How much flower-rich habitat is enough for wild pollinators? Answering a key policy question with incomplete knowledge. [PDF]
In 2013, an opportunity arose in England to develop an agri-environment package for wild pollinators, as part of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme launched in 2015.
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Mass flowering crops in a patchy agricultural landscape can reduce bee abundance in adjacent shrublands [PDF]
Pollinator spill-over among habitats can arise in order to fulfill the pollination function and whenever differences in floral offering change over time or space.
Montero-Castaño, Ana +2 more
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Ideenskizze zum Bundeswettbewerb „Naturschutzgroßprojekte und ländliche Entwicklung“ mit dem Titel „idee.natur – Zukunftspreis Naturschutz“ : unser Themenschwerpunkt: Wälder [PDF]
Um den Zuschlag zum Naturschutzgroßprojekt bewirbt sich die Hessische Rhön. Die notwendigen Maßnahmen sind ohne Akzeptanz der Bevölkerung nicht realisierbar.
Kremer, Martin, Sauer, Ewald
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the following corporation’s variables: value, size, debt policy, growth, liquidity, dividend policy on managerial and institutional ownership in the base and chemical industry sector listed on the ...
Andrena Novita Santoso +2 more
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Great Diversity of Insect Floral Associates May Partially Explain Ecological Success of Poison Ivy (\u3ci\u3eToxicodendron Radicans\u3c/i\u3e Subsp. \u3ci\u3eNegundo\u3c/i\u3e [Greene] Gillis, Anacardiaceae) [PDF]
Little is known about insect floral associates of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans, Anacardiaceae), despite the species’ ubiquity and importance in nature and society.
Senchina, David S, Summerville, Keith S
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L'Ophrys de la Passion, Ophrys passionis Sennen ex J.P. Devillers-Terschuren, 1994, en Loire-Atlantique et en Vendée [PDF]
The writer mentions the existence of the Ophrys passionis in Loire-Atlantique and in Vendée (France), which are two countries where this Orchid had never be seen before.
Mahé, Gilles
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The best wildflowers for wild bees [PDF]
Governmental agri-environment schemes (AES) aim to improve pollinator abundance and diversity on farmland by sowing wildflower seed mixes. These often contain high proportions of Fabaceae, particularly Trifolium (clovers), which are attractive to some ...
Goulson, Dave +2 more
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The role of pollinator attracting scent in the sexually deceptive orchids Ophrys chestermanii, O. normanii and O. tenthredinifera [PDF]
Sexual deception of male bees is one of the most remarkable mechanisms of pollination (Ackermann 1986, Proctor & al. 1996). Flowers of the orchid genus Ophrys mimic females of their pollinator species, usually bees and wasps, to attract males, which try ...
Ayasse, Manfred +9 more
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Growers can do something to attract bees to orchards [PDF]
Far more solitary bees than social bumblebees and honeybees were caught in pan traps in apple trees in 2016. Virtually all the solitary bees were ground nesting bees. Solitary bees require nesting sites and the fruit growers can do something to increase
Hansted, L., Madsen, Henning Bang
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New ecological insights on wild pollinator Andrena hesperia
A nesting aggregation of Andrena hesperia in Bologna (Italy) was studied to characterize this bee’s ecology, phenology and interactions with the environment.
Emanuele Luigi Zenga +6 more
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