Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 113; no. 1; pp. 140 - 145
• Main Authors: Koh, Insu, Lonsdorf, Eric V., Williams, Neal M., Brittain, Claire, Isaacs, Rufus, Gibbs, Jason, Ricketts, Taylor H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 05.01.2016; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Animals; Apis mellifera; Bees; Bees - physiology; Biological Sciences; Crop production; Crops, Agricultural; Ecosystem services; Farmers; Habitats; Humans; Impact analysis; Models, Biological; Plant communities; Plant reproduction; Pollination; Pollinators; Population Dynamics; Sustainability management; Uncertainty; United States; United States; United States > US; USA; land-use change; uncertainty; crop pollination; ecosystem services; habitat suitability

Wild bees are highly valuable pollinators. Along with managed honey bees, they provide a critical ecosystem service by ensuring stable pollination to agriculture and wild plant communities. Increasing concern about the welfare of both wild and managed pollinators, however, has prompted recent calls...