Sentences with phrase «pollinator communities»

«Understanding the major step changes in land utilisation over the last 80 - 100 years provides a unique understanding of the drivers within changing land - use that might have the most significant impact on pollinator communities,» Dr Senapathi says.

«We see an ecological cascade of effects across the whole pollinator community, fundamentally changing the structure of plant - pollinator interaction networks,» says Berry Brosi, a biologist at Emory University and lead author of the study.

Not exact matches

But Glaum and Kessler reached a different conclusion when they included herbivore - induced pollinator limitation (HIPL) in their model, which allowed them to examine broader, more indirect effects of herbivory on plant population persistence and community dynamics.

Previous modeling studies have looked at the direct effects of herbivory on a three - species community: flowering plant, pollinator and herbivore.

For non-crop plant species, this drift - induced damage could significantly decrease the pollinator and natural enemy communities that these plants can support.»

Her research is focused on the biodiversity and function of complex communities of flowering plants and pollinators.

While the task of bringing back the pollinators can seem daunting, if we focus on our own communities, we really can make a difference.

Community Science: Pollinator Workshop - Hosted by MMWD April 14, 2018 9 am - Noon Location: Mount Tamalpais The volunteer event involves sorting through the insects that were collected in traps on the mountain.

Assemble a rustic bee house (or condo) for the pollinators in your yard or community garden.

The initiative aims to raise a minimum of $ 1m a year which will go toward research into bees, beekeeping and threats to pollinators, as well as grants toward community and educational beekeeping initiatives.

The recent dramatic losses of thousands of honey bee colonies due to colony collapse disorder (CCD) and other causes [6], [7] has not only created great concerns in the scientific and agricultural community but has also highlighted the ever increasing risk of future crises in the global food supply due to our sole dependence on single pollinator species [8].

Green Apple Cleaners, Slow Food NYC, GreenThumb, MillionTreesNYC, Cummins Nursery, and others are partnering to plant 50 Newtown Pippin saplings (and 50 pollinators) this year in all five boroughs; in botanical gardens, museum grounds, schoolyards, community gardens, university campuses, and perhaps even select streets.

Check out how these teens reached out to help our critical pollinators survive.Marquette teens and Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) youth spent this summer building the first of dozens of butterfly houses and planted 26,000 native plants as a part of the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project.

Friends of the Earth works to advance organic for all: for our health, our families and our communities; for the farmers and farmworkers who grow our food; for the land that provides us with nourishment, the pollinators that make food production possible and the climate and ecosystems that sustain all of life.

BLOG: 3.5.2018 DAOstack Community Update: ETHDenver Wrap - Up New DAOStack Website Pollinators Program Announced