Seasonality of floral resources in relation to bee activity in agroecosystems [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The contribution of wild insects to crop pollination is becoming increasingly important as global demand for crops dependent on animal pollination increases.
Jessica M. Guezen, Jessica R. K. Forrest
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Contribution of Extensive Farming Practices to the Supply of Floral Resources for Pollinators [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Intensification of agricultural practices leads to a loss of floral resources and drives pollinator decline. Extensive agricultural practices are encouraged in Europe and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. We compared three agricultural landscapes without extensive farming practices with three adjacent landscapes containing organic crops ...
Julien Piqueray
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The FloRes Database: A floral resources trait database for pollinator habitat-assessment generated by a multistep workflow [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The decline of pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes proceeds due to intensive land use and the associated loss of habitat and food sources. The feeding of those insects depends on the spatial and temporal distribution of nectar and pollen as ...
Franziska Baden-Böhm +2 more
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Assessing the role of dispersed floral resources for managed bees in providing supporting ecosystem services for crop pollination [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Most pollination ecosystem services studies have focussed on wild pollinators and their dependence on natural floral resources adjacent to crop fields. However, managed pollinators depend on a mixture of floral resources that are spatially separated from
Annalie Melin +4 more
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Shifts in honeybee foraging reveal historical changes in floral resources. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2021 AbstractDecreasing floral resources as a result of habitat loss is one of the key factors in the decline of pollinating insects worldwide. Understanding which plants pollinators use is vital to inform the provision of appropriate floral resources to help prevent pollinator loss.
Jones L +5 more
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Chemical Ecology of Floral Resources in Conservation Biological Control
Annual Review of Entomology, 2023 Conservation biological control aims to enhance populations of natural enemies of insect pests in crop habitats, typically by intentional provision of flowering plants as food resources. Ideally, these flowering plants should be inherently attractive to natural enemies to ensure that they are frequently visited.
Stefano Colazza +2 more
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Floral Resources for Trissolcus japonicus, a Parasitoid of Halyomorpha halys. [PDF]
Insects, 2020 The egg parasitoid Trissolcus japonicus is the main candidate for classical biocontrol of the invasive agricultural pest Halyomorpha halys. The efficacy of classical biocontrol depends on the parasitoid’s survival and conservation in the agroecosystem. Most parasitoid species rely on floral nectar as a food source, thus identifying nectar sources for T.
McIntosh HR +3 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023 One of the main reasons why insect pollinators are declining is a lack of floral resources. In agricultural landscapes, remaining seminatural grasslands play a key role for providing such resources.
Nina Roth +4 more
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Spatio-temporal patterns in floral resources and plant-pollinator network structure in the Alaskan Arctic [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant SciencePredicting shifts in plant-pollinator communities as a result of warming requires an accurate understanding of floral availability, insect activity, and spatio-temporal patterns of plant-insect interaction.
Roxaneh S. Khorsand +2 more
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Floral resources used by bees in urban areas: the case of Geneva, Switzerland
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 It is now largely recognized that pollinators are threatened in agricultural habitats. Cities are thus seen as potential refuges for pollinators, if suitable green spaces are available, because they present favorable abiotic conditions for many ...
Charlène Heiniger +2 more
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