Bombus ag...

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Field-realistic exposure to the novel insecticide flupyradifurone reduces reproductive output in a bumblebee (Bombus impatiens).

Published online: 01 Nov 2024

Authors: Richardson, L. I. & Siviter, H. & Jha, S. & Muth, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Novel insecticides are continuously being developed for application in response to increased legal restriction of previously developed insecticides an...

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Log-normality of biodiversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators on blueberry heaths.

Published online: 05 Jun 1998

Authors: Kevan, P. G. & Greco, C. F. & Belaoussoff, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data were collected from sampling pollinating bees [Apoidea] over 8 years in 13 blueberry fields in New Brunswick, Canada, and used to test the log-no...

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Restoration of riverine inland sand dune complexes: implications for the conservation of wild bees.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Exeler, N. & Kratochwil, A. & Hochkirch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The evaluation of restoration measures is an important task of conservation biology. Inland sand dunes and dry, oligotrophic grasslands have become ra...

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Precision farming - consideration of reduced exposure in the pollinator risk assessment.

Published online: 17 Aug 2020

Authors: Lückmann, J. & Kaiser, S. & Blankenhagen, F. von

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Observed declines in the distribution and abundance of various insect species have moved the topic of biodiversity and the protection of honey bees, a...

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