A5011706307- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant and animal studies
Iowa State University
2022-2024
Abstract Balancing demand for food while supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services in landscapes committed to crop production may require integrating conservation with agriculture. Adding strips of diverse, native, perennial vegetation, through the recently created prairie practice U.S. Conservation Reserve Program, into annual cropland reduces soil nutrient loss, supports more diverse abundant communities birds insects, including native pollinators. It remains unclear if can reverse...
Abstract The north central state of Iowa is heavily dominated by agriculture, with limited nesting and foraging habitat for wild managed pollinators. This region has been identified as critical pollinator conservation bees non-bee species (e.g., monarch butterfly [Danaus plexippus]). Pollinator sustainability (i.e., bee sustainable beekeeping) relies upon management decisions beekeepers, farmers, landowners, but it unclear if these stakeholders are aware use best practices. We present...