Louise Hutchinson
A5043092352- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
- Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
- Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
University of Reading
2021-2023
University College Dublin
2023
Climate, landscape composition, management practice, and wild bee pollination are all variables thought to play significant roles in commercial apple production. However, how these affect production efficiency under field-realistic conditions has not been investigated at large geographical scales. We combined intensive standardized field surveys (using netting pan traps) with structural equation models explore the relative impact of biotic abiotic on diversity, yield fruit quality, their...
Abstract Wild bees provide a critical ecosystem service by pollinating globally important crops. Documented bee declines, notably in agricultural landscapes, therefore threaten future food security. Yet, evaluations of methods to inventory are rarely carried out different crops or focus specifically upon crop species. We utilise standardised field datasets elucidate differences the capacity transect walks, observation plots and pan traps sample wild pollinator communities four contrasting...
Bees provide a vital ecosystem service to agriculture by contributing the pollination of many leading global crops. Human wellbeing depends not only on quantity agricultural yields, but also stability and resilience crop production. Yet broad understanding how diversity composition pollinator communities may influence has previously been hindered scarcity standardized data. We used outputs from Bayesian occupancy detection models examine patterns in inter-annual dynamics bee four contrasting...
1. Diversity of invertebrate pollinators is essential in supporting flowering plant species richness, including agricultural crops. In the UK, losses are reported for bees, hoverflies, butterflies and moths. Urban green spaces refugia these groups, restoration areas can improve pollinator diversity through improved floral resources.<br/> 2. Our research aimed to compare two differently managed urban amenity grassland their insect pollinators, with transect surveys butterflies,...
An essential prerequisite to safeguard pollinator species is characterisation of the multifaceted diversity crop pollinators, and identification drivers community changes across biogeographical gradients. The extent which intensive agriculture associated with homogenisation biological communities at large spatial scales remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated relationships between different bee for 644 species/morphospecies in 177 commercial apple orchards 33 countries four...
Commercial apple production relies on managed honey bees for pollination, and intensive management pest control. Previous studies revealed the detrimental effects of these factors wild bee diversity in agroecosystems, pollination services they provide. However, extent to which dominance interact under field-realistic conditions shape communities has never been investigated. We measured species richness functional phylogenetic associated with blossoms, 46 organic non-organic orchards, along a...