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Functional traits of plants and pollinators explain resource overlap between honeybees and wild pollinators
Managed and wild pollinators often cohabit in both managed and natural ecosystems. The western honeybee, Apis mellifera , is the most widespread...
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Can small wild pollinators be used practically for fruit set in apple trees?
The pollination services provided by small wild pollinators in apple orchards were investigated in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. In the apple...
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Insects as Crop Pollinators
Pollinating insects act as vital stakeholders for reproductive success of majority of the angiosperm plants as they help in their propagation by...
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Honeybees affect floral microbiome composition in a central food source for wild pollinators in boreal ecosystems
Basic knowledge on dispersal of microbes in pollinator networks is essential for plant, insect, and microbial ecology. Thorough understanding of the...
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Pollination and Pollinators of Spice Crops
Pollination is often taken for granted and is considered as a free service, though it is an important regulatory ecosystem service and is fundamental...
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Pollinators’ contribution to seed yield in two self-fertile almond varieties role of bees for self-fertile almonds
Decreasing the dependence on external inputs to crop yield maximization is one of the main objectives of agricultural breeding programs. For this...
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Pollination by Wild and Managed Animal Vectors
In this chapter, we first document the present knowledge of wild and managed pollinators in Mexico. We reviewed literature of wild pollinators (e.g.,...
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Importance of urban green areas’ connectivity for the conservation of pollinators
Urbanization is one of the main processes generating large changes on the Earth's surface. The remaining green spaces within cities can be of utmost...
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Leucas aspera (Willd.) A potential refuge for pollinators
A large number and diverse array of pollinator species are essential to provide effective and sustainable pollination of crops and wild plants....
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Protecting pollinators and our food supply: understanding and managing threats to pollinator health
Global pollinator declines threaten food production and natural ecosystems. The drivers of declines are complicated and driven by numerous factors...
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Bat pollinators: a decade of monitoring reveals declining visitation rates for some species in Thailand
Bats are important pollinators, but they are difficult to study since they are volant and nocturnal. Thus, long-term studies of nectarivorous bats...
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Pollinators of Oriental persimmon in Japan
Japanese farmers who grow Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki Thunb. (Ericales: Ebenaceae), occasionally introduce Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera:...
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Artificial light changes visual perception by pollinators in a hawkmoth-plant interaction system
Night-flying pollinators, such as hawkmoths, are particularly vulnerable to the global spread of urban artificial lighting which is changing...
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When size matters: effectiveness of three endemic African stingless bees as watermelon pollinators
Despite the significant contribution of stingless bees to pollination and conservation of the environment, information on their effectiveness as...
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A review of management actions on insect pollinators on public lands in the United States
Public lands face growing demands to provide ecosystem services, while protecting species of conservation concern, like insect pollinators. Insect...
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Bees: potent pollinators of Leucas nutans (Lamiaceae)
Leucas nutans (Roth) Spreng. belongs to the family Lamiaceae and is native to India having some medicinal properties. The knowledge regarding...
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Insect pollinators of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) in the Indian Himalayas and their role in enhancement of fruit quality and yield
Although eggplant is self-fertile and self-compatible crop, it needs assistance of insects for buzz pollination. In the present study, floral biology...
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From generalization to pollination syndromes: filtering and dependency on functional-group of pollinators in two cassava wild relatives
The reproductive biology of the cassava genus ( Manihot , Euphorbiaceae) remains unknown, despite its relevance to humanity. Here, we investigated the...
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Insect Pollinators and Hybrid Seed Production: Relevance to Climate Change and Sustainability
The role of pollination in supporting food production is more than significant. Insects are the most important means of natural cross pollination....
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Floral scent divergence across an elevational hybrid zone with varying pollinators
Divergence in floral traits attractive to different pollinators can promote reproductive isolation in related species. When isolation is incomplete,...
