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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dumbrell, Alex
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Alex J. Dumbrell
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chantilly : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2025.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Advances in Ecological Research Series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.