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Woodland, cropland and hedgerows promote pollinator abundance in intensive grassland landscapes, with saturating benefits of flower cover.

Published online: 14 Feb 2022

Authors: Alison, J. & Botham, M. & Maskell, L. C. & Garbutt, A. & Seaton, F. M. & Skates, J. & Smart, S. M. & Thomas, A. R. C. & Tordoff, G. & Williams, B. L. & Wood, C. M. & Emmett, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinating insects provide economic value by improving crop yield. They are also functionally and culturally important across ecosystems outside of c...

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Flower plantings support wild bee reproduction and may also mitigate pesticide exposure effects.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Authors: Rundlöf, M. & Stuligross, C. & Lindh, A. & Malfi, R. L. & Burns, K. & Mola, J. M. & Cibotti, S. & Williams, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable agriculture relies on pollinators, and wild bees benefit yield of multiple crops. However, the combined exposure to pesticides and loss of...

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Proximity to natural habitat and flower plantings increases insect populations and pollination services in South African apple orchards.

Published online: 15 Dec 2021

Authors: Ratto, F. & Steward, P. & Sait, S. M. & Pryke, J. S. & Gaigher, R. & Samways, M. J. & Kunin, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introducing areas of wildflower vegetation within crop fields has been shown to enhance pollinator activity and pollination services to crops, and fin...

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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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The influence of pollinator abundance on the dynamics and efficiency of pollination in agricultural Brassica napus: implications for landscape-scale gene dispersal.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Hayter, K. E. & Cresswell, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is important to understand the pollination processes that generate landscape-scale gene dispersal in plants, particularly in crop plants with genet...

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Flowers as dirty doorknobs: deformed wing virus transmitted between Apis mellifera and Bombus impatiens through shared flowers.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Burnham, P. A. & Alger, S. A. & Case, B. & Boncristiani, H. & Hébert-Dufresne, L. & Brody, A. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In light of bee declines, the importance of pollination services from managed and native bees to our agriculture and economy is of great political, sc...

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Organic farming supports lower pest infestation, but fewer natural enemies than flower strips.

Published online: 01 Nov 2021

Authors: Török, E. & Zieger, S. & Rosenthal, J. & Földesi, R. & Gallé, R. & Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has led to dramatic losses of species and associated ecosystem services. In the European Union, agri-environment schemes ...

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Impacts of multiple pollutants on pollinator activity in road verges.

Published online: 21 May 2021

Authors: Phillips, B. B. & Bullock, J. M. & Gaston, K. J. & Hudson-Edwards, K. A. & Bamford, M. & Cruse, D. & Dicks, L. V. & Falagan, C. & Wallace, C. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To tackle pollinator declines, there is a major need to increase the quantity of flower-rich habitats. Road verges offer one such opportunity but are ...

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Pollination mitigates cucumber yield gaps more than pesticide and fertilizer use in tropical smallholder gardens.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Motzke, I. & Tscharntke, T. & Wanger, T. C. & Klein, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination can be an essential but often neglected ecosystem service to mitigate crop yield gaps. Pollination services are usually studied in isolati...

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Wild bee communities benefit from temporal complementarity of hedges and flower strips in apple orchards.

Published online: 19 Feb 2023

Authors: Königslöw, V. von & Fornoff, F. & Klein, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wild bees importantly pollinate both crop and wild plants. Yet, in intensive agricultural landscapes, wild bees are rare due to resource limitations o...

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