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 …

Pesticides put our food security at risk by reducing bee survival almost five times

CA Kita, LC Leal, MAR Mello - Apidologie, 2024 - Springer
In the coming decades, the human population will grow and demand more food. Therefore,
agricultural practices are expected to be intensified. Among these practices is pesticide …

Early spring orchard pollinators spill over from resource‐rich adjacent forest patches

KR Urban‐Mead, M Van Dyke, P Muñiz… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator communities are more abundant and diverse in agricultural matrices with more
natural habitat, although the reasons for these correlations remain unclear. It is possible that …

The Role of Private Reserves of Natural Heritage (RPPN) on natural vegetation dynamics in Brazilian biomes

FG Nascibem, RFB Da Silva, AA Viveiro, OG Junior - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite having the richest biodiversity in the world, Brazil has lost vegetation cover in all
biomes, with the agribusiness being an important driver of such changes. Different …

Critical role of native forest and savannah habitats in retaining neotropical pollinator diversity in highly mechanized agricultural landscapes

JVA Ferreira, D Storck-Tonon, AWP Ramos… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing food production while preserving natural ecosystem services linked to native
biodiversity is one of the most important societal challenges in the 21st-century. Natural …

Supplemental nesting habitat increases bee abundance in apple orchards

BF Hyjazie, JRK Forrest - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the resources that limit bee populations is essential for both bee conservation
and pollination management in agroecosystems. Land‐use change typically leads to …

Impacts of droughts on agricultural and ecological systems based on integrated model in shallow groundwater area

X Zhang, P Guo, Y Wang, S Guo - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural and ecological developments are increasingly paid attention in light of climate
change. It is expected to comprehensively macroscopically control agricultural and …

Restoration and conservation of priority areas of Caatinga's semi-arid forest remnants can support connectivity within an agricultural landscape

AA Salazar, EC Arellano, A Muñoz-Sáez, MD Miranda… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes are major drivers of biodiversity loss in semi-arid
regions, such as the Caatinga biome located in the Northeast of Brazil. We investigated …

Effects of local farm management on wild bees through temporal and spatial spillovers: evidence from Southern India

L Steinhübel, A Wenzel, P Hulamani… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context The agricultural landscape in many low-and middle-income countries is
characterized by smallholder management systems, often dependent on ecosystem …

Mammals of the Pernambuco Endemism Center: diversity, biogeography, research gaps, and conservation concerns

A Feijó, M Beltrão, AL da Costa-Pinto… - Animal Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
We present an overview of the mammal fauna in the Pernambuco Endemism Center (PEC),
addressing diversity and biogeographic patterns, collection effort trends, main threats, and …