[HTML][HTML] Toward evidence-based decision support systems to optimize pollination and yields in highbush blueberry

LW DeVetter, S Chabert, MO Milbrath… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) is a globally important fruit crop that depends on insect-
mediated pollination to produce quality fruit and commercially viable yields. Pollination …

OneHealth implications of infectious diseases of wild and managed bees

L Wilfert, MJF Brown, V Doublet - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
The OneHealth approach aims to further our understanding of the drivers of human, animal
and environmental health, and, ultimately, to improve them by combining approaches and …

Agricultural insect hybridization and implications for pest management

AS Corrêa, EMG Cordeiro… - Pest management science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions, the expansion of agricultural frontiers, and climate change favor
encounters of divergent lineages of animals and plants, increasing the likelihood of …

Selection against individuals from genetic introgression of escaped farmed salmon in a natural population of Atlantic salmon

S Wacker, T Aronsen, S Karlsson… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The viability of wild Atlantic salmon populations is threatened by genetic introgression from
escaped farmed salmon. Farmed Atlantic salmon are genetically improved for important …

Conservation insights from wild bee genetic studies: Geographic differences, susceptibility to inbreeding, and signs of local adaptation

EP Kelemen, SM Rehan - Evolutionary Applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving bees are critical both ecologically and economically. Genetic tools are valuable
for monitoring these vital pollinators since tracking these small, fast‐flying insects by …

Safeguarding the genetic integrity of native pollinators requires stronger regulations on commercial lines

I Bartomeus, FP Molina… - Ecological Solutions …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Every year more than 1 million commercial bumblebee colonies are deployed in
greenhouses worldwide for their pollination services. While commercial pollinators have …

Hybridization and invasiveness in social insects—The good, the bad and the hybrid

D Fournier, S Aron - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Hybridization may help drive biological invasions by reducing Allee effects, increasing
genetic variation, and generating novel adaptive genotypes/phenotypes. Social insects …

Genomic divergence and a lack of recent introgression between commercial and wild bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

C Kardum Hjort, JR Paris, P Olsson… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global movement of bees for agricultural pollination services can affect local pollinator
populations via hybridization. When commercial bumblebees are of the same species but of …

[HTML][HTML] Inconsistent estimates of hybridization frequency in newts revealed by SNPs and microsatellites

A Miralles, J Secondi, M Pabijan, W Babik… - Conservation …, 2024 - Springer
Hybridization between the European smooth and palmate newts has recurrently been
mentioned in the literature. The only two studies that attempted to quantify the frequency of …

New insights on massively introduced managed species and their consequences for plant–pollinator interactions

B Geslin, L Mouillard-Lample, M Zakardjian… - Advances in Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introducing any species in a large number into an ecosystem is never a zero-sum game. In
this paper, we assessed what are the main advances on the known impacts of Massively …