Pollinators are a key component of global biodiversity, providing vital ecosystem services to
crops and wild plants. There is clear evidence of recent declines in both wild and …

Many ecosystem services are delivered by organisms that depend on habitats that are
segregated spatially or temporally from the location where services are provided. Management of …

Rising demands for agricultural products will increase pressure to further intensify crop
production, while negative environmental impacts have to be minimized. Ecological …

Despite widespread concern about declines in pollination services, little is known about the
patterns of change in most pollinator assemblages. By studying bee and hoverfly …

The diversity and abundance of wild insect pollinators have declined in many agricultural
landscapes. Whether such declines reduce crop yields, or are mitigated by managed …

Bees provide essential pollination services that are potentially affected both by local farm
management and the surrounding landscape. To better understand these different factors, we …

… Agriculture employs 1.4 billion people, approximately one-third of the world’s economically
active labour force 14 . This is particularly important to the world’s poorest rural communities, …

… Agriculture and urban settlements cover almost 40% of Earth’s ice-free terrestrial land, with
an additional 37% being rangelands and semi-natural habitats that are embedded within …

Managing ecosystems to ensure the provision of multiple ecosystem services is a key
challenge for applied ecology. Functional traits are receiving increasing attention as the main …

Wild and managed bees are well documented as effective pollinators of global crops of
economic importance. However, the contributions by pollinators other than bees have been little …