Among the ground-nesting bees are several proven crop pollinators, but only the alkali bee
(Nomia melanderi) has been successfully managed. In< 80 years, it has become the world's …

There is mounting evidence of pollinator decline all over the world and consequences in
many agricultural areas could be significant. We assessed these consequences by …

Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world.
They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of …

How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Many food crops rely on pollination by animals. Historically, wind and wild organisms
provided pollination as an ecosystem service that varied across agroecological zones …

Value estimates of ecosystem goods and services are useful to justify the allocation of
resources towards conservation, but inconclusive estimates risk unsustainable resource …

Since agricultural activities were first recorded, there have been shortages of pollinators.
Today it seems that pollination systems in many areas of agriculture are threatened by the …

The world's most extensive markets for pollination services are those for honey bee
pollination in the United States. These markets play important roles in coordinating the …

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 …

This is a review of the early literature demonstrating the adequacy of pollination by local bee
populations before intensive and extensive agricultural practices. Although not always the …