Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influence ...

Biologist Anne Leonard is studying how bumblebees pick the wildflowers they use for food, and how that might affect the plant community around them. Leonard, a Department of Biology associate ...

With the right mix of plants, urban green spaces can be a rich habitat to support diverse pollinators, according to a new study. With the right mix of plants, urban green spaces can be a rich habitat ...

Increasing urbanization worldwide is a growing threat to biodiversity. At the same time, flowering plants are often more diverse in cities than in the countryside. This is due to flowering plants and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Habitat destruction has immediate consequences on biodiversity, whereas the effects of habitat degradation are slower and more subtle. Habitat ...

Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower. This simple interaction is something you may have witnessed many times. It is also a crucial sign of the health of our environment – and one I’ve ...

Understanding human impacts on biodiversity is hindered by a lack of long-term studies spanning decades and documenting these changes. Such studies are so rare because they are difficult to maintain ...

Using functional traits together with abundance effects strengthens the prediction of interactions between pairs of species in ecological networks. Insights into the way species interact as well as ...

Interaction networks are typically presented and analyzed as compiled observations over multiple time periods or sites but decomposing networks into their spatiotemporal components can give us ...

Daniels and colleagues then surveyed these sites to observe visiting pollinators in thirty-minute intervals from 10AM-5PM in sunny, non-windy conditions from May to August 2016 (with the linden trees ...