Advances in Ecological Research.
Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 73 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.
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| Language: | English |
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Chantilly :
Elsevier Science & Technology,
2025.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Advances in Ecological Research Series.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Series Page
- Advances in Ecological Research
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter One: Refining experimental design for crop pollination research: An interdisciplinary framework
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A conceptual framework for designing and interpreting crop pollination studies
- 3 Considering pollinators and plant reproductive biology
- 4 Types of data relevant to crop pollination
- 4.1 Pollinator dependence and pollen deficit
- 4.2 Pollen compatibility, availability, and viability
- 4.3 Pollen requirement
- 4.4 Flower quality, receptivity, and effective pollination period
- 4.5 Flower-visitor identity and abundance
- 4.6 Pollen transfer
- 4.7 Proxies for pollen transfer
- 4.8 Movement and pollen carryover of pollinators
- 4.9 Pollen flow in the landscape
- 4.10 Environmental factors
- 4.11 Landscape characteristics
- 5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process
- References
- Chapter Two: Bee diversity and crop pollination in low-diversity regions: Balancing global insights and local contexts
- 1 Introduction: Bee diversity in productive ecosystems
- 2 Benefits of bee diversity for crop pollination
- 3 Setting bee diversity goals for crop pollination
- 4 Challenges and opportunities in fostering bee diversity in low diversity regions: Insights from New Zealand
- 4.1 Crop pollination and bee diversity in New Zealand
- 4.2 The interaction of New Zealand native bees with exotic and native plants
- 4.3 Diversity and prevalence of bee species across commercial crops
- 4.4 Activity patterns of bees and alignment with crop flowering periods
- 4.5 Pollen transfer and movement patterns of bees in crops
- 4.5.1 Single-visit pollen deposition
- 4.5.2 Flower-visiting behaviour.
- 4.6 A systematic literature review of New Zealand bees as crop visitors and pollinators
- 5 Summary: Fostering bee diversity in New Zealand
- 5.1 Pollination service redundancy
- 5.2 Pollination service complementarity
- 5.3 Native bee management opportunities and future research
- 6 Global relevance
- 7 Methodology
- 7.1 Bee species richness by country
- 7.2 Observational surveys: Bee diversity and prevalence
- 7.3 Pollen transfer to crop stigmas by bees
- 7.4 Systematic literature review: Crop flower visitors and pollinators
- Acknowledgements
- Author contributions
- Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Three: Evaluating the net impacts of a naturalised non-native species and attempts to control its spread in the UK: Addressing the oyster in the room
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Naturalisation and dispersal of M. gigas from aquaculture sites
- 3 Impacts and potential mitigations
- 3.1 Interactions with native Flat oysters (O. edulis)
- 3.2 Interactions with other habitat types and protected areas
- 3.3 Effects on ecosystems and their function
- 3.4 Effects on birds
- 3.5 Effects on recreational activities
- 3.6 Effects on socioeconomics
- 3.6.1 Shellfish business survey
- 3.6.2 Feedback on economics and employment from general call
- 3.7 Effectiveness of mitigation strategies to minimise the spread of M. gigas
- 4 Impacts of and adaptation to climate and coastal change
- 4.1 Living breakwaters
- 5 Discussion and conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Ethics approval
- Financial interests
- Authors' contributions
- Data availability
- Funding
- Appendix A. Supporting information
- References
- Chapter Four: Regional innovation ecosystems to support sustainable forest landscape futures
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Conceptual framework.
- 3 Case study: Forested landscapes in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
- 4 Methods
- 5 Results
- 6 Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix 1 Survey questions
- References
- Chapter Five: Spatial regimes provide ample early warning of tipping points
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Spatial regimes
- 3 Scale
- 4 Telecoupled spatial regimes
- 5 Leading indicators of regime change
- 6 Examples of telecoupling and cascading impacts resulting from regime movement
- 6.1 Corn and soybean production
- 6.2 Tree regime spread into the Great Plains
- 7 Implications for social-ecological resilience
- 8 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Further Reading
- Back Cover.