Climate change and global food systems: potential impacts on food security and undernutrition

SS Myers, MR Smith, S Guth, CD Golden… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Great progress has been made in addressing global undernutrition over the past several
decades, in part because of large increases in food production from agricultural expansion …

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

SG Potts, V Imperatriz-Fonseca, HT Ngo, MA Aizen… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of
contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values …

Complex agricultural landscapes host more biodiversity than simple ones: A global meta-analysis

N Estrada-Carmona, AC Sánchez… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity conservation requires profound
structural changes worldwide. Often, discussions are centered on management at the field …

A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline

LV Dicks, TD Breeze, HT Ngo, D Senapathi… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Pollinator decline has attracted global attention and substantial efforts are underway to
respond through national pollinator strategies and action plans. These policy responses …

Global modeling of nature's contributions to people

R Chaplin-Kramer, RP Sharp, C Weil, EM Bennett… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The magnitude and pace of global change demand rapid assessment of nature and its
contributions to people. We present a fine-scale global modeling of current status and future …

Biogenesis and function of tRNA fragments during sperm maturation and fertilization in mammals

U Sharma, CC Conine, JM Shea, A Boskovic, AG Derr… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Several recent studies link parental environments to phenotypes in subsequent generations.
In this work, we investigate the mechanism by which paternal diet affects offspring …

Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

R Rader, I Bartomeus, LA Garibaldi… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Wild and managed bees are well documented as effective pollinators of global crops of
economic importance. However, the contributions by pollinators other than bees have been …

Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security

F Requier, N Pérez-Méndez, GKS Andersson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally
important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity …

Land‐sharing/‐sparing connectivity landscapes for ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation

I Grass, J Loos, S Baensch, P Batáry… - People and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The land‐sharing versus land‐sparing debate recently stagnated, lacking an integrating
perspective in agricultural landscapes as well as consideration of ecosystem services. Here …

Mutually beneficial pollinator diversity and crop yield outcomes in small and large farms

LA Garibaldi, LG Carvalheiro, BE Vaissière… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Ecological intensification, or the improvement of crop yield through enhancement of
biodiversity, may be a sustainable pathway toward greater food supplies. Such sustainable …