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Big bees do a better job : intraspecific size variation influences pollination effectiveness [PDF]

, 2014
Funding: School of Biology, University of St AndrewsBumblebees (Bombus spp.) are efficient pollinators of many flowering plants, yet the pollen deposition performance of individual bees has not been investigated.
Finlayson, Kathryn, P. G. Willmer, K. Finlayson, Pat Willmer, Willmer, Patricia Gillian, Kathryn Finlayson   +5 more
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Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators

Insect pollinators of crops and wild plants are under threat globally and their decline or loss could have profound economic and environmental consequences.
The Insect Pollinators Initiative Inc, Budge GE, Vanbergen AJ   +2 more
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Setback for sustainability: Brazil’s new licensing law threatens climate and biodiversity goals

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Brazil’s recent environmental licensing reform exposes a contradiction between national regulation and international climate and biodiversity commitments. Law No.
Thiago Serrano de Almeida Penedo, Kayna Agostini, André Rodrigo Rech, António Mauro Saraiva, Blandina Felipe Viana, Carlos Alfredo Joly, Danilo Boscolo, Isabela Galarda Varassin, José Augusto Salim, Juliana Hipólito, Márcia Motta Maués, Marina Wolowski, Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes, Onildo Joao Marini-Filho, Pedro Joaquim Bergamo, Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama, Leandro Freitas   +16 more
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The impact of geography and climate on the population structure and local adaptation in a wild bee

Evolutionary Applications, 2023
Deciphering processes that contribute to genetic differentiation and divergent selection of natural populations is useful for evaluating the adaptive potential and resilience of organisms faced with various anthropogenic stressors.
Farida Samad‐zada, Evan P. Kelemen, Sandra M. Rehan   +2 more
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Managed Bumblebees Outperform Honeybees in Increasing Peach Fruit Set in China: Different Limiting Processes with Different Pollinators [PDF]

, 2015
© 2015 Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Huang Jiaxing, Zhou, Zhiyong, Hong Zhang (25820), Zhou, Z, Jiaxing Huang (178661), Bernard E. Vaissière (506818), Gai Qinbao, Qinbao Gai, Qinbao Gai (709890), Jie Dong (12143), Williams, PH, Paul H. Williams (178643), Jie Dong, Vaissiere, BE, Paul H Williams, Jiandong An, Williams Paul H., Gai, Q, Jiandong An (178647), Zhiyong Zhou (339121), Bernard E Vaissière, Zhang, Hong, Williams, Paul, H., An, J, Dong, Jie, Zhang Hong, Vaissière Bernard E., Zhou Zhiyong, An Jiandong, Jiaxing Huang, Huang, J, Vaissière, Bernard, Dong Jie, Hong Zhang, Gai, Qinbao, Zhang, H, Dong, J, Huang, Jiaxing, Zhiyong Zhou   +38 more
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Biological Data of Stingless Bees with Potential Application in Pesticide Risk Assessments

Sociobiology, 2018
Due to the current practice of intensive pesticide use in Brazil on crops with flowers that are attractive to bees, biological information about Brazilian native bees is required in order for public authorities that are responsible for environmental ...
Adna Dorigo, Annelise Rosa-Fontana, Isabella Camargo, Roberta Nocelli, Osmar Malaspina   +4 more
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Co-Occurrence of Wing Deformity and Impaired Mobility of Alates with Deformed Wing Virus in Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Insects, 2023
Deformed wing virus (DWV), a major honey bee pathogen, is a generalist insect virus detected in diverse insect phyla, including numerous ant genera. Its clinical symptoms have only been reported in honey bees, bumble bees, and wasps.
Godfrey P. Miles, Xiaofen F. Liu, Esmaeil Amiri, Michael J. Grodowitz, Margaret L. Allen, Jian Chen   +5 more
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Effects of fire on pollinators and pollination [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016
Summary Increased incidence of landscape fire and pollinator declines with co‐extinctions of dependent plant species are both globally significant. Fire can alter species distributions, but its effects on plant–pollinator interactions are poorly understood so its present and future role in coupled plant–pollinator declines cannot be assessed.
Julian Brown, Alan York, Fiona Christie, Michael McCarthy   +3 more
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The Economic Value of the Pollination Service, a Review Across Scales [PDF]

, 2009
Pollination is an ecosystem service that is essential to support the production of a wide range of crops. The service is increasingly under threat, as a consequence of among others habitat loss of pollinators and increasing use of pesticides. In order to
Hein, L.G.
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Putting pollination quality into analyses of floral ecology: testing syndromes through pollinator performance [PDF]

, 2012
Over recent years, the extent of specialised and generalised plant-pollinator relationships, and the predictive powers of floral traits (often grouped into “pollination syndromes”) as indicators of the most effective pollinators of plant species, have ...
King, Caroline
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