Insect Pollinators and Pollination Service Provision
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 80
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
Interests: ecosystem services; pollinator dependent crops; managed pollinators; economic valuation; sustainable management; conservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The pollination services that insects provide are vital to man and the biodiversity of ecosystems. Documenting the value of crop pollination is thus an important goal to motivate the sustainable management and conservation of insect pollinators. The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on the difference between wild and managed pollination services and address their potential competition, to highlight the different dynamics and approaches for the required sustainable management, and to showcase the importance of the geographic context. We welcome all papers related to insect crop pollinators and the pollination service they provide that is directly related to ecological and social dynamics. Especially interesting and counter intuitive pollination service case studies or new conceptual frameworks will be strongly encouraged.
Dr. Ruan Veldtman
Dr. Willem De Lange
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- crop pollination
- honeybee
- native pollinators
- agricultural production
- landscape context
