The nutritional landscape in agroecosystems: a review on how resources and management practices can shape pollinator health in agricultural environments

PW Lau, IL Esquivel, KA Parys… - Annals of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pollinator nutrition is a highly complex subject that we are just starting to unravel, from the
multidimensional nature of bee forage (pollen and nectar) to how the abiotic environment …

[HTML][HTML] Non-forest woody vegetation: a critical resource for pollinators in agricultural landscapes—a review

M Bożek, B Denisow, M Strzałkowska-Abramek… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In light of pollinator decline, plant species suitable for the restoration and conservation of
pollinators need to be selected. In this systemic review, we concentrated on the importance …

[HTML][HTML] Hedgerows have contrasting effects on pollinators and natural enemies and limited spillover effects on apple production

GA Bishop, TPM Fijen, BN Desposato… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has resulted in a decline in insect biodiversity and threatens the
provision of valuable ecosystem services. Agri-environment schemes (AESs) have been …

Crop‐pollinating D iptera have diverse diets and habitat needs in both larval and adult stages

AE Davis, DJ Bickel, ME Saunders… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Insects are important pollinators of global food crops and wild plants. The adult and larval
diet and habitat needs are well known for many bee taxa, but poorly understood for other …

Pollination crisis Down‐Under: Has Australasia dodged the bullet?

GH Pyke, KS Prendergast, ZX Ren - Ecology and evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since mid‐1990s, concerns have increased about a human‐induced “pollination crisis.”
Threats have been identified to animals that act as plant pollinators, plants pollinated by …

A roadmap for designing semi-natural habitat: Plantings that benefit pollinators and people, not pests

BG Howlett, MA Broussard, N Bordes, S Graham… - Advances in Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
For growers of insect-pollinated crops, protection or creation of on-farm semi-natural habitats
(SNHs) is often recommended as a strategy for increasing pollinator diversity to achieve …

[HTML][HTML] Weed Role for Pollinator in the Agroecosystem: Plant–Insect Interactions and Agronomic Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation

S Benvenuti - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
The growing interest in safeguarding agroecosystem biodiversity has led to interest in
studying ecological interactions among the various organisms present within the …

The golden native drone fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) is an effective hybrid carrot pollinator that lives within Australian crop agroecosystems

AE Davis, LA Schmidt, KCBS Santos… - Ecological Solutions …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Native insect flower visitors can be important contributors to crop pollination, yet little is
known of their pollination abilities and the resources (habitat) they need to be supported …

Native plants support more insect pollinator species than expected

B Howlett, M Davidson - The Wētā, 2024 - weta.ento.org.nz
Many non-bee and bee pollinators visit both native plants and exotic crop flowers to feed on
or to collect pollen and nectar resources. Many of these are verified or probable crop …

[HTML][HTML] Provisioning Australian seed carrot agroecosystems with non-floral habitat provides oviposition sites for crop-pollinating Diptera

AE Davis, LA Schmidt, S Harrington, C Spurr, R Rader - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Planting a diverse array of flowers in crop field settings can support insect
crop pollinators, as many pollinating insects feed on floral pollen and nectar as adults …