Sentences with phrase «pollinator diversity»

In the analysis, pollinator diversity alone did not influence yield, leaving open the long - standing question of whether the actual variety of organisms might influence agriculture.

«Many food security problems revolve around maintaining pollinator diversity to provide services to crops or wild plants and designing landscapes to provide living conditions for pollinators,» Biesmeijer says.

Pollinator diversity increases fruit production in Mexican coffee plantations: The importance of rustic management systems.

Not exact matches

Organic farmers also use numerous integrative pest management techniques which promote environments that support beneficial insects such as pollinators by providing them with habitat, and use farming methods such as crop rotation which provide a diversity of nutritious floral food sources to reduce the prospect of malnutrition.

The more shaded farms also had significantly higher fruit set, which was positively related to the diversity of pollinators.

«One would assume that such a distructive type of farming would have negative consequences for the diversity of pollinator species — particularly bees,» explains Landaverde - González.

This photo of a cup plant flower teaming with insects led entomologists to investigate the pollinator wasp diversity support potential of the plant and the role of aphids and parasitic wasps.

Claire Kremen, a conservation biologist at the University of California, Berkeley (and Harmon - Threatt's mentor), has shown that the diversity of pollinators drops with increasing distance from wild habitat, as does the number of visits by wild bees to flowering crops.

In a recent review of the literature, Winfree and her colleagues concluded that land - use changes such as urbanization and deforestation can affect native pollinators differently, depending on whether they increase or reduce the numbers and diversity of flowering plants.

Lori Ann Burd, director of the environmental health program at the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, notes that some research studies suggest a link between neonicotinoid use and pollinator declines.

Dr. Oliver Schweiger, UFZ and deputy coordinator of STEP, says that «strong mitigation strategies are needed to preserve this important group of pollinators if they are to continue to support food production and maintain the flower diversity of our landscapes.»

As tropical forests become increasingly broken up by roads, farm fields, pastures and other developments, corridors of trees provide vital pathways for pollinators and contribute to a rich diversity of plant species, scientists have confirmed.

«One would assume that such a distructive type of farming would have negative consequences for the diversity of pollinator species - particularly bees,» explains Landaverde - González.

There were also 30 percent fewer species, suggesting that light pollution decreases the diversity of pollinators.

We can use this information to understand whether adaptation to specialized pollinators helps or hinders adaptation to climate, and whether pollinators or climate have done more to shape the diversity of Joshua tree populations.

In addition to hummingbirds, hedgenettle supports a huge diversity of pollinators, and its seeds feed many birds and small mammals.

While few of us are likely to start bumblebee breeding programs to boost genetic diversity, we might do well to plant pollinator - friendly gardens, support sustainable agricultural practices, and encourage the world to move from conservation into habitat restoration and earth repair as we enter 2011.

Leaving that question aside for a while, even a cursory understanding of natural systems would suggest that protecting a wide diversity of pollinators — from honeybees to bumblebees to butterflies, hummingbirds and wasps — would be a smart move.