Add to ORKGLand-use changes have threatened populations of many insect pollinators, including bumble bees. Patterns of dispersal and gene flow are key determinants of species’ ability to respond to land-use change, but have been little investigated at a fine scale (<10 km) in bumble bees. Using microsatellite markers, we determined the fine-scale spatial genetic structure of populations of four common Bombus species (B. terrestris, B. lapidarius, B. pascuorum and B. hortorum) and one declining species (B. ruderatus) in an agricultural landscape in Southern England, UK. The study landscape contained sown flower patches representing agri-environment options for pollinators. We found that, as expected, the B. ruderatus population was characterized...
In recent years there has been a global trend in declines of pollinator species primarily due to ant...
1. Substantial reductions in the distributional ranges of several species of bumblebee have been rec...
Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators of both crops and wildflowers. Their contributio...
Land-use changes have threatened populations of many insect pollinators, including bumble bees. Patt...
Bumblebees are important pollinators of food crops and wild plants, but their populations are in dec...
Potential declines in native pollinator communities and increased reliance on pollinator-dependent c...
Potential declines in native pollinator communities and increased reliance on pollinator-dependent c...
BackgroundThe environment is a strong driver of genetic structure in many natural populations, yet o...
Molecular methods have greatly increased our understanding of the previously cryptic spatial ecology...
Several population genetic studies investigated the extent of gene flow and population connectivity ...
Conservation biologists, evolutionary ecologists and agricultural biologists require an improved und...
Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) are important pollinators of crops and wildflowers, but many specie...
Insect pollinators such as bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are in global decline. A major cause of this dec...
The global decline of insect pollinators, especially bees, is cause for concern, and there is an urg...
The conservation genetics of bees is of particular interest because many bee species are in decline,...
In recent years there has been a global trend in declines of pollinator species primarily due to ant...
1. Substantial reductions in the distributional ranges of several species of bumblebee have been rec...
Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators of both crops and wildflowers. Their contributio...
Land-use changes have threatened populations of many insect pollinators, including bumble bees. Patt...
Bumblebees are important pollinators of food crops and wild plants, but their populations are in dec...
Potential declines in native pollinator communities and increased reliance on pollinator-dependent c...
Potential declines in native pollinator communities and increased reliance on pollinator-dependent c...
BackgroundThe environment is a strong driver of genetic structure in many natural populations, yet o...
Molecular methods have greatly increased our understanding of the previously cryptic spatial ecology...
Several population genetic studies investigated the extent of gene flow and population connectivity ...
Conservation biologists, evolutionary ecologists and agricultural biologists require an improved und...
Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) are important pollinators of crops and wildflowers, but many specie...
Insect pollinators such as bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are in global decline. A major cause of this dec...
The global decline of insect pollinators, especially bees, is cause for concern, and there is an urg...
The conservation genetics of bees is of particular interest because many bee species are in decline,...
In recent years there has been a global trend in declines of pollinator species primarily due to ant...
1. Substantial reductions in the distributional ranges of several species of bumblebee have been rec...
Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators of both crops and wildflowers. Their contributio...