The response of foraging bumblebees to successional change in newly created arable field margins

By C. Carvell, W. Meek, Richard F. Pywell, M. Nowakowski. 2004

157 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Dave Goulson
2. S. Potts
3. Richard F. Pywell
4. C. Carvell
5. W. Meek
6. Paul H. Williams
7. A. Jacquemart
8. Ya Tang

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Richard F. Pywell
2. Dave Goulson
3. Paul H. Williams
4. S. Potts
5. B. Woodcock
6. C. Carvell
7. T. Roulston
8. Ya Tang

In Plant Science

1. Dave Goulson
2. S. Potts
3. C. Carvell
4. Richard F. Pywell
5. Paul H. Williams
6. W. Meek
7. Shalene Jha
8. Ya Tang

Citations in the corpus

• Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review (2011, background): “More recent studies in the UK have focused on the comparison of different types of field margins (Carvell et al., 2004, 2007; Pywell et al., 2006).”
• Declines in forage availability for bumblebees at a national scale (2006, background): “An opportunity now exists to use knowledge from this and other studies to inform targeted habitat restoration, to reintroduce important forage plants to the farmed landscape through agri-environment schemes (Carvell et al., 2004; Pywell et al., 2005).”
• The effect of grazing on bumblebees in the high rangelands of the eastern Tibetan Plateau of Sichuan (2008, methodology): “…abundance and species richness differ between agricultural habitats and semi-natural habitats (Williams 1988; Mänd et al. 2002; Pywell et al. 2005), sown and unsown field margins (Carvell et al. 2004), and intensively farmed landscapes and less intensively farmed landscapes (Sepp et al. 2004).”
• The role of resources and risks in regulating wild bee populations. (2011, background): “Similarly, snapshot estimates of local floral density and bee population abundance are often positively correlated (19, 88), and food supplementation of captive colonies foraging in natural settings sometimes boosts reproductive success (84).”
• Assessing the value of annual and perennial forage mixtures for bumblebees by direct observation and pollen analysis (2006, methodology): “…enhance the abundance and diversity of nectar- and pollen-feeding insects compared with margins sown with tussocky grass mixtures, conventional crops, treated as conservation headlands or ploughed and left to regenerate naturally (Meek et al., 2002; Carvell et al., 2004; Pywell et al., 2005).”
• Impacts of coffee agroforestry management on tropical bee communities. (2010, background): “Alternatively, non-crop vegetation, such as flowering field margins, hedgerows, and local forest patches, provide pollinators with floral resources during and outside of the crop flowering season (e.g., Kremen et al., 2002; Carvell et al., 2004; Kim et al., 2006; Ockinger and Smith, 2007; Dover and ”
• Comparing the efficacy of agri‐environment schemes to enhance bumble bee abundance and diversity on arable field margins (2006, background): “…option is unlikely to provide a sufficient density or diversity of bumble bee forage resources unless injurious weeds such as Cirsium spp. are allowed to persist, which carries agronomic problems, or vegetation is left uncultivated and a perennial sward established over time (Carvell et al. 2004).”
• Providing foraging resources for bumblebees in intensively farmed landscapes (2005, methodology): “…the number of nectar- and pollen-feeding invertebrates, including butterflies, bumblebees, honeybees and hoverflies (e.g. Largerl€of et al., 1992; Feber et al., 1996; Carvell et al., 2004), especially if the margin occupies a sunny, sheltered position (e.g. Dover, 1996, Pywell et al., 2004).”
• Pollination reservoirs for wild bee habitat enhancement in cropping systems: a review (2017, background): “Some studies compare bumble bee abundances in grassy agricultural margins or other non-improved habitat to sown strips of pollen- and nectar-rich forage mixes (Carvell 2004; Carvell et al. 2006; Pywell et al. 2006).”
• Enhancing pollinator biodiversity in intensive grasslands (2009, background): “In contrast, the use of field margins managed specifically for biodiversity enhancement has been an effective Entry Level Stewardship option in arable systems (Meek et al 2002; Carvell et al. 2004; Pywell et al. 2004).”
• Flower-strip agri-environment schemes provide diverse and valuable summer flower resources for pollinating insects (2018, background): “The number of Hymenoptera species observed was similar to other studies on European sown strips (Carreck and Williams 2002; Carvell et al. 2004; Aviron et al. 2009; Ebeling et al. 2011; Wood et al. 2017) and in European fields near semi-natural habitat (Le Féon et al.”