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Dominance of cropland reduces the pollen deposition from bumble bees by Pfister, Sonja C., Eckerter, Philipp W., Krebs, Julius, Cresswell, James E., Schirmel, Jens, Entling, Martin H.

“…Intensive agricultural landscapes can be hostile for bees due to a lack of floral and nesting resources, and due to management-related stress such as pesticide…”
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Sensitivity of commercial pumpkin yield to potential decline among different groups of pollinating bees by Pfister, Sonja C., Eckerter, Philipp W., Schirmel, Jens, Cresswell, James E., Entling, Martin H.

“…The yield of animal-pollinated crops is threatened by bee declines, but its precise sensitivity is poorly known. We therefore determined the yield dependence…”
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Both woody and herbaceous semi-natural habitats are essential for spider overwintering in European farmland by Mestre, Laia, Schirmel, Jens, Hetz, Johanna, Kolb, Sebastian, Pfister, Sonja C., Amato, Michael, Sutter, Louis, Jeanneret, Philippe, Albrecht, Matthias, Entling, Martin H.

“…•Spider densities in semi-natural habitats are three times as high as in crops.•As an exception, Oedothorax apicatus overwinters almost entirely in crops.•Most…”
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Landscape complexity promotes hoverflies across different types of semi-natural habitats in farmland by Schirmel, Jens, Albrecht, Matthias, Bauer, Philipp-Martin, Sutter, Louis, Pfister, Sonja C., Entling, Martin H.

“…1. Semi-natural habitats (SNH) provide essential resources for many organisms in agricultural landscapes and can increase biodiversity at the local and…”
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Effects of field margin type and landscape composition on predatory carabids and slugs in wheat fields by Fusser, Moritz S., Pfister, Sonja C., Entling, Martin H., Schirmel, Jens

“…•Predatory carabids in wheat are positively influenced by landscape composition.•Arion spp. densities decrease with increasing landscape composition.•D…”
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Effects of landscape composition on carabids and slugs in herbaceous and woody field margins by Fusser, Moritz S., Pfister, Sonja C., Entling, Martin H., Schirmel, Jens

“…•We investigated habitat and landscape effects on carabid beetles and slugs.•Herbaceous semi-natural habitats higher numbers of carabids than woody…”
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Effects of temporal floral resource availability and non-crop habitats on broad bean pollination by Eckerter, Philipp W., Albrecht, Matthias, Bertrand, Colette, Gobet, Erika, Herzog, Felix, Pfister, Sonja C., Tinner, Willy, Entling, Martin H.

“…Context Flowering plants can enhance wild insect populations and their pollination services to crops in agricultural landscapes, especially when they flower…”
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A pan-European model of landscape potential to support natural pest control services by Rega, Carlo, Bartual, Agustín M., Bocci, Gionata, Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Moonen, Anna-Camilla, Jeanneret, Philippe, van der Werf, Wopke, Pfister, Sonja C., Holland, John M., Paracchini, Maria Luisa

“…Pest control by natural enemies (natural pest control) is an important regulating ecosystem service with significant implications for the sustainability of…”
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Positive effects of local and landscape features on predatory flies in European agricultural landscapes by Pfister, Sonja C., Sutter, L., Albrecht, M., Marini, S., Schirmel, J., Entling, M.H.

“…•Hedgerows are particularly important local habitats for all studied predatory flies.•Moreover, nearby water and seminatural habitats in the landscape can be…”
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Interactive effects of local and landscape factors on farmland carabids by Fusser, Moritz S., Holland, John M., Jeanneret, Philippe, Pfister, Sonja C., Entling, Martin H., Schirmel, Jens

“…As a result of migration and spillover from noncrop habitats, predacious insects in agricultural fields respond locally to adjacent field margins and on a…”
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Effects of hedgerows and riparian margins on aerial web-building spiders in cereal fields by Pfister, Sonja C., Schäfer, Ralf B., Schirmel, Jens, Entling, Martin H.

“…Spiders (Araneae) are dominant predators in agro-ecosystems. Terrestrial seminatural habitats, such as hedgerows and grassy field margins, can enhance the…”
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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis by Albrecht, Matthias, Kleijn, David, Williams, Neal M., Tschumi, Matthias, Blaauw, Brett R., Bommarco, Riccardo, Campbell, Alistair J., Dainese, Matteo, Drummond, Francis A., Entling, Martin H., Ganser, Dominik, Arjen de Groot, G., Goulson, Dave, Grab, Heather, Hamilton, Hannah, Herzog, Felix, Isaacs, Rufus, Jacot, Katja, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jonsson, Mattias, Knop, Eva, Kremen, Claire, Landis, Douglas A., Loeb, Gregory M., Marini, Lorenzo, McKerchar, Megan, Morandin, Lora, Pfister, Sonja C., Potts, Simon G., Rundlöf, Maj, Sardiñas, Hillary, Sciligo, Amber, Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja, Venturini, Eric, Veromann, Eve, Vollhardt, Ines M.G., Wäckers, Felix, Ward, Kimiora, Wilby, Andrew, Woltz, Megan, Wratten, Steve, Sutter, Louis, Irwin, Rebecca

“…Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive…”
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Aphids and their enemies in pumpkin respond differently to management, local and landscape features by Pfister, Sonja C., Schirmel, Jens, Entling, Martin H.

“…•Natural enemies were best supported by enhancing flower resources in field margins.•Aphids and their enemies differed little between conventional and organic…”
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Moderate pollination limitation in some entomophilous crops of Europe by Holland, John M., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Pfister, Sonja C., Schirmel, Jens, Entling, Martin H., Kaasik, Riina, Kovacs, Gabriella, Veromann, Eve, Bartual, Agustín M., Marini, Simone, Moonen, Anna-Camilla, Szalai, Márk, Helsen, Herman, Winkler, Karin, Lof, Marjolein E., van der Werf, Wopke, McHugh, Niamh M., Smith, Barbara M., Wallis, David W., Cresswell, James E.

“…•Pollination of oilseed rape, sunflower, pears and pumpkin was investigated in Europe.•Average harvestable mass was 2.8 % lower because of pollination…”
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