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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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Capturing hedgerow structure and flowering abundance with UAV remote sensing
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Hedgerows are an abundant and ecologically important feature of many rural areas. Their biodiversity value depends on composition, structure and availability of food resources, which can be significantly impacted by poor management.
Magdalena Smigaj, Rachel Gaulton
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Supporting crop pollinators with floral resources: network‐based phenological matching [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2013 AbstractThe production of diverse and affordable agricultural crop species depends on pollination services provided by bees. Indeed, the proportion of pollinator‐dependent crops is increasing globally. Agriculture relies heavily on the domesticated honeybee; the services provided by this single species are under threat and becoming increasingly costly.
Russo, Laura +4 more
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Pollinator competition and the structure of floral resources
Ecography, 2022 The mutualism between plants and pollinators is built upon the trophic ecology of flowers and florivores. Yet the ecology of flowers‐as‐food is left implicit in most studies of plant–pollinator ecology, and it has been largely neglected in mainstream trophic ecology.
Sponsler, Douglas +2 more
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The Native Bees of Lolland (Denmark) Revisited after 100 Years: The Demise of the Specialists
Insects, 2022 There is a global concern over insect declines, including both species loss and population declines. In particular, declines of species, such as bees that anchor trophic interactions and shoulder many of the essential ecosystem services, have been the ...
Claus Rasmussen +3 more
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Honeybee Floral Resources in Southwestern Nigeria
Journal of Biology and Life Science, 2012 Every beekeeper is expected to be familiar with the bee floral resources near/ or around his/her apiary for successful beekeeping operation. Understanding the major nectar and pollen producing plants and their flowering period is of great advantage to maximise the efficiency of the bees.
Abel Adebayo Ayansola +1 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 In increasingly urban landscapes, the loss of native pollen and nectar floral resources is impacting ecologically important pollinators. Increased urbanization has also brought about the rise of urban gardens which introduce new floral resources that may
Magdalena L Warren +2 more
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Mapping nectar-rich pollinator floral resources using airborne multispectral imagery
Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 Wild pollinator numbers are known to be positively associated with amounts of flower-rich habitat at landscape level. Increasing floral resources can be particularly beneficial in relatively nectar-poor agricultural systems and having a baseline understanding of the temporal and spatial availability of resources can allow targeted habitat management ...
S.L. Barnsley, A.A. Lovett, L.V. Dicks
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Floral UV Features of Plant Species From a Neotropical Savanna
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Despite the wide interest in flower colours, only after the end of the nineteenth-century studies started to comprise floral UV reflection, which is invisible to humans but visible to the major groups of pollinators.
Priscila Tunes +2 more
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Floral abundance and resource quality influence pollinator choice [PDF]
Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2016 Abstract Pollinator declines caused by forage habitat loss threaten insect pollination services. Pollinating insects depend on adequate floral resources, and their ability to track these resources.
Robert E. Fowler +2 more
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