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more diverse and resilient agricultural system. 5,10,11 For almond growers looking to support the pollinators their crop depends on, a well-planned flowering hedgerow is a practical investment in both conservation and the long-term health of the orchard. For more information on hedgerows and on-farm habitat, contact bff@pollinator.org.
Cody Wilson, Agricultural Manager, Pollinator Partnership
References
1 Brittain, C., Williams, N., Kremen, C., & Klein, A. M. Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1754), 20122767. (2013). 2 Klein, A. M., Brittain C., Hendrix S. D., Thorp R., Williams N., and Kremen C. Wild pollination services to California almond rely on semi-natural habitat. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49(3), 723-732. (2012). 3 Dolezal, A. G., St. Clair, A. L., Zhang, G., Toth, A. L., & O’Neal, M. E. Native habitat mitigates feast–famine conditions faced by honey bees in an agricultural landscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(50), 25147-25155. (2019) 4 Alomar, D., Gonzalez-Estevez, M., Traveset, A., Lazaro, A. The intertwined effects of natural vegetation, local flower community, and pollinator diversity on the production of almond trees. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 264, 34-43. (2018). 5 Blaauw, B. R., and Isaacs, R. Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination- dependent crop. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 890–898. (2014). besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365- 2664.12257 6 Long, R.F, Garbach, K., and Morandin, L. Hedgerow benefits align with food production and sustainability goals. California Agriculture. 71: 117-119. (2017). 7 Morandin, L.A., Long, R.F., and Kremen, C. Hedgerows enhance beneficial insects and pest control on adjacent tomato fields in a n intensive agricultural landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 189: 164-170. (2014). 8 Morandin, L. A., and Kremen, C. Hedgerow restoration promotes pollinator populations and exports native bees to adjacent fields. Ecological Applications, 23, 829–839. (2013). doi.org/10.1890/12-1051.1 9 Morandin, L.A., Long, R.F., and Kremen, C. Pest Control and Pollination Cost Benefit Analysis of Hedgerow Restoration in a Simplified Agricultural Landscape. Journal of Economic Entomology. (2016). dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow086 10 Park, M. G., Blitzer, E. J., Gibbs, J., Losey, J. E., and Danforth, B. N. Negative effects of pesticides on wild bee communities can be buffered by landscape context. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20150299.(2015). royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/ full/10.1098/rspb.2015.0299 11 Garibaldi, L. A., Carvalheiro, L. G., Leonhardt, S. D., Aizen, M. A., Blaauw, B. R., Isaacs, R., Kuhlmann, M., Kleijn, D., Klein, A. M., Kremen, C., Morandin, L., Scheper, J., and Winfree, R. From research to action: Enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12: 439–447. (2014). esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/130330
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