Plant species richness and sunlight exposure increase pollinator attraction to pollinator gardens
Ecosphere, 2022 Evidence documenting the decline of insect populations is accumulating. Efforts have increased to mitigate pollinator losses by establishing gardens to support pollinator diversity.
Travis L. Watson +2 more
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Financial Analysis of Converting Rural Lawns to Pollinator Habitat in the Corn Belt [PDF]
, 2021 Conservation efforts in rural landscapes seek to improve the multifunctional nature of land uses for people and the biotic communities that support them.
Janke, Adam +2 more
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Scientific ReportsHoney bees (Apis mellifera) often encounter a variety of stressors in their environment, including poor nutrition and pesticides. These stressors interact and can be exacerbated in large-scale agroecosystems.
Pierre W. Lau +4 more
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RNAi targeting ABCB1-like efflux transporters improves miticide efficacy in resistant Varroa mites
Parasites & VectorsBackground The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is the gravest threat to managed honeybees, and its control relies on a limited number of chemical miticides.
Vincent A. Ricigliano +8 more
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Testing the accuracy of a Rights-of-Way pollinator habitat scoring system
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Habitat loss is a major cause of pollinator declines, and there is increased interest by the public in creating pollinator-friendly lands. Electric and transportation rights-of-way (ROW) present an opportunity for large amounts of land to be managed to ...
Megan Garfinkel +5 more
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Plant-pollinator interactions of the ground flora of a deciduous woodland [PDF]
, 1994 The relationship between plants and pollinators were investigated in Shincliffe Woods, Durham, using 35 fixed quadrats. For three months, May, June and July, flowering phenology of the ground flora, general insect abundance and pollinator abundance were ...
Brodin, Nicholas EJ.
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Natural processes influencing pollinator health [PDF]
, 2022 Evidence from the last few decades indicates that pollinator abundance and diversity are at risk, with many species in decline. Anthropogenic impacts have been the focus of much recent work on the causes of these declines.
Koch, Hauke +10 more
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Investigation of an algae-derived polymer as a pollinator-friendly pesticide adjuvant
Scientific ReportsChemical applications in croplands can be a major source of pesticide exposure to pollinators, including off-target drift. Adjuvants are added to pesticides to improve spray characteristics. The major goal of this study was to identify the possibility of
Narayanan Kannan, Yu-Cheng Zhu
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Hairiness: the missing link between pollinators and pollination [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Background Functional traits are the primary biotic component driving organism influence on ecosystem functions; in consequence, traits are widely used in ecological research. However, most animal trait-based studies use easy-to-measure characteristics of species that are at best only weakly associated with ...
Stavert, Jamie R +5 more
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A decline in pollinator dependent vegetable crop productivity in India indicates pollination limitation and consequent agro-economic crises. [PDF]
, 2011 Approximately 70% of the tropical crop species depend on pollinators for optimum yields (Roubik, 1995, Klein 2007). The economic value of such pollinated crops to India is $726 million and India is the world's second largest vegetable producer ...
Ritam Bhattacharya +2 more
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