Threats to Pollinator Abundance and Diversity

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-40358-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Pollinating insects are among the most crucial species groups on earth. Without them, much of the earth’s vegetation would not survive and the elaborate ecosystems they sustain would collapse. Today, pollinator declines have reached critical levels in most regions of the world. Threats to Pollinator Abundance and Diversity, the first book in the new series Pollinators in Peril, aims to cover the current knowledge and latest research on insect pollinators, the threats to their survival, declining populations, and what conservation actions ought to be taken. The book demonstrates most threats to pollinators are either directly or indirectly human-caused, such as chemicals, land alteration, and habitat loss due to agricultural practices, as well as climate change and its many ripple effects.

Covering everything from honeybee pathogens to butterfly range changes, this book covers concepts that are both crucial and topical for young researchers in entomology, upper-level students, and those working in adjacent fields. Governmental and non-governmental organizations will also benefit from this key resource.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elias, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Pollination: An essential ecosystem service
2. The co-evolution of flowering plants and pollinators
3. Native bee species: Solitary, inconspicuous, and poorly studied
4. The importance of hoverflies (Syrphidae) in wild and domesticated plant pollination
5. Diurnal and seasonal cycles of insect pollinator groups
6. The plant-pollinator disconnects of global warming
7. Threats to honeybee colonies I: Viral diseases, fungal infections, Vairimorpha
8. Threats to honeybee colonies II: Parasites: Acarapis woodi, Varroa destructor
9. Threats to honeybee colonies III: Long-distance hive transportation, Colony Collapse Disorder
10. Causes of bumble bee declines: Pesticides
11. Causes of bumblebee declines: Mismatching with floral resources
12. Causes of butterfly declines: Life cycle emergence changes
13. Causes of butterfly declines: Pesticides
14. Causes of butterfly declines: Range changes with global warming
15. Causes of bumble bee declines: Range changes with global warming
16. Pathogen spread between bee species through contaminated flowers
17. Heat-stress physiology of cold-adapted bumble bees
18. Effect of pesticide on bumble bee reproduction
19. Bumble bee responses to climate change
20. Asian bumble bee response to climate change
21. Phyllogenetic perspective on bumblebee declines
22. Effects of habitat fragmentation on bee populations
23. Insect pollinators facing imminent extinction: Causes and needed rescue efforts
24. Co-exposure or coinfection of insect pollinator diseases and parasites
25. Pollinator population declines and the erosion of genetic diversity

Über Autor(innen)

Elias, Scott
Scott A. Elias grew up in Colorado, USA, and received both an undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Environmental Biology from the University of Colorado. He went on to do postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and the University of Berne, Switzerland. Scott returned to the University of Colorado in 1982 and became a research associate of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. In 2000 he took a lectureship in Physical Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and became a Professor of Quaternary Science in 2007. He has served as editor-in-chief of three editions of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, and co-editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Geology and the Cryosphere Comprehensive.