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The benefits of hedgerows for pollinators and natural enemies depends on hedge quality and landscape context [PDF]

, 2017
Ecological intensification advocates the harnessing of regulating and supporting ecosystem services to promote more sustainable food production, and this relies on effective management of non-cropped habitats.
Coston, Duncan J., Garratt, Michael P. D., Mortimer, Simon R., Potts, Simon G., Senapathi, Deepa   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Year‐round pollinator visitation of ornamental plants in Mediterranean urban parks

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Pollinators visiting ornamental plants in urban parks remained diverse throughout the year. They were represented by wild bees (42%), honeybees (37%), flies (18%), butterflies (2%) and beetles (1%). Both native and non‐native plants attracted pollinators.
Alejandro Trillo, David Ragel‐Celdrán, Francisco P. Molina, Montserrat Vilà   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosystem services of biodiversity in organic grasslands [PDF]

, 2011
The use of multi-species mixtures in herbage production can add value in terms of improved conditions for pollinating insects, better resource utilization, carbon sequestration, yield stability, animal health and product quality.
Eriksen, J., Strandberg, B., Søegaard, K.   +2 more
core  

Evaluating Syrphid Fly Predation on Aphids Under Controlled and Field Conditions in High Tunnels: A Comparative Study With Lacewings

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological control in high tunnel systems can be optimised by matching predator species to seasonal environmental conditions. We evaluated the predatory efficacy of syrphid flies (Toxomerus marginatus (Say), Eupeodes americanus (Fabricius)) and lacewings (Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens), Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister)) across laboratory ...
Allison Zablah, Marlo Gunnar McCarter, Christian H. Krupke, Laura L. Ingwell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abundance of adult hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) on different flowering plants

Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2008
Encouraging natural enemies by growing attractive plants is considered an effective method of pest control in organic farming. However, it is important to identify which flowers best attract beneficial insects.
Sadeghi, H.
doaj  

The Extraordinary Diversity of Merodon avidus Complex (Diptera: Syrphidae)—Adding New Areas, New Species and a New Molecular Marker

Insects
In this paper, the Merodon avidus (Diptera, Syrphidae) species complex was revised, whereupon we discovered and described four new species for science: Merodon atroavidus Vujić, Radenković et Likov sp. nov., M.
Ante Vujić, Nataša Kočiš Tubić, Snežana Radenković, Jelena Ačanski, Laura Likov, Maja Arok, Iva Gorše, Mihajla Djan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing urban areas for insect pollinators: As town and cities continue to grow how can land managers help insect pollinators in urban areas? [PDF]

, 2015
Insect pollinators are essential for food production and wild flower reproduction yet these important insects are declining in the UK and in other regions of the world.
Baldock, Katherine, Goddard, William E.and Potts, Memmott, Jane   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The pollination ecology and mouthpart morphology of a pollen‐feeding fly Incurviseta cf. maculifrons (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) in the Australian Alpine

Physiological Entomology, EarlyView.
The Lauxaniid fly Incurviseta cf. maculifrons (Malloch, 1925) is a locally abundant but poorly understood flower visitor in the Australian Alpine. We describe the flower visitation, pollen transport, pollen diet and mouthpart morphology of I. cf. maculifrons using field observations, pollen analyses and scanning electron microscopy. I. cf.
Tomas Mitchell‐Storey, Francisco Encinas‐Viso, Joshua Botti‐Anderson, Joanne M. Bennett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive strategies of high-flying migratory hoverflies in response to wind currents

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2020
Large migrating insects, flying at high altitude, often exhibit complex behaviour. They frequently elect to fly on winds with directions quite different from the prevailing direction, and they show a degree of common orientation, both of which facilitate
Boya Gao, K. Wotton, W. Hawkes, Myles H. M. Menz, D. Reynolds, B. Zhai, G. Hu, J. Chapman   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Non-rotational set-aside fields improve reproductive success of cavity-nesting bees and wasps at the landscape scale, but have no effect on other wild bees and hoverflies in mid-summer

, 2021
Wild bees, hoverflies and wasps are valuable ecosystem service providers in agricultural systems through pollination and biological control, and their species richness, abundance and reproductive success well indicate ecosystem health.
A. Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Z. Soltész, V. Szigeti, L. Somay, A. Báldi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source