Wild bees respond differently to sampling traps with vanes of different colors and light reflectivity in a livestock pasture ecosystem

RS Acharya, JM Burke, T Leslie, K Loftin, NK Joshi - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Wild bees are important pollinators and monitoring their abundance and diversity is
necessary to develop conservation protocols. It is imperative to understand differences in …

Color of pan trap influences sampling of bees in livestock pasture ecosystem

RS Acharya, T Leslie, E Fitting, J Burke, K Loftin… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pollination is important for fertilization, setting fruits, seed development
and the continuation of the life cycle of plants that eventually provide food for humans …

A mechanistic framework for studying indirect effects of large vertebrate herbivores on pollinators

KC Kral-O'Brien, B Roberton, CA Duquette… - Arthropod-Plant …, 2023 - Springer
Globally, large herbivores (eg, cattle, elk) graze over 2.6 billion hectares of land. These
lands can also be used to conserve pollinators that rely on similar resources, specifically …

[HTML][HTML] Summer grazing change fitness in a Tibetan lotus

R Wang, Y Lou, D Deng, P Che, C Zhao, Y Yang… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is believed that grazing has an effect on the functioning and performance of flowers, as
well as their association with pollinator preferences and plant reproduction. However, the …

Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Flower-Visiting Insects in Coffee Crops

JD Maldonado-Cepeda, JH Gómez, P Benavides… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Floral-visiting insects and pollinators play an important role in ecosystem
services, and consequently, their identification and study are essential to their adequate …

A meta‐analysis of the effects of habitat aridity, evolutionary history of grazing and grazing intensity on bee and butterfly communities worldwide

KB Thapa‐Magar, TS Davis… - Ecological Solutions …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A variety of habitat‐associated factors moderate effects of grazing on insect biodiversity.
Here, we examine how aridity, evolutionary history of grazing and grazing intensity …

[HTML][HTML] Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures

RS Acharya, T Leslie, J Burke, K Naithani, E Fitting… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollinators contribute to the establishment of perennial native forages, but little is known
about the effect of grazing practices on pollinator abundance and diversity in livestock …

Effects of Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration Efforts on Pollination Networks in an Arid Ecosystem

KB Thapa-Magar, TS Davis, SM Galbraith… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
On publicly managed lands of western North America, canopy removal is practiced as a
habitat improvement for sage grouse (Centrocercus species), often with the goal of …

[HTML][HTML] Pollination and sexual reproduction of key dominant trees of Arid Chaco under different land-use intensities

V Marquez, LM Carbone, AL Chiapero… - Trees, Forests and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fruit production by dominant native trees in the arid Chaco of central Argentina represents a
crucial provisioning ecosystem service for local peasant economies. This region presents …

Canopy cover and seasonality are associated with variation in native bee assemblages across a mixed pine‐juniper woodland

TS Davis, N Comai - Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator community responses to changing conditions are a concern for ecosystem
managers, but it remains poorly understood how shifts in forest structure impact pollinators …