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Maintaining habitat diversity at small scales benefits wild bees and pollination services in mountain apple orchards.

Published online: 24 May 2024

Authors: Zanini, S. & Dainese, M. & Kopf, T. & Leitinger, G. & Tappeiner, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

enThis link goes to a English sectionitThis link goes to a English sectiondeThis link goes to a Deutsche section Landscape context influences wild bee...

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Management-dependent effects of pollinator functional diversity on apple pollination services: a response-effect trait approach.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Roquer-Beni, L. & Alins, G. & Arnan, X. & Boreux, V. & García, D. & Hambäck, P. A. & Happe, A. K. & Klein, A. M. & Miñarro, M. & Mody, K. & Porcel, M. & Rodrigo, A. & Samnegård, U. & Tasin, M. & Bosch, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Functional traits mediate the response of communities to disturbances (response traits) and their contribution to ecosystem functions (effect traits)....

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The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production.

Published online: 28 Aug 2020

Authors: Pérez-Méndez, N. & Andersson, G. K. S. & Requier, F. & Hipólito, J. & Aizen, M. A. & Morales, C. L. & García, N. & Gennari, G. P. & Garibaldi, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The alarming loss of pollinator diversity world-wide can reduce the productivity of pollinator-dependent crops, which could have economic impacts. How...

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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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Early spring orchard pollinators spill over from resource-rich adjacent forest patches.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Urban-Mead, K. R. & Dyke, M. van & Muñiz, P. & Young, A. D. & Danforth, B. N. & McArt, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinator communities are more abundant and diverse in agricultural matrices with more natural habitat, although the reasons for these correlations r...

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Environmental modifications resulting from the culture and grubbing of trees.

Published online: 28 Oct 1968

Authors: Holland, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

After a mature apple orchard had been removed by grubbing the trees various experimental treatments (different systems of manuring and ploughing at tw...

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Eco-physiology of apple trees: dry matter production and partitioning by young Golden Delicious trees in France and England.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Heim, G. & Landsberg, J. J. & Watson, R. L. & Brain, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Young Golden Delicious trees were grown at Bristol for 1 year then, in January 1975, half the batch were moved to Montpellier; in January 1976, 6 tree...

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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 effect of European canker and its spatial pattern on four apple cultivars in British Columbia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Johnson, D. L. & Doust, J. L. & Eaton, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The density and distribution of Nectria galligena were determined on all 16 combinations of 4 cvs (Summerland Red McIntosh, Harrold's Delicious, Spart...

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The foraging behaviour of honeybees on ornamental Malus spp. used as pollinizers in apple orchards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

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

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The flowers of 3 ornamental Malus spp. (M. aldenhamensis, M. floribunda cv. Hillierii and M. cv. Golden Hornet) and of cvs Cox's Orange Pippin, Worces...

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