Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities

Specialization of plant–pollinator interactions increases with temperature at Mt. Kilimanjaro

(2020) Alice Classen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Phenological shifts alter the seasonal structure of pollinator assemblages in Europe

(2020) F. Duchenne et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain

(2019) Gary D. Powney et al.   Nature Communications

Impacts of honeybee density on crop yield: A meta-analysis

(2019) Orianne Rollin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

(2019) Matteo Dainese et al.   Science Advances

Bee pollinators of faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) differ in their foraging behaviour and pollination efficiency

(2018) Birgit Marzinzig et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Integrated crop pollination to buffer spatial and temporal variability in pollinator activity

(2018) Michael P.D. Garratt et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Spatial community turnover of pollinators is relaxed by semi-natural habitats, but not by mass-flowering crops in agricultural landscapes

(2018) Tatiane Beduschi et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Species turnover promotes the importance of bee diversity for crop pollination at regional scales

(2018) Rachael Winfree et al.   SCIENCE

Insect pollination is at least as important for marketable crop yield as plant quality in a seed crop

(2018) Thijs P. M. Fijen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temporally dependent pollinator competition and facilitation with mass flowering crops affects yield in co-blooming crops

(2017) Heather Grab et al.   Scientific Reports

Experimental evidence that honeybees depress wild insect densities in a flowering crop

(2016) Sandra A. M. Lindström et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2016) L. A. Garibaldi et al.   SCIENCE

Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity

(2016) Nico Blüthgen et al.   Nature Communications

EDITOR'S CHOICE: REVIEW: Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity

(2015) Lucas A. Garibaldi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land-use pressures in European agricultural landscapes

(2015) Adriana De Palma et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

(2015) David Kleijn et al.   Nature Communications

The identity of crop pollinators helps target conservation for improved ecosystem services

(2013) M.P.D. Garratt et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Biodiversity ensures plant-pollinator phenological synchrony against climate change

(2013) Ignasi Bartomeus et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW-European pollinators and plants

(2013) Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

(2013) L. A. Garibaldi et al.   SCIENCE

Diverse pollinator communities enhance plant reproductive success

(2012) M. Albrecht et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator effectiveness: do unmanaged insects provide consistent pollination services to mass flowering crops?

(2011) Romina Rader et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Dominant species, rather than diversity, regulates temporal stability of plant communities

(2011) Takehiro Sasaki et al.   OECOLOGIA

Increased bumblebee abundance along the margins of a mass flowering crop: evidence for pollinator spill-over

(2011) M. E. Hanley et al.   OIKOS

How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

(2011) Jeff Ollerton et al.   OIKOS

Global growth and stability of agricultural yield decrease with pollinator dependence

(2011) L. A. Garibaldi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

More diverse plant communities have higher functioning over time due to turnover in complementary dominant species

(2011) E. Allan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drastic historic shifts in bumble-bee community composition in Sweden

(2011) R. Bommarco et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mechanisms contributing to stability in ecosystem function depend on the environmental context

(2010) Emily Grman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Alternative pollinator taxa are equally efficient but not as effective as the honeybee in a mass flowering crop

(2009) Romina Rader et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Long-Term Global Trends in Crop Yield and Production Reveal No Current Pollination Shortage but Increasing Pollinator Dependency

(2008) Marcelo A. Aizen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

ADVANCES IN POLLINATION ECOLOGY FROM TROPICAL PLANTATION CROPS

(2008) Alexandra-Maria Klein et al.   ECOLOGY

Are ecosystem services stabilized by differences among species? A test using crop pollination

(2008) R. Winfree et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES