Sentences with phrase «insect pollinators»

Last year, scientists inaugurated a # 10m programme, called the Insect Pollinators Initiative, to look at the reasons behind the devastation in the insect population.»

Beehave is an exhibition project that reflects contemporary artists» growing interest in the survival crisis affecting honey bees and many other insect pollinators.

The conservation of insect pollinators is drawing attention because of reported declines in bee species and the «ecosystem services» they provide.

There is still much that we need to know before we can stop the decline in the insect pollinators on which we depend for our food supply and ecosystem stability.»

The conservation of insect pollinators is beginning to draw attention because of reported declines in bee species and the «ecosystem services» they provide [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16].

I'm sure that Obama cares about other insect pollinators, aquatic life and the entire environment.

Dr Mike Garratt is an employee of the University of Reading working on research funded by UK research councils, Europe FP7, DEFRA and the UK Insect Pollinators initiative.

The teams» results are especially important with respect to our scarce knowledge of what attracts wild insect pollinators to flowers.

«The consequences of this phenomenon for both native plants that did not evolve with the honey bee and for populations of native insect pollinators is well worth studying,» said Joshua Kohn, the study's senior author.

Air pollutants interact with and break down plant - emitted scent molecules, which insect pollinators use to locate needed food, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State.

The same could happen to insect pollinators while foraging for food in polluted air masses.»

Insect pollinators prefer warmer flowers, for instance, perhaps because it allows them to keep their own temperature up.

But since the lizards only forage when it's warm, the flowers are opened when insect pollinators are likely to be about.

This indicates that for these insect pollinators foraging quickly is more efficient than foraging accurately.

Debate over the chemicals» role in declines in insect pollinators that had been on - going in the scientific literature jumped into the mainstream (see «Europe debates risk to bees»).

A FLOWER»S delicate fragrance is not just a come - hither call to insect pollinators.

Although arabica coffee is self - pollinating, it can benefit from the activity of insect pollinators.

Not exact matches

Insects are the staple food source of birds, the pollinators of fruits, and the aerators of the soil.

A world of organic farms will also be a world richer in pollinators, beneficial insects and other wildlife.

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.

Insects and other animal pollinators are vital to the production of healthy crops for food, fibers, edible oils, medicines, and other products.

Without the Melipona bee, vanilla's indigenous pollinator in Mexico, the flowers were only occasionally pollinated by local insects.

Wild pollinators such as bees, butterflies and many other insects pollinate crops and wild plants, so that they can bear fruit and seed.

In addition to teaching our students about the importance of these insects; we are joining forces with the Association of Waldorf School in North America (AWSNA), and sister institutions from around the globe to create a Pollinator Highway.

Volunteers to help on the day of the event with admissions, parking cars, food sales, assisting with children's activities and crafts, face - painting, pollinator plant sale, «green games alley», insect zoo, and much more.

But in some areas, pollinator populations have been displaced by other insects or the use of pesticides.

DENVER — Honeybees may be the world's most famous pollinator, but a new study shows that blueberry blooms reduce the insects to improvisational klutzes.

Without nutrients, potential pollinators such as insects and birds are scarce, and the appetites of carnivorous plants compound the problem.

«Not only are these insects vital as pollinators of crops and wild plants, but they also provide food for many birds and mammals,» said joint lead researcher Dr Ros Shaw, also of the University of Exeter.

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.

More than 75 percent of the planet's flowering plants depend on pollinators (mostly insects) in order to reproduce.

Plants usually produce chemical repellents to scare off insects that prey on their pollinators.

The paper argues the global importance of native pollinators, says insect ecologist Frank Drummond of the University of Maine in Orono who was not one of the 50 coauthors.

«It's also important to understand how bees and other pollinating insects search for food and use the landscape is crucial to managing the risks to pollinator services posed by habitat loss and agricultural intensification.»

Ian Baldwin will discuss his studies of how plants use chemical signals to fend off hungry insects or attract helpful pollinators

The research does not reveal the root cause of these declines or whether changes in plants or insects are causing them, but any decline in natural pollinators could have tremendous economic impacts.

The scientists found that application of dicamba inhibited or delayed flowering in common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), resulting in significantly reduced visitation by insect species, including honeybees (pollinators) and syrphid flies (natural enemies).

The team examined the crop species alfalfa (Medicago sativa), which requires insect pollination to produce seeds, and the native plant species common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), which is highly attractive to a wide range of pollinator species.

Bees and other insects pollinate many of the world's important food crops and wild plants, raising serious concerns about the impacts of reported global pollinator declines for food security and biodiversity.

The dodo and the Carolina parakeet were important dispersers of seeds, and their loss has permanently affected forest structure in their habitats; rare insects are often highly specific pollinators whose loss affects the reproduction and survival of other plants.

Although mosquitoes are considered poor pollinators, Platanthera obtusata, a bog orchid common in the United States, seems to rely on the blood - sucking insects for reproduction.

VOCs come out of tailpipes and smokestacks as a by - product of burning fossil fuels; the trees emit them in part to repel insects and to attract pollinators.

By showing which land use changes have driven pollinator declines over the past 100 years, the research reveals how we could ensure future land use benefits these vital insects.

The broad - lipped bird orchid has a small, diamond - shaped lip with a central insect - like «callus» that resembles the female of its wasp pollinator.

«Pre-war insect hunters help to save our pollinators.»

Celosia, Gaura, Lantana, and Nepeta xfaassenii were some of the most - visited plants by both pollinators and beneficial insects.

«The gardens attracted a diverse population comprised of pollinators (30 + species and 16 + families) and beneficial insects (20 + species and 9 + families),» Harris noted.

To make sure that flying pollinators such as insects, birds and bats come to the flowers to pick up pollen, plants evolved special organs, the nectaries, to attract and reward the animals.

And the purpose is, for a function, I should say, and the function is the flower which has all its attractive parts, its — in fact its beauty is really involved, you know, generally in attracting insect or other animal pollinators to guarantee outcrossing.

Kohn: Well, what I mean is that our common understanding today, the flower is involved in reproduction and involves pollen traveling from one plant to another often brought by a pollinator like you know, an insect, a butterfly or a bee and that is an organ.