#SafeguardResearch
Floral resource limitation is a complicated phenomenon influenced by many factors.

A #SafeguardResearch from 2024 compares nectar limitation in spring in an area where a previous study showed severe resource limitations in summer.

👉 Read the full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
February 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM
How does land use affect the structure and resilience of pollinator networks?

A 2024 #SafeguardResearch delivers insights on plant-pollinator networks in intensively managed agricultural and urban landscapes.🌼

👉 Read the full study: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🌱 How do habitat size and quality influence pollinator diversity in human-dominated landscapes?

A 2025 #SafeguardResearch examines pollinator conservation strategies in human-altered environments.

👉 Read the full study: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
What are the reasons why people choose to protect pollinators like bees, butterflies and hoverflies? 🐝 🦋

A 2024 #SafeguardResearch examines the factors that influence the behaviour of people in rural and urban areas across 3 European countries.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 AM
A 2024 #SafeguardResearch examines how butterfly communities respond to intensively managed agricultural landscapes. 🌾

The findings emphasise the importance of forest habitats within monoculture-dominated agricultural landscapes.

👉 Read here: resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🦠 A new #SafeguardResearch examines how viruses spread between managed honey bees and wild pollinators - and the results challenge some common assumptions.

👉 Read the full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#EUPollinators #honeybees #wildpollinators
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
In a first-of-its-kind #SafeguardResearch, a team from Wageningen University evaluates the ecological effectiveness of a landscape-level collaborative conservation initiative targeting wild bees. 🐝

👉 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#EUPollinators #bees #conservation
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🌼Sown wildflower plantings can help counter pollinator decline by restoring key resources. A #SafeguardResearch looks into how higher flower diversity supports bees & butterflies - especially in flower‑poor seasons.

👉 Read the full study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🐝 A #SafeguardResearch takes a closer look at plant-pollinator networks by focusing on network motifs - the repeated patterns that make up larger ecological systems.

👉 Read the full study: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

#EUPollinators
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A new species of pantaloon bee, Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) radchenkoi, was discovered in the limestone mountains of south-western Spain in 2023.

Learn more in this week’s #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.47446/OSM...

#EUPollinators #BeeDiscovery #EndemicSpecies #Heterodasypoda
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325

@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wild #pollinators are essential for global food production but are overlooked in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

A 2023 #SafeguardResearch presents a set of generic characterisation factors that allow translating land use into impacts on wild pollinator abundance.

doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05311
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Invasive species are among the main culprits of biodiversity loss.

This week’s #SafeguardResearch explores the impacts of invasive plant species on #pollinator communities. 🐝

🔎 Explore findings: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12640
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch looks into the effects of extensive mowing and annual flower sowing on vegetation, floral resources, and #pollinators in Hungary.

👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01420-1
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔍 A 2023 #SafeguardResearch offers a framework for understanding floral resource availability in terms of temporal, spatial & functional structure.

The study highlights the importance of viewing flowers as food to better understand competition among #pollinators.

🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06651
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Safeguard study maps European wild #pollinators and centralises information on their geographic distribution. 🗺️

📊 Results are important for keeping conservation priorities in Europe up to date.

👉 Read the full #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigates how individual seed set in two wild plant species in herbaceous agroecological infrastructure is affected by spatio-temporal heterogeneity in floral resources and plant–pollinator interactions across multiple ecological scales 🌱

🔎 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This week, explore a 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigating the mate-guarding investment of Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) #butterflies 🦋

🔎 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
September 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This week, discover a global meta-analysis of the effects of animal #pollination on food crop quality 🌾

📊 The #SafeguardResearch shows #pollinators improve fruit & vegetable appearance and shelf life, while having smaller effects on nutrition.

Read more in the study: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
September 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New #SafeguardResearch investigates the effectiveness of urban pollinator-promoting interventions across Europe 🐝

The study examined whether pollinator-promoting interventions have positive effects on vegetation, floral resources & a broad range of #pollinator groups.

🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
September 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 #SafeguardResearch presents a systematic map methodology to catalogue and evaluate #pollinator tools in agricultural landscapes.

👉 This work will support researchers, managers & policymakers in choosing effective tools for #PollinatorProtection.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/2688...
August 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigates whether environmental conditions favouring #pollinators are positively associated with the provision of multiple ecosystem services across 3 habitats 🐝🌱

Read the study here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 #SafeguardResearch presents updated distribution maps of #bumblebees in Hungary 🇭🇺

The paper, co-written by partner Miklós Sárospataki from RCISD, finds that while 7 species showed increasing frequency, 3 other species are recommended for protection by law in Hungary. 📝

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
May 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
📚 A 2022 #SafeguardResearch investigated age-related changes in body mass and thorax width in a natural Clouded Apollo #ButterflyPopulation. The results showed sexual differences in the rate of #PhenotypicSenescence, with body size declining nonlinearly over time.

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
May 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Safeguard study explores how #WildBees in #UrbanEnvironments will be affected by rising temperatures and how we can design #pollinator-friendly cities 🐝🏙️

Read the #SafeguardResearch here: resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM