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Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices by Gagic, Vesna, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Jonsson, Tomas, Taylor, Astrid, Winqvist, Camilla, Fischer, Christina, Slade, Eleanor M., Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Emmerson, Mark, Potts, Simon G., Tscharntke, Teja, Weisser, Wolfgang, Bommarco, Riccardo

“…Drastic biodiversity declines have raised concerns about the deterioration of ecosystem functions and have motivated much recent research on the relationship…”
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Pollinators, pests and soil properties interactively shape oilseed rape yield by Bartomeus, Ignasi, Gagic, Vesna, Bommarco, Riccardo

“…Pollination, pest control, and soil properties are well known to affect agricultural production. These factors might interactively shape crop yield, but most…”
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Initial floral visitor identity and foraging time strongly influence blueberry reproductive success by Kendall, Liam K., Stavert, Jamie R., Gagic, Vesna, Hall, Mark, Rader, Romina

“…Priority effects occur when the order of species arrival affects subsequent ecological processes. The order that pollinator species visit flowers may affect…”
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Global mismatch of policy and research on drivers of biodiversity loss by Mazor, Tessa, Doropoulos, Christopher, Schwarzmueller, Florian, Gladish, Daniel W., Kumaran, Nagalingam, Merkel, Katharina, Di Marco, Moreno, Gagic, Vesna

“…The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for urgent actions to reduce global biodiversity loss. Here, we synthesize >44,000 articles…”
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Aphid parasitoids respond to vegetation heterogeneity but not to fragmentation scale: An experimental field study by Banks, John E., Gagic, Vesna

“…How animal populations respond to habitat manipulations is a central theme in ecology. In recent years, the role that vegetation heterogeneity plays in…”
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Understanding pollinator foraging behaviour and transition rates between flowers is important to maximize seed set in hybrid crops by Gagic, Vesna, Kirkland, Lindsey, Kendall, Liam K., Jones, Jeremy, Kirkland, Jeffrey, Spurr, Cameron, Rader, Romina

“…Hybrid cauliflower production predominately relies on pollen transfer from hermaphrodite to female lines by honeybees. However, the presence of other…”
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The relationship between agricultural intensification and biological control: experimental tests across Europe by Thies, Carsten, Haenke, Sebastian, Scherber, Christoph, Bengtsson, Janne, Bommarco, Riccardo, Clement, Lars W, Ceryngier, Piotr, Dennis, Christopher, Emmerson, Mark, Gagic, Vesna, Hawro, Violetta, Liira, Jaan, Weisser, Wolfgang W, Winqvist, Camilla, Tscharntke, Teja

“…Agricultural intensification can affect biodiversity and related ecosystem services such as biological control, but large-scale experimental evidence is…”
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Evaluating predictive performance of statistical models explaining wild bee abundance in a mass‐flowering crop by Blasi, Maria, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Bommarco, Riccardo, Gagic, Vesna, Garratt, Michael, Holzschuh, Andrea, Kleijn, David, Lindström, Sandra A. M., Olsson, Peter, Polce, Chiara, Potts, Simon G., Rundlöf, Maj, Scheper, Jeroen, Smith, Henrik G., Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Clough, Yann

“…Wild bee populations are threatened by current agricultural practices in many parts of the world, which may put pollination services and crop yields at risk…”
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Methods to identify the prey of invertebrate predators in terrestrial field studies by Birkhofer, Klaus, Bylund, Helena, Dalin, Peter, Ferlian, Olga, Gagic, Vesna, Hambäck, Peter A., Klapwijk, Maartje, Mestre, Laia, Roubinet, Eve, Schroeder, Martin, Stenberg, Johan A., Porcel, Mario, Björkman, Christer, Jonsson, Mattias

“…Predation is an interaction during which an organism kills and feeds on another organism. Past and current interest in studying predation in terrestrial…”
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The Effects of Aphid Traits on Parasitoid Host Use and Specialist Advantage by Gagic, Vesna, Petrović-Obradović, Olivera, Fründ, Jochen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G, Athanassiou, Christos G, Starý, Petr, Tomanović, Željko

“…Specialization is a central concept in ecology and one of the fundamental properties of parasitoids. Highly specialized parasitoids tend to be more efficient…”
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Time will tell: resource continuity bolsters ecosystem services by Schellhorn, Nancy A, Gagic, Vesna, Bommarco, Riccardo

“…•Demands for agricultural products will limit set-aside of arable land to support ecosystem services.•Resource availability needs to be linked to requirements…”
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Additive and interactive effects of pollination and biological pest control on crop yield by Gagic, Vesna, Marcora, Anna, Howie, Lynita, Diekötter, Tim

“…Insect pollination and biological pest control simultaneously influence crop yield, but are often investigated individually. This can lead to under‐ or…”
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Food web structure and biocontrol in a four-trophic level system across a landscape complexity gradient by Gagic, Vesna, Tscharntke, Teja, Dormann, Carsten F, Gruber, Bernd, Wilstermann, Anne, Thies, Carsten

“…Decline in landscape complexity owing to agricultural intensification may affect biodiversity, food web complexity and associated ecological processes such as…”
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Better outcomes for pest pressure, insecticide use, and yield in less intensive agricultural landscapes by Gagic, Vesna, Holding, Matthew, Venables, William N., Hulthen, Andrew D., Schellhorn, Nancy A.

“…Agricultural systems have been continuously intensified to meet rising demand for agricultural products. However, there are increasing concerns that larger,…”
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Ecosystem service of biological pest control in Australia: the role of non‐crop habitats within landscapes by Gagic, Vesna, Paull, Cate, Schellhorn, Nancy A

“…Semi‐natural areas surrounding field crops are generally shown to enhance natural enemies of pests and biocontrol services within field crops worldwide…”
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Flower strips enhance abundance of bumble bee queens and males in landscapes with few honey bee hives by Bommarco, Riccardo, Lindström, Sandra A.M., Raderschall, Chloé A., Gagic, Vesna, Lundin, Ola

“…Wild bee declines in agricultural landscapes have led farmers to supplement crops with honey bees. Simultaneously, environmental subsidy and conservation…”
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A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production by Dainese, Matteo, Martin, Emily A, Aizen, Marcelo A, Albrecht, Matthias, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luisa G, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Gagic, Vesna, Garibaldi, Lucas A, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Grab, Heather, Jonsson, Mattias, Karp, Daniel S, Kennedy, Christina M, Kleijn, David, Kremen, Claire, Landis, Douglas A, Letourneau, Deborah K, Marini, Lorenzo, Poveda, Katja, Rader, Romina, Smith, Henrik G, Tscharntke, Teja, Andersson, Georg K S, Badenhausser, Isabelle, Baensch, Svenja, Bezerra, Antonio Diego M, Bianchi, Felix J J A, Boreux, Virginie, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Caballero-Lopez, Berta, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Ćetković, Aleksandar, Chacoff, Natacha P, Classen, Alice, Cusser, Sarah, da Silva E Silva, Felipe D, de Groot, G Arjen, Dudenhöffer, Jan H, Ekroos, Johan, Fijen, Thijs, Franck, Pierre, Freitas, Breno M, Garratt, Michael P D, Gratton, Claudio, Hipólito, Juliana, Holzschuh, Andrea, Hunt, Lauren, Iverson, Aaron L, Jha, Shalene, Keasar, Tamar, Kim, Tania N, Kishinevsky, Miriam, Klatt, Björn K, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Krewenka, Kristin M, Krishnan, Smitha, Larsen, Ashley E, Lavigne, Claire, Liere, Heidi, Maas, Bea, Mallinger, Rachel E, Martinez Pachon, Eliana, Martínez-Salinas, Alejandra, Meehan, Timothy D, Mitchell, Matthew G E, Molina, Gonzalo A R, Nesper, Maike, Nilsson, Lovisa, O'Rourke, Megan E, Peters, Marcell K, Plećaš, Milan, Potts, Simon G, Ramos, Davi de L, Rosenheim, Jay A, Rundlöf, Maj, Rusch, Adrien, Sáez, Agustín, Scheper, Jeroen, Schleuning, Matthias, Schmack, Julia M, Sciligo, Amber R, Seymour, Colleen, Stanley, Dara A, Stewart, Rebecca, Stout, Jane C, Sutter, Louis, Takada, Mayura B, Taki, Hisatomo, Tamburini, Giovanni, Tschumi, Matthias, Viana, Blandina F, Westphal, Catrin, Willcox, Bryony K, Wratten, Stephen D, Yoshioka, Akira, Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos, Zhang, Wei, Zou, Yi

“…Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem functions critical to food production. Whether crop yield-related ecosystem…”
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Self‐compatible blueberry cultivars require fewer floral visits to maximize fruit production than a partially self‐incompatible cultivar by Kendall, Liam K., Gagic, Vesna, Evans, Lisa J., Cutting, Brian T., Scalzo, Jessica, Hanusch, Yolanda, Jones, Jeremy, Rocchetti, Maurizio, Sonter, Carolyn, Keir, Matthew, Rader, Romina, Diamond, Sarah

“…Effective pollination is a complex phenomenon determined by the outcome of the interaction between pollen transfer and a plants' pollinator dependency, yet…”
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The effect of protective covers on pollinator health and pollination service delivery by Kendall, Liam K., Evans, Lisa J., Gee, Megan, Smith, Tobias J., Gagic, Vesna, Lobaton, Juan D., Hall, Mark A., Jones, Jeremy, Kirkland, Lindsay, Saunders, Manu E., Sonter, Carolyn, Cutting, Brian T., Parks, Sophie, Hogendoorn, Katja, Spurr, Cameron, Gracie, Alistair, Simpson, Melinda, Rader, Romina

“…Protective covers (i.e., glasshouses, netting enclosures, and polytunnels) are increasingly used in crop production to enhance crop quality, yield, and…”
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Biocontrol in insecticide sprayed crops does not benefit from semi‐natural habitats and recovers slowly after spraying by Gagic, Vesna, Hulthen, Andrew D., Marcora, Anna, Wang, Xiaobei, Jones, Laura, Schellhorn, Nancy A., Kaplan, Ian

“…To enhance biological pest control in crop fields, it is recommended to increase semi‐natural area on farm and decrease insecticide spraying. While the…”
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