21.01.2013 Job alert: Research Entomologist at USDA (Brookings, South Dakota, USA) The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Central Agricultural Research Laboratory (NCARL) in Brookings, South Dakota, is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a two year appointment. A Ph.D. in entomology or...

18.01.2013 Insect diversity improves crop pollination Science for Environment Policy 313, 17 January 2013The decline in numbers of wild bees has caused concern regarding falling levels of pollination for important agricultural crops. Researchers have now demonstrat...

18.01.2013 Postdoctoral Researcher at Utah State University (USA) Utah State University Dept. Biology invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work in a multi-institute team using structured and unstructured data to evaluate trends in honey bee declines relative to environmenta...

11.01.2013 Article alert: Shifts in pollinator composition and behavior cause slow interaction accumulation with area in plant–pollinator networks Ecology (2012) 93: 2329–2335. doi: 10.1890/12-0367.1Burkle LA, Knight TMAlthough ecologists have a solid understanding of the positive species–area relationship, little is known about how and why variation i...

11.01.2013 Insect pollinators: linking research and policy By Adam Vanbergen (IPI)The international workshop Insect Pollinators: Linking Research and Policy, which took place on 14th February in London, was organised by the UK Science and Innovation Network in collabora...

11.01.2013 Managing and Monitoring of the Natura 2000 Network Science for Environment Policy 35(November 2012)This Thematic Issue, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the EU's Habitats Directive, examines the challenges and successes of managing and restoring biod...

10.01.2013 Article alert: Biodiversity buffers pollination from changes in environmental conditions Global Change Biology, 19: 540–547. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12043Brittain C, Kremen C, Klein A-MA hypothesized underlying principle of the diversity-functioning relationship is that functional groups respond differe...

10.01.2013 Article alert: Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services Proc. R. Soc. B (2013) 280(1754). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2767Brittain C, Williams N, Kremen C, Klein A-MIn diverse pollinator communities, interspecific interactions may modify the behaviour and increase the ...

09.01.2013 Progress on the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators COP-11 Hyderabad, India The International Pollinators Initiative is, of course, not an institution but is the result of effort, achievements and initiatives of people committed to the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators, around the world...

07.01.2013 Article alert: When ecosystem services interact: crop pollination benefits depend on the level of pest control Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2012) 280(1753)doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2243Lundin O, Smith HG, Rundlöf M, Bommarco RPollination is a key ecosystem service which most often has bee...

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