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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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Roads pose a significant barrier to bee movement, mediated by road size, traffic and bee identity.

Published online: 12 Jun 2021

Authors: Fitch, G. & Vaidya, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Roads are a major driver of environmental stress, yet we know surprisingly little about how roads impact the movement of insect pollinators, and conse...

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North Thames Estuary & Marshes Terrestrial Invertebrate survey 2022.

Published online: 05 Dec 2024

Published by: 'Natural England'

Authors: Mellings, J. & Piper, R.

Content type: Reports

In 2022, Natural England commissioned surveys to assess terrestrial invertebrate assemblages near the Thames in Essex, UK, focusing on post-industrial...

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Reduced parasite burden in feral honeybee colonies.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Kohl, P. L. & D'Alvise, P. & Rutschmann, B. & Roth, S. & Remter, F. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Hasselmann, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Bee parasites are the main threat to apiculture and since many parasite taxa can spill over from honeybees (Apis mellifera) to other bee species, hone...

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Optimizing breeding strategies and crop management for enhancing legume ecosystem services in organic farming.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Suso, M. J. & Mateos, C.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Legumes may facilitate the diversification on the agroecosystem both directly, e.g. via growing legumes in association with cereals, and indirectly by...

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Wild bees and hoverflies per landscape type.

Published online: 04 Jul 2019

Authors: Ozinga, W. A. & Scheper, J. A. & Groot, G. A. de & Reemer, M. & Raemakers, I. & Dooremalen, C. van & Biesmeijer, K. & Kleijn, D.

Content type: Bulletin

Insects play an essential role in the pollination of many food crops and wild plants. It is not just honey bees, there is a wide spectrum of species o...

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Local and landscape scale woodland cover and diversification of agroecological practices shape butterfly communities in tropical smallholder landscapes.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Vogel, C. & Mayer, V. & Mkandawire, M. & Küstner, G. & Kerr, R. B. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionswThis link goes to a English section The conversion of biodiversity-rich woodland to farmland and subsequent man...

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Habitat enhancements rescue bee body size from the negative effects of landscape simplification.

Published online: 25 Aug 2020

Authors: Grab, H. & Brokaw, J. & Anderson, E. & Gedlinske, L. & Gibbs, J. & Wilson, J. & Loeb, G. & Isaacs, R. & Poveda, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The negative effects of landscape simplification on bee communities are well documented. To reverse these effects, flowering habitat enhancements are ...

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Dancing bees evaluate central urban forage resources as superior to agricultural land.

Published online: 15 Feb 2022

Authors: Samuelson, A. E. & Schürch, R. & Leadbeater, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent evidence suggests that flower-rich areas within cities could play an important role in pollinator conservation, but direct comparison of floral...

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Field boundary features can stabilise bee populations and the pollination of mass-flowering crops in rotational systems.

Published online: 02 Nov 2021

Authors: Gardner, E. & Breeze, T. D. & Clough, Y. & Smith, H. G. & Baldock, K. C. R. & Campbell, A. & Garratt, M. P. D. & Gillespie, M. A. K. & Kunin, W. E. & McKerchar, M. & Potts, S. G. & Senapathi, D. & Stone, G. N. & Wäckers, F. & Westbury, D. B. & Wilby, A. & Oliver, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators experience large spatiotemporal fluctuations in resource availability when mass-flowering crops are rotated with resource-poor cereal crop...

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