Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops

M Ulyshen, KR Urban‐Mead, JB Dorey… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of natural habitats to pollinator diversity is widely recognized, the
value of forests to pollinating insects has been largely overlooked in many parts of the world …

Climate change mitigation and nature conservation both require higher protected area targets

CM Roberts, BC O'leary… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Nations of the world have, to date, pursued nature protection and climate change mitigation
and adaptation policies separately. Both efforts have failed to achieve the scale of action …

Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment

T Newbold, LN Hudson, AP Arnell, S Contu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Land use and related pressures have reduced local terrestrial biodiversity, but it is unclear
how the magnitude of change relates to the recently proposed planetary boundary (“safe …

Landscape configurational heterogeneity by small-scale agriculture, not crop diversity, maintains pollinators and plant reproduction in western Europe

AL Hass, UG Kormann… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agricultural intensification is one of the main causes for the current biodiversity crisis. While
reversing habitat loss on agricultural land is challenging, increasing the farmland …

The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities

CG Threlfall, K Walker, NSG Williams, AK Hahs… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Networks of urban green space can provide critical resources for wild bees, however it is
unclear which attributes of green spaces provide these resources, or how their management …

Late-season mass-flowering red clover increases bumble bee queen and male densities

M Rundlöf, AS Persson, HG Smith, R Bommarco - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
Spatiotemporal resource continuity promotes persistence of mobile animal populations.
Current agricultural landscapes are poor in flowers resources for bumble bees. Available …

The database of the PREDICTS (projecting responses of ecological diversity in changing terrestrial systems) project

LN Hudson, T Newbold, S Contu, SLL Hill… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …

Urban gardens promote bee foraging over natural habitats and plantations

BF Kaluza, H Wallace, TA Heard, AM Klein… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing human land use for agriculture and housing leads to the loss of natural habitat
and to widespread declines in wild bees. Bee foraging dynamics and fitness depend on the …

Weed-insect pollinator networks as bio-indicators of ecological sustainability in agriculture. A review

O Rollin, G Benelli, S Benvenuti, A Decourtye… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
The intensification of agricultural practices contributes to the decline of many taxa such as
insects and wild plants. Weeds are serious competitors for crop production and are thus …

Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases

A De Palma, S Abrahamczyk, MA Aizen, M Albrecht… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Land-use change and intensification threaten bee populations worldwide, imperilling
pollination services. Global models are needed to better characterise, project, and mitigate …