Adding non-floral resources increases wild insect abundance but not yield in Australian hybrid carrot crops

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 84; pp. 21 - 28
• Main Authors: Dawson, Blake M, Johnston, Nikolas P, Cerato, Stephanie, Rowbottom, Raylea, Spurr, Cameron, Davis, Abby, Rader, Romina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.05.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agroecosystem; agroecosystems; applied ecology; Biodiversity; carrots; Coleoptera; dead animals; Diptera; Food security; Hemiptera; honey; Horticulture; hybrids; Hymenoptera; imagos; insects; larvae; life history; Lucilia sericata; pollination; pollinators; seed yield; species; Tasmania; Tasmania; Horticulture; Biodiversity; Food security; Diptera; Agroecosystem

Many insect pollinator-dependent crops heavily rely on managed honey bees for pollination, yet flies and other wild taxa can be highly abundant and efficient, thus having potential as complementary pollinators. However, unlike bees, fly pollinator life history requirements and foraging behaviour are...