Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops

M Ulyshen, KR Urban‐Mead, JB Dorey… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although the importance of natural habitats to pollinator diversity is widely recognized, the
value of forests to pollinating insects has been largely overlooked in many parts of the world …

Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathways for achieving success in the S ierra N evada

SL Stephens, DE Foster, JJ Battles… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fire suppression and past selective logging of large trees have fundamentally changed
frequent‐fire‐adapted forests in California. The culmination of these changes produced …

The Value of Forests to Pollinating Insects Varies with Forest Structure, Composition, and Age

MD Ulyshen, KM Ballare, CJ Fettig, JW Rivers… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forests play an essential role in conserving pollinating insects
and supporting pollination services in mixed-use landscapes and are particularly important …

Stand stage affects wild bee communities in working pine forests

CM Favorito, BF Barnes, EL Briggs, CC Fortuin… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wild bees provide critical pollination services to both crops and native forest plants.
Evidence suggests that wild bees are declining due to factors such as habitat loss, disease …

Forest bees benefit from compositionally diverse broadleaf canopies

CR Traylor, MD Ulyshen, DC Bragg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Forests provide critical habitats for pollinating insects, including forest-dependent and
habitat generalist species, yet it is unknown how these assemblages are shaped by …

Characterization of the bee community and pollination network in a southeastern US pine savanna

MD Ulyshen, K Robertson, S Horn… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Although the fire-maintained pine savannas of the southeastern US Coastal Plain are
recognized for their plant diversity, pollinators associated with these ecosystems remain …

Mechanical soil disturbance in a pine savanna has multiyear effects on plant species composition

CM Dixon, KM Robertson, AM Reid, MT Rother - Ecosphere, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soil disturbance threatens native perennial grasslands and savannas worldwide, including
pine savannas of the North American Coastal Plain. Disk harrows are used in the region to …

Spatiotemporal patterns of forest pollinator diversity across the southeastern United States

M Ulyshen, C Adams, J Adams… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Efforts to understand how pollinating insect diversity is distributed across large
geographic areas are rare despite the importance of such work for conserving regional …

Forest restoration treatments indirectly diversify pollination networks via floral‐and temperature‐mediated effects

CB Davies, TS Davis, T Griswold - Ecological Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In North American conifer forests, a variety of federally initiated thinning programs
are implemented to restore pre‐European settlement forest structures, but these changes …

Priority effects and competitive exclusion by C4 grasses on longleaf pine savanna restoration sites

JE Freeman, LB Trotta - Restoration Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
On grassland and savanna restoration sites, planted native C4 grasses can competitively
exclude other co‐introduced plant functional groups, with negative implications for …