Article
Entomology
Eric G. Middleton, Ian MacRae, Christopher R. Philips
Summary: Pollinators and insect predators are declining due to commercial agricultural land use. Planting wildflowers in unused margins can help conserve them. Wildflower plantings attract more pollinators and predators, but do not increase their numbers in adjacent crops.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
James R. Weaver, John S. Ascher, Rachel E. Mallinger
Summary: Deploying honey bee colonies can have negative effects on wild bee foraging, with competition being greater for larger-bodied or generalist bees.
INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Claus Rasmussen, Yoko L. Dupont, Henning Bang Madsen, Petr Bogusch, Dave Goulson, Lina Herbertsson, Kate Pereira Maia, Anders Nielsen, Jens M. Olesen, Simon G. Potts, Stuart P. M. Roberts, Markus Arne Kjaer Sydenham, Per Kryger
Summary: The study identified and summarized forage plants for honey bees and wild bee species in Denmark, finding that they share 176 plant genera. Although no significant relationship was found between the overlap of honey bees and wild bees and their forage specialization or conservation status, data for individual species could be summarized.
Article
Ecology
Markus A. K. Sydenham, Katrine S. Eldegard, Zander Venter, Marianne Evju, J. M. Astrom, Graciela Rusch
Summary: This study aimed to test the use of prediction maps for ranking semi-natural grasslands in terms of supporting wild bees, as well as extending current assessment criteria. The results showed that prediction models can add valuable information for prioritizing pollinator habitat conservation and improve conservation effectiveness.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Agustin Saez, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Marcelo A. Aizen, Carolina L. Morales, Anna Traveset, Grecia S. de Groot, Reto Schmucki
Summary: Phenological overlap between crop flowering and pollinators significantly affects pollination and fruit production, highlighting the importance of considering the seasonal aspect of plant-pollinator mutualism in crop management.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hayley Schroeder, Heather Grab, Katja Poveda
Summary: The conversion of natural landscapes to agriculture is a major cause of biodiversity loss worldwide, and wild plants in heavily modified landscapes are responding to this landscape change. In this study, the effect of increasing agricultural landscape modification on defensive and reproductive traits in three commonly occurring Brassicaceae species was tested. The results showed that plants from agriculturally dominant landscapes had reduced flower size and herbivore leaf consumption, and one species also exhibited reduced fitness associated with increasing agricultural landscapes. These findings suggest that the conversion of natural landscapes to agriculture has consequences for wild plant evolution.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sydney H. Worthy, John H. Acorn, Carol M. Frost
Summary: Honey bees are used for honey production and crop pollination, which raises concerns about their impact on wild pollinators. This study investigated whether honey bees affect wild pollinator interactions with plants by examining changes in plant-pollinator interaction networks. The researchers found that honey bees increased network metrics related to pollinator and plant complementarity and decreased interaction evenness. However, honey bee abundance did not affect these metrics in networks constructed solely from wild pollinator interactions, suggesting that changes in the overall network structure were solely due to honey bee interactions with plants. These findings highlight the importance of understanding the impact of honey bees on wild pollinator communities.
Article
Entomology
Dawn M. Olson, Jason Gibbs, Jason M. Schmidt
Summary: The study found that wildflower strips containing a variety of flower species could increase pollinator abundance and promote pollination of nearby crops. The wildflower buffers provided pollinators and bee foragers to crops in the early season, indicating the potential to increase pollination in crop fields throughout the growing season.
FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mengge Du, Jun Fan, Meng Liu, Xiaotao Niu, Shanju Wang
Summary: Plant diversity has a strong impact on grassland productivity and soil C and N storage. Nitrogen enrichment decreases biodiversity and weakens ecosystem stability. Mowing is an effective management tool for maintaining diversity in grasslands. This study investigated the effects of nitrogen, mowing (or phosphorus), and their interactions on plant diversity and soil C and N storage in a semi-arid alpine steppe. The results showed that mowing can modulate the effects of nitrogen addition on diversity loss and carbon stock loss, while phosphorus has no effect on the negative impact of nitrogen on grassland species diversity.
Article
Ecology
Maxime Eeraerts, Sanne Van den Berge, Willem Proesmans, Kris Verheyen, Guy Smagghe, Ivan Meeus
Summary: Our study found that fruit orchards and woody semi-natural habitat provide different but complementary resources for pollinating insects during the flight season. Woody semi-natural habitats offer higher diversity and abundance of resources, emphasizing the importance of their conservation for supporting pollinators in agricultural landscapes.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Violeta Hevia, Carlos P. Carmona, Francisco M. Azcarate, Roberto Heredia, Jose A. Gonzalez
Summary: The installation of floral strips and preservation of semi-natural habitats are crucial for enhancing the taxonomic and functional diversity of wild bees in intensively farmed sunflower fields. Floral strips offer a partial substitute to increase wild bee diversity when semi-natural habitats are scarce.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Huimin Bai, Zhiying Liu, Nan Huang, Yaqin Luo, Zixuan Huang, Tianyu Zhang, Wenhao Li, Le Wu, Taogetao Baoyin
Summary: This study found that antagonistic interactions between fungal guilds play important roles in regulating the response of plant production-community composition to grazing and mowing in grasslands. Potential plant pathogens also have a crucial effect on plant production-community composition relationship.
Article
Agronomy
Stacey M. Fairhurst, Lorna J. Cole, Tereza Kocarkova, Catherine Jones-Morris, Andy Evans, Gail Jackson
Summary: This study explores the potential to predict floral resource availability in oilseed rape varieties using routinely collected agronomic trait data. The quality of nectar is positively influenced by factors such as early vigour, winter hardiness, and stem stiffness, while pollen quantity is affected by traits like early maturation and resistance to lodging. Including modeled floral resource data in recommended varietal lists could help growers make informed decisions based on local pollinator populations.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sofia Graffigna, Rocio A. Gonzalez-Vaquero, Juan P. Torretta, Hugo J. Marrero
Summary: Through a systematic literature review, this study evaluates how the connectivity of urban green areas can affect the richness and abundance of pollinators. The results show a positive correlation between the connectivity of green areas and the richness and abundance of pollinators, emphasizing the importance of green spaces in cities for the conservation of these important insects.
Article
Forestry
Marissa H. Chase, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, Brian Charles, Alexandra Harmon-Threatt
Summary: In temperate, deciduous forests, long-term management suppression has led to homogenous habitat, while management approaches that emulate historical disturbance regimes can restore habitat heterogeneity. However, the effects of forest management practices on beneficial insects like bees are unclear, and the interactions between seasonality and management have been rarely studied.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Anna Dahlstrom, Ana-Maria Iuga, Tommy Lennartsson
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
(2013)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jana Spulerova, Alexandra Kruse, Paola Branduini, Csaba Centeri, Sebastian Eiter, Viviana Ferrario, Benedicte Gaillard, Fausto Gusmeroli, Suzan Jurgens, Drago Kladnik, Hans Renes, Michael Roth, Giovanni Sala, Hanne Sickel, Maurizia Sigura, Dagmar Stefunkova, Kari Stensgaard, Peter Strasser, Cosmin Marius Ivascu, Kinga OEllerer
Article
Anthropology
Cosmin Marius Ivascu, Alina Biro
JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Folklore
Anamaria Iuga, Georgiana Vlahbei
Summary: The article discusses the significance and meaning of the masked character of the Mute (Mutul) in the Calus ritual during the Whitsuntide feast in Romania. The Mute, similar to the Jester/Joker archetype, plays a transgressive role and provides humor in the ritual, breaking conventional behavior rules. The article examines the social limits that the Mute's performance and actions challenge. It also explores the changes the masked character has undergone in the staging context of the ritual, particularly with the increased exposure in local and international festivals.
FOLKLORE-ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Monika Janisova, Alines Biro, Anamaria Iuga, Pavel Sirka, Iveta Skodova
Article
Folklore
Anamaria Iuga
FOLKLORE-ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Solvi Wehn, Anna Westin, Line Johansen, Anamaria Iuga, Cosmin Marius Ivascu, Eveliina Kallioniemi, Tommy Lennartsson
Proceedings Paper
Environmental Studies
Tommy Lennartsson, Ove Eriksson, Anamaria Iuga, Jesper Larsson, Jon Moen, Michael D. Scholl, Anna Westin, Carole L. Crumley
ISSUES AND CONCEPTS IN HISTORICAL ECOLOGY: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF LANDSCAPES AND REGIONS
(2018)
Proceedings Paper
Environmental Studies
Anamaria Iuga, Anna Westin, Bogdan Iancu, Monica Stroe, Hakan Tunon
ISSUES AND CONCEPTS IN HISTORICAL ECOLOGY: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF LANDSCAPES AND REGIONS
(2018)
Article
Folklore
Anamaria Iuga
FOLKLORE-ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE
(2016)