Wild bee nutritional ecology: predicting pollinator population dynamics, movement, and services from floral resources

SH Woodard, S Jha - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Pollination ecosystem services are shaped by floral food resource
availability.•Nutrition provides a mechanistic link between floral resource availability and …

[HTML][HTML] Plant hormesis: The energy aspect of low and high-dose stresses

EA Erofeeva - Plant Stress, 2024 - Elsevier
Hormesis is low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition. Various stressors (abiotic and
biotic) can cause hormetic responses in plants. However, hormesis energy aspect remains …

Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history

RE Stephens, RV Gallagher, L Dun… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most contemporary angiosperms (flowering plants) are insect pollinated, but pollination by
wind, water or vertebrates occurs in many lineages. Though evidence suggests insect …

Turnover in floral composition explains species diversity and temporal stability in the nectar supply of urban residential gardens

NE Tew, KCR Baldock, IP Vaughan… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Residential gardens are a valuable habitat for insect pollinators worldwide, but differences
in individual gardening practices substantially affect their floral composition. It is important to …

[HTML][HTML] Seed production areas for the global restoration challenge

PG Nevill, S Tomlinson, CP Elliott… - Ecology and …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wild‐collected seed can no longer meet global demand in restoration. Dedicated Seed
Production Areas (SPA) for restoration are needed and these require application of …

Impacts of neonicotinoid insecticides on bumble bee energy metabolism are revealed under nectar starvation

N Fischer, CP Costa, M Hur, JS Kirkwood… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bumble bees are an important group of insects that provide essential pollination services as
a consequence of their foraging behaviors. These pollination services are driven, in part, by …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring relationships between time of day and pollinator activity in the context of pesticide use

A Karbassioon, DA Stanley - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
Pesticide exposure can be harmful to insect pollinators and the ecosystem services they
provide. As many pesticide guidelines warn against applying such products when …

Opposing patterns of altitude-driven pollinator turnover in the tropical and temperate Americas

AS Dellinger, AM Hamilton… - The American …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Abiotic factors (eg, temperature, precipitation) vary markedly along elevational gradients and
differentially affect major groups of pollinators. Ectothermic bees, for example, are impeded …

Plants enhancing urban pollinators: Nectar rather than pollen attracts pollinators of Cotoneaster species

M Dmitruk, M Strzałkowska-Abramek, M Bożek… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green areas can play a crucial role in establishing spaces that are valuable for
pollinators. However, to help 'pollinator-friendly'management of urban areas, complete …

Seasonality of pollinators in montane habitats: Cool‐blooded bees for early‐blooming plants

CM Herrera, A Núñez, LO Aguado… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the factors that drive community‐wide assembly of plant‐pollinator systems
along environmental gradients has considerable evolutionary, ecological, and applied …