Bees are ecosystem service providers that are globally threatened by losses of plant diversity. However, effects of multi-species floral displays on bees in agro-ecosystems with variable landscape context remain poorly understood, hindering pollinator conservation tactics. We addressed this knowledge gap through a novel application of the modified Price equation to evaluate responses of bees to diverse floral communities on 36 farms in Washington, USA, over 3 years. We found that floral richness, not floral identity, was the best predictor of floral visits by bees. However, the benefits of regionally rare floral species (i.e. plants found at relatively few sites) were only fully realised when farms were embedded in diverse landscapes. Our a...
Agricultural practices can either contribute to pollinator decline or provide opportunities to suppo...
The interaction between plant and pollinator is generally mutualistic. The plant becomes pollinated ...
1.Reductions in natural habitat are implicated in declining honey bee Apis mellifera L. and wild bee...
Bees are ecosystem service providers that are globally threatened by losses of plant diversity. Howe...
1. Enhancing key floral resources is essential to effectively mitigate the loss of pollinator divers...
There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and th...
There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and th...
Bees provide essential pollination services that are potentially affected both by local farm managem...
The relationship between biodiversity and the stability of ecosystem function is a fundamental quest...
Biodiversity in the landscape offers myriad benefits that are collectively known as ecosystem servic...
Agricultural intensification and associated loss of semi-natural grasslands, has resulted in reduced...
Bees provide essential pollination services that are potentially affected both by local farm managem...
Introduced plants may be important foraging resources for honey bees and wild pollinators, but how o...
1. Ecosystem services to agriculture, such as pollination, rely on natural areas adjacent to farmlan...
Agricultural practices can either contribute to pollinator decline or provide opportunities to suppo...
The interaction between plant and pollinator is generally mutualistic. The plant becomes pollinated ...
1.Reductions in natural habitat are implicated in declining honey bee Apis mellifera L. and wild bee...
Bees are ecosystem service providers that are globally threatened by losses of plant diversity. Howe...
1. Enhancing key floral resources is essential to effectively mitigate the loss of pollinator divers...
There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and th...
There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and th...
Bees provide essential pollination services that are potentially affected both by local farm managem...
The relationship between biodiversity and the stability of ecosystem function is a fundamental quest...
Biodiversity in the landscape offers myriad benefits that are collectively known as ecosystem servic...
Agricultural intensification and associated loss of semi-natural grasslands, has resulted in reduced...
Bees provide essential pollination services that are potentially affected both by local farm managem...
Introduced plants may be important foraging resources for honey bees and wild pollinators, but how o...
1. Ecosystem services to agriculture, such as pollination, rely on natural areas adjacent to farmlan...
Agricultural practices can either contribute to pollinator decline or provide opportunities to suppo...
The interaction between plant and pollinator is generally mutualistic. The plant becomes pollinated ...
1.Reductions in natural habitat are implicated in declining honey bee Apis mellifera L. and wild bee...