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Social Buffering of Pesticides in Bumblebees: Agent-Based Modeling of the Effects of Colony Size and Neonicotinoid Exposure on Behavior Within Nests

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Neonicotinoids are a globally prevalent class of pesticides that can negatively affect bees and the pollination services they provide. While there is evidence suggesting that colony size may play an important role in mitigating neonicotinoid exposure in ...
James D. Crall, Benjamin L. de Bivort, Biswadip Dey, Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Ashlee N. Ford Versypt   +4 more
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Bombus terrestris Prefer Mixed-Pollen Diets for a Better Colony Performance: A Laboratory Study

Insects
Pollen is a major source of proteins and lipids for bumblebees. The nutritional content of pollen may differ from source plants, ultimately affecting colony development.
Ziyu Zhou, Hong Zhang, Shibonage K. Mashilingi, Chunting Jie, Baodi Guo, Yi Guo, Xiao Hu, Shahid Iqbal, Bingshuai Wei, Yanjie Liu, Jiandong An   +10 more
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Circadian rhythms in floral scent emission

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
To successfully recruit pollinators, plants often release attractive floral scents at specific times of day to coincide with pollinator foraging. This timing of scent emission is thought to be evolutionarily beneficial to maximize resource efficiency ...
Myles eFenske, Takato eImaizumi
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POLLINATION IN ORCHARDS.

Annals of Applied Biology, 1914
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Archetypes of the Implementation of Ecosystem Service Approaches in Business Organisations: A Meta‐Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Humanity is dependent on ecosystems and the services they provide, yet unprecedented biodiversity decline continues. Ecosystem service (ES) and natural capital approaches offer a promising framing of the relationship between organisations and ecosystems, although not enough literature exists on their implementation and implications.
Angela Small, Jouni Paavola, Alice Owen
wiley   +1 more source

First identification of nanoparticles on thorax, abdomen and wings of the worker bee Apis dorsata Fabricius

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2016
The presence of nanoparticles on the body of the honeybee Apis dorsata Fabricius, was investigated for the first time to better understand the bee’s behaviour.
Bhattacharyya Atanu, Viraktamath Shashidhar, Hatjina Fani, Bhattacharyya Santanu, Rajankar Bhaktibhavana, Patra Amitava   +5 more
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Biodiversity Credits: An Overview of the Current State, Future Opportunities, and Potential Pitfalls

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity credits are an emerging vehicle for pro‐environmental financing, yet much uncertainty remains around how and when they could boost biodiversity conservation. Here we define what biodiversity credits are and explore impact pathways through a proposed theory of change. Based on evidence from 34 pilot projects and a review of lessons
Sven Wunder, Cecilia Fraccaroli, Joseph W. Bull, Trishna Dutta, Alison Eyres, Megan C. Evans, Bo Jellesmark Thorsen, Julia P. G. Jones, Martine Maron, Bart Muys, Andrea Pacheco, Asger Strange Olesen, Thomas Swinfield, Yitagesu Tekle Tegegne, Thomas B. White, Han Zhang, Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen   +16 more
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Differential effects of jasmonic acid treatment of Brassica nigra on the attraction of pollinators, parasitoids, and butterflies [PDF]

, 2008
Herbivore-induced plant defences influence the behaviour of herbivores as well as that of their natural enemies. Jasmonic acid is one of the key hormones involved in both these direct and indirect induced defences.
Bruinsma, M., Dicke, M., IJdema, H., Loon, J.J.A., van   +3 more
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Secondary Metabolites Composition and Their Histochemical Localization in the Fruit of Piper malgassicum Papini, Palchetti, Gori and Rota Nodari (Piperaceae)

Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The anatomy, histochemistry, and secondary metabolite composition were investigated on the drupes of Piper malgassicum, one of the components of the spice voatsiperifery pepper. The high amount of piperine recorded with high‐performance liquid chromatography with photodiode‐array detection analysis was localized with histochemistry mainly ...
Sara Falsini, Sara Ballantini, Alexander Pittella, Gelsomina Fico, Claudia Giuliani, Enrico Palchetti, Massimo Gori, Stefano Biricolti, Emilio Corti, Alessio Papini, Luca Calamai, Marzia Innocenti   +11 more
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Comparisons of host mitochondrial, nuclear and endosymbiont bacterial genes reveal cryptic fig wasp species and the effects of Wolbachia on host mtDNA evolution and diversity [PDF]

, 2011
Background Figs and fig-pollinating wasp species usually display a highly specific one-to-one association. However, more and more studies have revealed that the "one-to-one" rule has been broken. Co-pollinators have been reported, but we do not yet know
A Jeyaprakash, A Telschow, A Telschow, AB Ware, AR Rogers, AV Brower, C Kerdelhue, C Lopez-Vaamonde, CA Machado, D Molbo, Da-Wei Huang, DD Shoemaker, DD Shoemaker, DD Shoemaker, E Baudry, E Haine, ER Haine, F Tajima, FM Jiggins, G Michaloud, GD Hurst, Gui Feng, J Rasgon, J Seger, James M Cook, JH Werren, JH Werren, Jin-Hua Xiao, JM Cook, JM Cook, JT Wiebes, JW Ballard, K Tamura, KL Simonsen, L Viljakainen, LL Chen, O Folmer, P Librado, PD Hebert, PD Hebert, S Aris-Brosou, S Kambhampati, SG Compton, SL Dobson, SL O'Neill, SR Bordenstein, T White, TL Whitworth, Xiao-Jing Sun, YQ Peng, YW Li, Z Bouček   +51 more
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