Search Results - "Westphal, Catrin"
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Beyond organic farming – harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes
Published in Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) (01-10-2021)“…We challenge the widespread appraisal that organic farming is the fundamental alternative to conventional farming for harnessing biodiversity in agricultural…”
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Identity of mass-flowering crops moderates functional trait composition of pollinator communities
Published in Landscape ecology (01-09-2021)“…Context Pollinator declines and functional homogenization of farmland insect communities have been reported. Mass-flowering crops (MFC) can support pollinators…”
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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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Bee pollination improves crop quality, shelf life and commercial value
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (22-01-2014)“…Pollination improves the yield of most crop species and contributes to one-third of global crop production, but comprehensive benefits including crop quality…”
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Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation
Published in Nature communications (16-06-2015)“…There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and these ecosystem services have become a key argument for…”
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Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition
Published in Ecology letters (01-08-2015)“…Global change, especially land‐use intensification, affects human well‐being by impacting the delivery of multiple ecosystem services (multifunctionality)…”
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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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Landscape simplification filters species traits and drives biotic homogenization
Published in Nature communications (20-10-2015)“…Biodiversity loss can affect the viability of ecosystems by decreasing the ability of communities to respond to environmental change and disturbances…”
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Landscape composition modifies pollinator densities, foraging behavior and yield formation in faba beans
Published in Basic and applied ecology (01-06-2022)“…•Landscape composition modulates foraging behavior of faba bean pollinators.•Landscape composition affects bee pollinator densities in bean fields.•High…”
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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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Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity
Published in Nature communications (24-06-2021)“…Land-use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. However, understanding how different components of land use drive biodiversity loss requires…”
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Managing agrobiodiversity: integrating field and landscape scales for biodiversity-yield synergies
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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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Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-01-2014)“…Although temporal heterogeneity is a well-accepted driver of biodiversity, effects of interannual variation in land-use intensity (LUI) have not been addressed…”
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Plant-pollinator interactions and bee functional diversity are driven by agroforests in rice-dominated landscapes
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-02-2018)“…•Connectivity and land use affected bee diversity in rice production systems.•Functional and taxonomic diversity of bees was highest in agroforests.•Especially…”
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Plant Size as Determinant of Species Richness of Herbivores, Natural Enemies and Pollinators across 21 Brassicaceae Species
Published in PloS one (20-08-2015)“…Large plants are often more conspicuous and more attractive for associated animals than small plants, e.g. due to their wider range of resources. Therefore,…”
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Mass flowering crops enhance pollinator densities at a landscape scale
Published in Ecology letters (01-11-2003)“…To counteract the decline of pollinators in Europe, conservation strategies traditionally focus on enhancing the local availability of semi‐natural habitats,…”
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Ground-nesting bees prefer bare ground areas on calcareous grasslands
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-11-2022)“…Although most of the wild bee species are ground-nesting, little is known about their nesting requirements and the conservation measures to promote…”
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Measuring bee diversity in different European habitats and biogeographical regions
Published in Ecological monographs (01-11-2008)“…Bee pollinators are currently recorded with many different sampling methods. However, the relative performances of these methods have not been systematically…”
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Flower volatiles, crop varieties and bee responses
Published in PloS one (20-08-2013)“…Pollination contributes to an estimated one third of global food production, through both the improvement of the yield and the quality of crops. Volatile…”
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