Social physics

M Jusup, P Holme, K Kanazawa, M Takayasu, I Romić… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Nexus on climate change: Agriculture and possible solution to cope future climate change stresses

A Shahzad, S Ullah, AA Dar, MF Sardar… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The changing climate scenarios harshen the biotic stresses including boosting up the
population of insect/pest and disease, uplifting weed growth, declining soil beneficial …

Agrochemicals interact synergistically to increase bee mortality

H Siviter, EJ Bailes, CD Martin, TR Oliver, J Koricheva… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Global concern over widely documented declines in pollinators,–has led to the identification
of anthropogenic stressors that, individually, are detrimental to bee populations …

A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline

LV Dicks, TD Breeze, HT Ngo, D Senapathi… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Pollinator decline has attracted global attention and substantial efforts are underway to
respond through national pollinator strategies and action plans. These policy responses …

[HTML][HTML] Global economic costs of aquatic invasive alien species

RN Cuthbert, Z Pattison, NG Taylor, L Verbrugge… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Much research effort has been invested in understanding ecological impacts of invasive
alien species (IAS) across ecosystems and taxonomic groups, but empirical studies about …

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 …

Worldwide occurrence records suggest a global decline in bee species richness

EE Zattara, MA Aizen - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Wild and managed bees are key pollinators, ensuring or enhancing the reproduction of a
large fraction of the world's wild flowering plants and the yield of∼ 85% of all cultivated …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain

GD Powney, C Carvell, M Edwards, RKA Morris… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Pollination is a critical ecosystem service underpinning the productivity of agricultural
systems across the world. Wild insect populations provide a substantial contribution to the …

Nano-based smart pesticide formulations: Emerging opportunities for agriculture

S Kumar, M Nehra, N Dilbaghi, G Marrazza… - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The incorporation of nanotechnology as a means for nanopesticides is in the early stage of
development. The main idea behind this incorporation is to lower the indiscriminate use of …

Factors associated with honey bee colony losses: A mini-review

P Hristov, R Shumkova, N Palova, B Neov - Veterinary Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L., Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a species of crucial
economic, agricultural and environmental importance. In the last ten years, some regions of …