Fruit quality in organic and conventional farming: advantages and limitations

S Munné-Bosch, NF Bermejo - Trends in Plant Science, 2024 - cell.com
Fruit quality is essential for nutrition and human health and needs urgent attention in current
agricultural practices. Organic farming is not as productive as conventional agriculture, but it …

Future scenarios impact on land use change and habitat quality in Lithuania

E Gomes, M Inácio, K Bogdzevič, M Kalinauskas… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anticipating future land use and land cover (LULC) changes can improve our knowledge of
the complexity of human-environment interactions that lead to transformations in the …

Agroecological strategies to safeguard insect pollinators in biodiversity hotspots: Chile as a case study

PA Henríquez-Piskulich, C Schapheer, NJ Vereecken… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Industrial agriculture (IA) has been recognized among the main drivers of biodiversity loss,
climate change, and native pollinator decline. Here we summarize the known negative …

Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and non‐Apis bees to sweet cherry

M Eeraerts, R Vanderhaegen… - Agricultural and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Crop pollination generally increases with pollinator diversity and wild pollinator visitation. To
optimize crop pollination, it is necessary to investigate the pollination contribution of different …

A minimum of 15% semi-natural habitat facilitates adequate wild pollinator visitation to a pollinator-dependent crop

M Eeraerts - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The continued expansion of pollinator-dependent crops increases our reliance on insect
pollinators, with wild pollinators providing a considerable proportion of pollination services …

Pollinator diversity, floral resources and semi-natural habitat, instead of honey bees and intensive agriculture, enhance pollination service to sweet cherry

M Eeraerts, G Smagghe, I Meeus - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Declines of pollinator diversity are causing concern about pollination service security for
agriculture and natural ecosystems. Landscape composition has been found to regulate the …

Fruit orchards and woody semi-natural habitat provide complementary resources for pollinators in agricultural landscapes

M Eeraerts, S Van Den Berge, W Proesmans… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context To safeguard insect pollinators and their pollination services, we need to
understand how landscape structure regulates the distribution of resources that sustain …

Landscape-level honey bee hive density, instead of field-level hive density, enhances honey bee visitation in blueberry

M Eeraerts, E Rogers, B Gillespie, L Best, OM Smith… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context To date, managing honey bees and wild bees within crop fields remains
challenging. Landscape structure is often overlooked when studying the pollination …

Mason bees and honey bees synergistically enhance fruit set in sweet cherry orchards

J Osterman, F Benton, S Hellström… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mason bees (Osmia spp.) are efficient fruit tree pollinators that can be encouraged to occupy
and breed in artificial nesting material. In sweet cherry orchards, they are occasionally used …

Pollinator presence in orchards depends on landscape-scale habitats more than in-field flower resources

O Bartholomée, A Aullo, J Becquet, C Vannier… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pollination is a critical ecosystem service given its essential role in sustaining food
production, while pollinating insects are declining worldwide. Pollination capacity can be …