Search Results - "KLEIN, Alexandra M."
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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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Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-08-2012)“…Understanding how landscape characteristics affect biodiversity patterns and ecological processes at local and landscape scales is critical for mitigating…”
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Global growth and stability of agricultural yield decrease with pollinator dependence
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-04-2011)“…Human welfare depends on the amount and stability of agricultural production, as determined by crop yield and cultivated area. Yield increases asymptotically…”
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Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity - ecosystem service management
Published in Ecology letters (01-08-2005)“…Understanding the negative and positive effects of agricultural land use for the conservation of biodiversity, and its relation to ecosystem services, needs a…”
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Overexpression of Cx43 in cells of the myocardial scar: Correction of post-infarct arrhythmias through heterotypic cell-cell coupling
Published in Scientific reports (08-05-2018)“…Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is the most common and potentially lethal complication following myocardial infarction (MI). Biological correction of the…”
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Open forest successional stages and landscape heterogeneity promote wild bee diversity in temperate forests
Published in Conservation science and practice (01-12-2022)“…Recent studies have emphasized forests as crucial habitat for wild bees. In Europe, most forests are managed following the principles of close‐to‐nature…”
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Direct visualization of cell division using high-resolution imaging of M-phase of the cell cycle
Published in Nature communications (25-09-2012)“…Current approaches to monitor and quantify cell division in live cells, and reliably distinguish between acytokinesis and endoreduplication, are limited and…”
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Treatment with mononuclear cell populations improves post-infarction cardiac function but does not reduce arrhythmia susceptibility
Published in PloS one (14-02-2019)“…Clinical and experimental data give evidence that transplantation of stem and progenitor cells in myocardial infarction could be beneficial, although the…”
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Combined targeting of lentiviral vectors and positioning of transduced cells by magnetic nanoparticles
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-01-2009)“…Targeting of viral vectors is a major challenge for in vivo gene delivery, especially after intravascular application. In addition, targeting of the…”
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Embryonic cardiomyocyte, but not autologous stem cell transplantation, restricts infarct expansion, enhances ventricular function, and improves long-term survival
Published in PloS one (09-04-2013)“…Controversy exists in regard to the beneficial effects of transplanting cardiac or somatic progenitor cells upon myocardial injury. We have therefore…”
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How much does agriculture depend on pollinators? Lessons from long-term trends in crop production
Published in Annals of botany (01-06-2009)“…Background and Aims Productivity of many crops benefits from the presence of pollinating insects, so a decline in pollinator abundance should compromise global…”
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Pollinator shortage and global crop yield: Looking at the whole spectrum of pollinator dependency
Published in Communicative & integrative biology (01-01-2009)“…A pollinator decline caused by environmental degradation might be compromising the production of pollinator-dependent crops. In a recent article, we compared…”
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Long-Term Global Trends in Crop Yield and Production Reveal No Current Pollination Shortage but Increasing Pollinator Dependency
Published in Current biology (28-10-2008)“…There is evidence that pollinators are declining as a result of local and global environmental degradation [1–4]. Because a sizable proportion of the human…”
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EDITOR'S CHOICE: REVIEW: Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-12-2015)“…Understanding the relationships between trait diversity, species diversity and ecosystem functioning is essential for sustainable management. For functions…”
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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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Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits
Published in Ecology letters (01-10-2011)“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1062–1072 Sustainable agricultural landscapes by definition provide high magnitude and stability of ecosystem services, biodiversity…”
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Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns
Published in Ecology letters (01-05-2008)“…Pollination by bees and other animals increases the size, quality, or stability of harvests for 70% of leading global crops. Because native species pollinate…”
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Ramsey Discounting of Ecosystem Services
Published in Environmental & resource economics (01-06-2015)“…Most ecosystem services, which are essential for human well-being, are globally declining, while the production of consumption goods, measured by GDP, is still…”
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Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect-pollinated crop
Published in Ecological applications (01-12-2021)“…Pollinators face multiple pressures and there is evidence of populations in decline. As demand for insect-pollinated crops increases, crop production is…”
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Novel indices reveal that pollinator exposure to pesticides varies across biological compartments and crop surroundings
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-06-2024)“…Declines in insect pollinators have been linked to a range of causative factors such as disease, loss of habitats, the quality and availability of food, and…”
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