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 …

Semi-natural habitats are integral to most agricultural areas and have the potential to
support ecosystem services, especially biological control and pollination by supplying …

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 …

In diverse pollinator communities, interspecific interactions may modify the behaviour and
increase the pollination effectiveness of individual species. Because agricultural production …

A unique and personal insight into the ecology and evolution of pollinators, their
relationships with flowers, and their conservation in a rapidly changing world. The …

Agricultural intensification and associated loss of high‐quality habitats are key drivers of
insect pollinator declines. With the aim of decreasing the environmental impact of …

Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

Roads form a vast, rapidly growing global network that has diverse, detrimental ecological
impacts. However, the habitats that border roads ('road verges') form a parallel network that …

In 2013, an opportunity arose in E ngland to develop an agri‐environment package for wild
pollinators, as part of the new C ountryside S tewardship scheme launched in 2015. It can …

Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators of both crops and wildflowers. Their
contribution to this essential ecosystem service has been threatened over recent decades by …