The absence of vegetation in urban areas contributes to the establishment of the urban heat
island, markedly increasing thermal stress for residents, driving morbidity and mortality …

Recent evidence highlights the value of wild‐insect species richness and abundance for
crop pollination worldwide. Yet, deliberate physical importation of single species (eg …

Floral resources are known to be important in regulating wild pollinator populations and are
therefore an important component of agri‐environment and restoration schemes which aim …

Simultaneous environmental changes challenge biodiversity persistence and human
wellbeing. The science and practice of restoration ecology, in collaboration with other …

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

Land degradation results in declining biodiversity and the disruption of ecosystem
functioning worldwide, particularly in the tropics. Vegetation restoration is a common tool …

A range of policy initiatives have been promoted in recent years to address the decline of
bee populations in Europe and North America. Among these has been the establishment of …

In intensive agricultural landscapes, restoration within farms could enhance biodiversity and
ecosystem services such as pollination by native pollinators. Although governments and …

A priority outcome from the 2012 United Nations Rio+ 20 Conference on Sustainable
Development was the target to restore, by 2020, 150 million ha of disturbed and degraded …

Animals pollinate 87% of the world's flowering plant species. Therefore, how pollinators
respond to human-induced land-use change has important implications for plants and the …