Search Results - "Isaacs, Rufus"
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Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination‐dependent crop
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-08-2014)“…Pollination services from wild insects contribute to crop productivity around the world, but are at risk of decline in agricultural landscapes. Using highbush…”
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Pollen Germination and Tube Growth in Northern Highbush Blueberry are Inhibited by Extreme Heat
Published in HortScience (01-06-2023)“…The increasing intensity and frequency of extreme heat events threaten crop productivity globally. Certain phases of plant reproduction necessary for…”
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Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-01-2016)“…Wild bees are highly valuable pollinators. Along with managed honey bees, they provide a critical ecosystem service by ensuring stable pollination to…”
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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis
Published in Ecology letters (01-10-2020)“…Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive…”
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Maximizing Arthropod-Mediated Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes: The Role of Native Plants
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-05-2009)“…Beneficial arthropods, including native bees, predators, and parasitoids, provide valuable ecosystem services worth $8 billion to US agriculture each year…”
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Pollination services provided to small and large highbush blueberry fields by wild and managed bees
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-08-2010)“…1. Plantings of pollinator-dependent crops vary from large, intensively managed fields to small fields that are managed less intensively, yet there is…”
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Native wildflower plantings support wild bee abundance and diversity in agricultural landscapes across the United States
Published in Ecological applications (01-12-2015)“…Global trends in pollinator-dependent crops have raised awareness of the need to support managed and wild bee populations to ensure sustainable crop…”
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Flower traits associated with the visitation patterns of bees
Published in Oecologia (01-06-2020)“…Plant-pollinator interactions are partially driven by the expression of plant traits that signal and attract bees to the nutritional resources within flowers…”
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Pesticide risk to managed bees during blueberry pollination is primarily driven by off-farm exposures
Published in Scientific reports (03-05-2022)“…When managed bee colonies are brought to farms for crop pollination, they can be exposed to pesticide residues. Quantifying the risk posed by these exposures…”
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Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (29-03-2013)“…The diversity and abundance of wild insect pollinators have declined in many agricultural landscapes. Whether such declines reduce crop yields, or are…”
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Identities, concentrations, and sources of pesticide exposure in pollen collected by managed bees during blueberry pollination
Published in Scientific reports (19-08-2021)“…Bees are critical for crop pollination, but there is limited information on levels and sources of pesticide exposure in commercial agriculture. We collected…”
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Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A Decade of Research Towards a Sustainable Integrated Pest Management Program
Published in Journal of economic entomology (01-10-2021)“…Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) also known as spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), is a pest native to Southeast Asia. In the last few…”
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Contrasting Pollinators and Pollination in Native and Non-Native Regions of Highbush Blueberry Production
Published in PloS one (08-07-2016)“…Highbush blueberry yields are dependent on pollination by bees, and introduction of managed honey bees is the primary strategy used for pollination of this…”
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A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems
Published in Ecology letters (01-05-2013)“…Bees provide essential pollination services that are potentially affected both by local farm management and the surrounding landscape. To better understand…”
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From research to action: enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-10-2014)“…Recent evidence highlights the value of wild-insect species richness and abundance for crop pollination worldwide. Yet, deliberate physical importation of…”
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Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities
Published in Journal of pest science (01-09-2015)“…The Asian vinegar fly Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing Drosophila [SWD]) has emerged as a major invasive insect pest of small and stone fruits in both the…”
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Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (31-03-2021)“…While an increasing number of studies indicate that the range, diversity and abundance of many wild pollinators has declined, the global area of…”
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Different semi-natural habitat types provide complementary nesting resources for wild bees
Published in Journal of pollination ecology (26-04-2023)“…Semi-natural habitats provide refuge for pollinating insects such as wild bees. Different types of semi-natural habitat can provide complementary floral…”
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Perennial grasslands enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-01-2014)“…Agriculture is being challenged to provide food, and increasingly fuel, for an expanding global population. Producing bioenergy crops on marginal…”
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Variation in highbush blueberry floral volatile profiles as a function of pollination status, cultivar, time of day and flower part: implications for flower visitation by bees
Published in Annals of botany (01-06-2011)“…• Background and Aims Studies of the effects of pollination on floral scent and bee visitation remain rare, particularly in agricultural crops. To fill this…”
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