From research to action: enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators

Late-season mass-flowering red clover increases bumble bee queen and male densities

(2014) Maj Rundlöf et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination-dependent crop

(2014) Brett R. Blaauw et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Comparison of pollinators and natural enemies: a meta-analysis of landscape and local effects on abundance and richness in crops

(2013) Gorm Shackelford et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Hedgerow restoration promotes pollinator populations and exports native bees to adjacent fields

(2013) Lora A. Morandin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

(2013) Christina M. Kennedy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2013) Jeroen Scheper et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators

(2013) Adam J Vanbergen et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Pollinator body size mediates the scale at which land use drives crop pollination services

(2013) Faye E. Benjamin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

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

Pollinator habitat enhancement: Benefits to other ecosystem services

(2012) Stephen D. Wratten et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Plant biodiversity enhances bees and other insect pollinators in agroecosystems. A review

(2012) Clara I. Nicholls et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Complementary habitat use by wild bees in agro-natural landscapes

(2012) Yael Mandelik et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Biodiversity buffers pollination from changes in environmental conditions

(2012) Claire Brittain et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Creating patches of native flowers facilitates crop pollination in large agricultural fields: mango as a case study

(2012) Luísa G. Carvalheiro et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Mass-flowering crops enhance wild bee abundance

(2012) Andrea Holzschuh et al.   OECOLOGIA

Interactive Effects of Large- and Small-Scale Sources of Feral Honey-Bees for Sunflower in the Argentine Pampas

(2012) Agustín Sáez et al.   PLoS One

Diverse pollinator communities enhance plant reproductive success

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

Solitary bee abundance and species richness in dynamic agricultural landscapes

(2011) Violette Le Féon et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Native Pollinators in Anthropogenic Habitats

(2011) Rachael Winfree et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Valuing pollination services to agriculture

(2011) Rachael Winfree et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity

(2011) Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

(2011) Lucas A. Garibaldi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2011) M. E. Hanley 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

The Role of Resources and Risks in Regulating Wild Bee Populations

(2010) T'ai H. Roulston et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Functional complementarity and specialisation: The role of biodiversity in plant–pollinator interactions

(2010) Nico Blüthgen et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances

(2010) Neal M. Williams et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Maximum foraging ranges in solitary bees: only few individuals have the capability to cover long foraging distances

(2010) Antonia Zurbuchen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Long foraging distances impose high costs on offspring production in solitary bees

(2010) Antonia Zurbuchen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Community and Species-Specific Responses of Wild Bees to Insect Pest Control Programs Applied to a Pollinator-Dependent Crop

(2010) Julianna K. Tuell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Reconnecting plants and pollinators: challenges in the restoration of pollination mutualisms

(2010) Myles H.M. Menz et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Conservation ecology of bees: populations, species and communities

(2009) Tomás E. Murray et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The Global Stock of Domesticated Honey Bees Is Growing Slower Than Agricultural Demand for Pollination

(2009) Marcelo A. Aizen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND ECONOMIC THEORY: INTEGRATION FOR POLICY-RELEVANT RESEARCH

(2009) Brendan Fisher et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A meta-analysis of bees' responses to anthropogenic disturbance

(2009) Rachael Winfree et al.   ECOLOGY

Wild Bee Abundance and Pollination Service in Cultivated Pumpkins: Farm Management, Nesting Behavior and Landscape Effects

(2009) H. Esther Julier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

DO RESOURCES OR NATURAL ENEMIES DRIVE BEE POPULATION DYNAMICS IN FRAGMENTED HABITATS

(2008) Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter et al.   ECOLOGY

Maximizing arthropod-mediated ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes: the role of native plants

(2008) Rufus Isaacs et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Mass flowering oilseed rape improves early colony growth but not sexual reproduction of bumblebees

(2008) C. Westphal et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Agricultural landscapes with organic crops support higher pollinator diversity

(2008) Andrea Holzschuh et al.   OIKOS

Functional group diversity of bee pollinators increases crop yield

(2008) P. Hoehn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES