Biodiverse Management of Perennial Flower Margins in Farmland: Meandering Mowing by ‘Three-Strip Management’ to Boost Pollinators and Beneficial Insects DOI Creative Commons
Laurian Parmentier,

Hannah Vanderstappen,

Geert Haesaert

et al.

Insects, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(12), P. 953 - 953

Published: Nov. 30, 2024

Agricultural intensification has led to significant declines in beneficial insect populations, such as pollinators and natural enemies, along with their ecosystem services. The installation of perennial flower margins farmland is a popular agri-environmental scheme mitigate these losses, promoting biodiversity, pollination, pest control. However, outcomes can vary widely, recent insights into an agricultural context suggest that management could be important contributor this variation. This study evaluated two mowing regimes: the new “three-strip management” method uneven, curved lines regular phased control method. During third year application, we effects on alpha diversity indices well plant–pollinator visitation networks. Curved three-strip significantly increased abundance all pollinator groups (+44%) enemies (+50%), taxonomic richness pollinators, especially for rarer solitary bees. Floral was also higher, more unique plants blooming early spring late summer, generating interactions (+54%) positive impact multiple network-level properties. Our findings provide evidence nature-based methods win–win solution, creating high-quality habitats enhance various groups, support associated services, help restore overall biodiversity.

Language: Английский

Functional leaf and plant use by leafcutter bees: Implications for management and conservation DOI
Palatty Allesh Sinu,

Krishnan P. Abhiram,

Ashly Baby

et al.

Ecological Applications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 35(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract Wild solitary bees face a host of challenges from the simplification landscapes and biodiversity loss to invasive species urbanization. Pollinator researchers restoration workers thus far gave much attention increase flower cover reduce impact these anthropogenic pressures. Over 30% bee need nonfloral resources such as leaves resin for their survival reproduction. However, importance in ecology, particularly leafcutter bees, has received very little attention. Leafcutter have global distribution cut constructing brood chambers. We information (a) what use do not foraging (b) leaf plant traits community drive preference usage. To fill this gap recommend plants conservation, we examined 13,062 612 107 families distributed 165 communities nine towns/cities four south Indian states. The locations states was quite dissimilar, but had similar proportion native exotic plants. probability foraged is governed by its clade, family, nativity, dimension, width. Bees clear common families, Fabaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Meliaceae leaves, going distant lineages, including rare rare. At same time, also avoided several cosmopolitan Apocynaceae, Moraceae, Sapotaceae, Asteraceae, among others. preferred more usage predicted richness, Fabaceae communities, herbs; diversity abundance are crucial drivers. Our study suggests that bees' leaf‐foraging random, leaf, plant, traits. helpful planning urban homestead greening projects they dominated exotics.

Language: Английский

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Urbanisation and agricultural intensification modulate plant–pollinator network structure and robustness DOI Creative Commons
Willem Proesmans, Émeline Felten,

Emilien Laurent

et al.

Functional Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(3), P. 628 - 641

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

Abstract Land use change is a major pressure on pollinator abundance, diversity and plant–pollinator interactions. Far less known about how land‐use alters the structure of networks their robustness to coextinctions. We analysed sampled in 12 landscapes along an urbanisation agricultural intensity gradient, from early spring late summer 2021, used stochastic coextinction model correlate risk with network (species network‐level metrics) landscape context. Networks intensively managed (i.e., urban) had lower initiating cascade, while may be robust. Network modulated frequency severity coextinctions species loss, strength interactions increased robustness. Urban were more rich symmetrical due high ornamental plants, smaller, tightly connected nested networks. extinctions, which was decreased by greater linkage density, interaction asymmetry dependence networks, once extinction occurred, nestedness density propagated degree cascade loss. At level, inversely correlated risk, implying that generalist number specialists lowest risk. An interplay between affects community implications for pollination services plant reproduction. Land‐use or other global pressures reorganising can alter communities potential functioning. Read free Plain Language Summary this article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Data on the diet and nutrition of urban and rural bumblebees DOI Creative Commons
Joan Casanelles‐Abella,

S. M. T. de la Selva,

Alexander Keller

et al.

Scientific Data, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Semi-natural habitat cover but not late season mass-flowering crops affect pollinator-plant networks in non-crop habitats DOI Creative Commons
Tiago Souto Martins Teixeira, Åsa Berggren, Laura Riggi

et al.

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 381, P. 109455 - 109455

Published: Dec. 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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Anthropogenic impacts on plant-pollinator networks of tropical forests: implications for pollinators coextinction DOI
Jefferson Bruno Bretas de Souza Oliveira, Hernani F. M. Oliveira, Wesley Dáttilo

et al.

Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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Biodiverse Management of Perennial Flower Margins in Farmland: Meandering Mowing by ‘Three-Strip Management’ to Boost Pollinators and Beneficial Insects DOI Creative Commons
Laurian Parmentier,

Hannah Vanderstappen,

Geert Haesaert

et al.

Insects, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(12), P. 953 - 953

Published: Nov. 30, 2024

Agricultural intensification has led to significant declines in beneficial insect populations, such as pollinators and natural enemies, along with their ecosystem services. The installation of perennial flower margins farmland is a popular agri-environmental scheme mitigate these losses, promoting biodiversity, pollination, pest control. However, outcomes can vary widely, recent insights into an agricultural context suggest that management could be important contributor this variation. This study evaluated two mowing regimes: the new “three-strip management” method uneven, curved lines regular phased control method. During third year application, we effects on alpha diversity indices well plant–pollinator visitation networks. Curved three-strip significantly increased abundance all pollinator groups (+44%) enemies (+50%), taxonomic richness pollinators, especially for rarer solitary bees. Floral was also higher, more unique plants blooming early spring late summer, generating interactions (+54%) positive impact multiple network-level properties. Our findings provide evidence nature-based methods win–win solution, creating high-quality habitats enhance various groups, support associated services, help restore overall biodiversity.

Language: Английский

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