Implications of Three Biofuel Crops for Beneficial Arthropods in Agricultural Landscapes

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Quantifying the impacts of bioenergy crops on pollinating insect abundance and diversity: a field‐scale evaluation reveals taxon‐specific responses (2013, background): “Perennial crops may support a diverse within-field plant community that can be beneficial for bees (Gardiner et al. 2010); higher abundances of solitary bees in this study may be linked to higher floral abundance in Miscanthus fields compared with wheat, or possibly because Miscanthus provides bette”
Perennial biomass feedstocks enhance avian diversity (2011, background): “Compared with row crops, switchgrass monoculture appears to support a relatively high diversity of beneficial arthropods (Gardiner et al., 2010) and can provide habitat for some grassland specialist bird species (Murray & Best, 2003; Roth et al., 2005; Bakker & Higgins, 2009).”
Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects (2017, unknown): “These often analyze more than one insect group or the whole community of pollinators, including Hymenoptera (predominantly Apoidea and some additional families), Diptera (Syrphidae), and Lepidoptera (e.g. Gardiner et al. 2010; Lundin, Smith, Rundlöf, & Bommarco 2013).”
The Ecological Impact of Biofuels (2010, background): “Further, beneficial insect taxa are more abundant and diverse in switchgrass and native prairie than in corn (Gardiner et al. 2010).”