Insect declines in the Anthropocene

DL Wagner - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Insect declines are being reported worldwide for flying, ground, and aquatic lineages. Most
reports come from western and northern Europe, where the insect fauna is well-studied and …

Protected areas and the future of insect conservation

S Chowdhury, MD Jennions, MP Zalucki… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Anthropogenic pressures are driving insect declines across the world. Although protected
areas (PAs) play a prominent role in safeguarding many vertebrate species from human …

Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators

JR Reilly, DR Artz, D Biddinger… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most of the world's crops depend on pollinators, so declines in both managed and wild bees
raise concerns about food security. However, the degree to which insect pollination is …

Ecological intensification: bridging the gap between science and practice

D Kleijn, R Bommarco, TPM Fijen, LA Garibaldi… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of
agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming …

Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination

E Gazzea, P Batáry, L Marini - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Animal pollination supports the production of a wide range of food crops fundamental to
maintaining diverse and nutritionally balanced diets. Here, we present a global meta …

Designing agricultural landscapes for biodiversity-based ecosystem services

DA Landis - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
Sustainable and resilient agricultural systems are needed to feed and fuel a growing human
population. However, the current model of agricultural intensification which produces high …

Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

R Rader, I Bartomeus, LA Garibaldi… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Wild and managed bees are well documented as effective pollinators of global crops of
economic importance. However, the contributions by pollinators other than bees have been …

Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

D Kleijn, R Winfree, I Bartomeus, LG Carvalheiro… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to
people, and these ecosystem services have become a key argument for biodiversity …

Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology

RW Brooker, AE Bennett, WF Cong, TJ Daniell… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intercropping is a farming practice involving two or more crop species, or genotypes,
growing together and coexisting for a time. On the fringes of modern intensive agriculture …

Land‐sharing/‐sparing connectivity landscapes for ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation

I Grass, J Loos, S Baensch, P Batáry… - People and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The land‐sharing versus land‐sparing debate recently stagnated, lacking an integrating
perspective in agricultural landscapes as well as consideration of ecosystem services. Here …