The disproportionate value of ‘weeds’ to pollinators and biodiversity

An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review

(2020) Chloe MacLaren et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Long‐term trends in the distribution, abundance and impact of native ‘injurious’ weeds

(2020) LindsayC. Maskell et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Thug life: bramble ( Rubus fruticosus L. agg.) is a valuable foraging resource for honeybees and diverse flower‐visiting insects

(2020) Veronica R. Wignall et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Wildflower strips enhance wild bee reproductive success

(2020) Dominik Ganser et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Weeds Impose Unique Outcomes for Pests, Natural Enemies, and Yield in Two Vegetable Crops

(2020) Melina K Madden et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Phenology of farmland floral resources reveals seasonal gaps in nectar availability for bumblebees

(2019) Thomas P. Timberlake et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

British phenological records indicate high diversity and extinction rates among late-summer-flying pollinators

(2018) Nicholas J. Balfour et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Quantification of regulating ecosystem services provided by weeds in annual cropping systems using a systematic map approach

(2018) C Blaix et al.   WEED RESEARCH

Potential landscape-scale pollinator networks across Great Britain: structure, stability and influence of agricultural land cover

(2018) John W. Redhead et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Historical collections as a tool for assessing the global pollination crisis

(2018) I. Bartomeus et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Landscapes that work for biodiversity and people

(2018) C. Kremen et al.   SCIENCE

Landscape greening and local creation of wildflower strips and hedgerows promote multiple ecosystem services

(2017) Louis Sutter et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Providing foraging resources for solitary bees on farmland: current schemes for pollinators benefit a limited suite of species

(2016) Thomas J. Wood et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of floral resources in Britain

(2016) Mathilde Baude et al.   NATURE

iNEXT: an R package for rarefaction and extrapolation of species diversity (Hill numbers)

(2016) T. C. Hsieh et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Following the dance: Ground survey of flowers and flower-visiting insects in a summer foraging hotspot identified via honey bee waggle dance decoding

(2015) Nicholas J. Balfour et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Honey bee diet in intensive farmland habitats reveals an unexpectedly high flower richness and a major role of weeds

(2015) Fabrice Requier et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Which cropping systems to reconcile weed-related biodiversity and crop production in arable crops? An approach with simulation-based indicators

(2015) Delphine Mézière et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

(2015) D. Goulson et al.   SCIENCE

Extinctions of aculeate pollinators in Britain and the role of large-scale agricultural changes

(2014) J. Ollerton et al.   SCIENCE

Differences of floral resource use between honey bees and wild bees in an intensive farming system

(2013) Orianne Rollin et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri-environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss - a meta-analysis

(2013) Jeroen Scheper et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ivy: an underappreciated key resource to flower-visiting insects in autumn

(2013) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Plant apparency, an overlooked driver of associational resistance to insect herbivory

(2013) Bastien Castagneyrol et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Increasing Cropping System Diversity Balances Productivity, Profitability and Environmental Health

(2012) Adam S. Davis et al.   PLoS One

The Robustness and Restoration of a Network of Ecological Networks

(2012) M. J. O. Pocock et al.   SCIENCE

Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity

(2011) Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

(2011) Jeff Ollerton et al.   OIKOS

Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review

(2010) CHRISTINE HAALAND et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

(2010) Gordon E. D. Tiley   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional biodiversity in the agricultural landscape: relationships between weeds and arthropod fauna

(2010) P BÀRBERI et al.   WEED RESEARCH