A5010898410- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
University of California, Berkeley
2011-2025
Nia Association
2021
Xerces Society
2016
Abstract There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and these ecosystem services have become a key argument for biodiversity conservation. However, it unclear how much needed in cost-effective way. Here we show that, while the contribution of wild bees crop production significant, service delivery restricted limited subset all known bee species. Across crops, years biogeographical regions, crop-visiting communities are dominated by small...
Abstract Over the last decade, several research and opinion pieces have challenged tenets of restoration ecology but a lack centralized data has impeded assessment how scientific developments relate to on‐the‐ground restoration. In response, Society for Ecological Restoration ( SER ) launched Global Network GRN catalog worldwide efforts. We reviewed over 200 projects identify goals governing frequency with which they are measured. used Primer on frame our analysis, categorizing by 's...
Nesting resources structure native bee communities and the availability of suitable nests may enhance population abundance persistence. rates ground-nesting bees have proven challenging to assess due a lack standardized methods. We quantified using emergence traps over seven-month study period. then compared specimens captured in with pan- net-collected specimens. hypothesized that would be highly similar found foraging within our site. However, species assemblage collected from was...
Abstract The delivery of ecosystem services by mobile organisms depends on the distribution those organisms, which is, in turn, affected resources at local and landscape scales. Pollinator‐dependent crops rely animals like bees for crop production, spatial relationship between floral nest location these central‐place foragers influences pollination services. Current models that map coverage agricultural regions utilize landscape‐level estimates availability nesting incidence inferred from...
A major challenge in habitat restoration is targeting the key aspects of a species' niche for enhancement, particularly species that use diverse set features. However, focuses on limited may neglect other resources are critical to population persistence. We evaluated ability native plant hedgerows, planted increase pollen and nectar wild bees agricultural landscapes, provide suitable nesting enhance rates ground‐nesting bees. found that, when compared unmanaged field edges (controls),...
As the global agricultural footprint expands, it is increasingly important to address link between resource pulses characteristic of monoculture farming and wildlife epidemiology. To understand how mass-flowering crops impact host communities subsequently amplify or dilute parasitism, we surveyed wild managed bees in a landscape with varying degrees floral diversification. We screened 1509 from 16 genera sunflower fields non-crop flowering habitat across 200 km 2 California Central Valley....
Restoration ecology is a deepening and diversifying field with current research incorporating multiple disciplines infusing long‐standing ideas fresh perspectives. We present list of 10 recent pivotal papers exemplifying new directions in ecological restoration that were selected by students cross‐disciplinary graduate seminar at the University California, Berkeley. highlight applies theory to improve practice context global change (e.g. climate modeling, evaluation novel ecosystems) discuss...
Irrigation method has the potential to directly or indirectly influence populations of wild bee crop pollinators nesting and foraging in irrigated fields. The majority species nest ground, their nests may be susceptible flooding. In addition, pollination crops can influenced by nectar quality quantity, which are related water availability. To determine whether different irrigation methods affect pollinators, we compared number ground-nesting bees drip- furrow-irrigated hybrid sunflower...
The delivery of ecosystem services by mobile organisms depends on the distribution those organisms, which is, in turn, affected resources at local and landscape scales. Pollinator-dependent crops rely animals like bees for crop production, spatial relationship between floral nest location these central-place foragers influences pollination services. Current models that map coverage agricultural regions utilize landscape-level estimates availability nesting incidence inferred from expert...
Native California bees and other wild pollinators, which are essential to many fruit vegetable crops, being threatened by climate change, pesticides habitat degradation. Carbon farming, a set of practices that sequester carbon in the soil or woody biomass, can create supports these pollinators. This paper focuses on management farming both increase sequestration benefit pollinator communities. By incentivizing supporting conservation incorporate we protect pollinators resilience agriculture...