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Sentil A, Miličić M, Benrezkallah J, Ačanski J, Andrić A, Aubert M, Bartomeus I, Biella P, Boustani M, Carstensen LB, Bogusch P, Bot S, Brau T, Budrys E, Cantú Salazar L, Cappellari A, Carion F, Castro S, Cavaillès S, Cerretti P, Dathe HH, De Groot M, De Tandt B, Devalez J, Devorsine R, Díaz-Calafat J, Đorđević A, Dormal A, Dufrêne E, Dussaix C, Fedorova Zaytseva LA, Fiordaliso W, Flaminio S, Földesi R, Forgeois V, Gadoum S, Garrin M, Gaspar H, Gazzea E, Geppert C, Gérard M, Geslin B, Ghisbain G, Gibernau M, Grković A, Heimburg H, Herinckx A, Demeter I, Janković Milosavljević M, Janssen K, Kasparek M, Kierat J, Kleijn D, Kuhlmann M, Lair X, Lemaire S, Lenzi L, Likov L, Litman J, Brito Lopes S, Loureiro J, Maarten J, Maestracci PY, Marini L, Maritano U, Mei M, Mignot M, Mudri Stojnić S, Nedeljković Z, Ockermueller E, Ortiz-Sanchez FJ, Patiny S, Paukkunen J, Pennards G, Perrard A, Petanidou T, Popov G, Popov S, Potts SG, Prokhorov A, Pruner S, Radchenko V, Radenković S, Rasmont P, Reverté S, Ricarte A, Rojo S, Romig T, Rosa P, Ruiz C, Sagot P, Santerre R, Scheper J, Selis M, Sgolastra F, Shparyk V, Siopa C, Skendžic T, Smit J, Sommaggio D, Soon V, Ssymank A, Ståhls G, Stavrinides M, Steffan-Dewenter I, Straka J, Thulier J, Tot T, Tourbez C, van Steenis J, van Steenis W, Varnava A, Veselić S, Vesnic A, Vray S, Williams P, Wood TJ, Zimmermann D, Żmuda A, Vujić A, Michez D, de Manincor N (In press) Synthesised database of wild bee and hoverfly records in Europe. Scientific Data DOI
Wood T J, Müller A, Praz C, Michez D (In press) Elevated rates of dietary generalization in eusocial lineages of the secondarily herbivorous bees. BMC Ecology and Evolution 23: DOI
Biegerl C, Holzschuh A, Boetzl F, Krauss J, Zhang J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2026) Landscape-level oilseed rape cover shapes seasonal patterns of wild bee abundance in conservation areas. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 400: 110234. DOI
Proesmans W, Alaux C, Albrecht M, Bassit K, Cyrille N, Dalmon A, Diévart V, Dominik C, Felten E, Gajda A, Heuschele J M, Laurent E, Maurer C, Neumann P, Pioz M, Schauer A, Schweiger O, Settele J, Stolle E, Szentgyörgyi H, Yañez O, Liu Y, Żmuda A, Paxton R J, Vanbergen A J (2026) Drivers of Viral Prevalence in Landscape-Scale Pollinator Networks Across Europe: Honey Bee Viral Density, Niche Overlap With This Reservoir Host and Network Architecture. Ecology Letters 29: e70309. DOI
Lanuza J B, Knight T M, Montes-Perez N, Glenny W, Acuña P, Albrecht M, Artamendi M, Badenhausser I, Bennett J M, Biella P, Bommarco R, Cappellari A, Castro S, Clough Y, Colom P, Costa J, Cyrille N, de Manincor N, Dominguez-Lapido P, Dominik C, Dupont Y L, Feldmann R, Felten E, Ferrero V, Fiordaliso W, Fisogni A, Fitzpatrick Ú, Galloni M, Gaspar H, Gazzea E, Goia I, Gómez-Martínez C, González-Estévez M A, González-Varo J P, Grass I, Hadrava J, Hautekèete N, Hederström V, Heleno R, Hervias-Parejo S, Heuschele J M, Hoiss B, Holzschuh A, Hopfenmüller S, Iriondo J M, Jauker B, Jauker F, Jersáková J, Kallnik K, Karise R, Kleijn D, Klotz S, Krausl T, Kühn E, Lara-Romero C, Larkin M, Laurent E, Lázaro A, Librán-Embid F, Liu Y, Lopes S, López-Núñez F, Loureiro J, Magrach A, Mänd M, Marini L, Mas R B, Massol F, Maurer C, Michez D, Molina F P, Morente-López J, Mullen S, Nakas G, Neuenkamp L, Nowak A, O'Connor C J, O'Rourke A, Öckinger E, Olesen J M, Opedal Ø H, Petanidou T, Piquot Y, Potts S G, Power E F, Proesmans W, Rakosy D, Reverté S, Roberts S P M, Rundlöf M, Russo L, Schatz B, Scheper J, Schweiger O, Serra P E, Siopa C, Smith H G, Stanley D, Ştefan V, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stout J C, Sutter L, Švara E M, Świerszcz S, Thompson A, Traveset A, Trefflich A, Tropek R, Tscharntke T, Vanbergen A J, Vilà M, Vujić A, White C, Wickens J B, Wickens V B, Winsa M, Zoller L, Bartomeus I (2025) EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34 (2): e70000. DOI
Fisogni A, Piquot Y, Michez D, Sentil A, Franchomme M, Wood TJ, Flaminio S, De Tandt B, Lemaire S, Hautekèete N (2025) Biotic homogenization and functional restructuring of bee communities in northern France: implications for conservation priorities. Biodiversity and Conservation 34: 987–1013. DOI
Süle G, Báldi A, Kleijn D, Steffan-Dewenter I, Venn S, Goulson D, Dietzel S, Muratet A, Cole L, Öckinger E, Tzortzakaki O, Banaszak-Cibicka W, Betz O, Blackmore L, Dylewski Ł, Fontaine B, Fournier B, Geppert C, Griffiths-Lee J, Hawthorn C, Holzschuh A, Horák J, Horstmann S, Hoyle H, Kati V, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Marini L, Michelot-Antalik A, Moretti M, Norton B, Phillips B, Plećaš M, Rada P, Sárospataki M, Schulze S, Shwartz A, Unterweger P, Szigeti V (2025) Pollinator-Promoting Interventions in European Urban Habitats—A Synthesis. Ecology Letters 28 (8): e70189. DOI
Oh K L, Raemakers I, Scheper J, de Boer M, Díaz-Calafat J, Hage A, van Kats R, Kingma D, Keurhorst-van Krimpen H, de Kruijff T M, Oe W G, Rooijakkers F, van der Schee M F, Scheeres J, Kleijn D (2025) Evaluating the ecological effectiveness of landscape-level collaborative conservation: A case study targeting wild bees. Biological Conservation 314: DOI
Biegerl C, Holzschuh A, Tanner B, Sponsler D, Krauss J, Zhang J, Steffan-Dewenter I (2025) Landscape management can foster pollinator richness in fragmented high-value habitats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292: 20242686: DOI
Liiskmann E, Sponsler DB, Karise R, Mänd M, Potts SG, Schweiger O (2025) Impact of traffic on pollinator abundance and species richness on main roads and side roads in Southern-Estonian agricultural and semi-natural landscape. AGRONOOMIA
Liiskmann E, Karise R, Mänd M, Potts SG, Schweiger O (2025) Traffic is lethal mostly for herbivorous insect pests and their parasitoids – a study from South-Estonian agricultural and semi-natural landscape. Agronoomia
Ghisbain G, Rosa P, Bogusch P, Brau T, Carion F, De Manincor N, Devalez J, Dorchin A, Flaminio S, Greil H, Hölzler G, Hopfenmüller S, Kasparek M, Kuhlmann M, Le Divelec R, Litman J, Maugendre A, Michez D, Müller A, Ortiz-Sánchez FJ, Praz C, Radchenko VG, Rasmont P, Risch S, Roberts SPM, Santerre R, Schmid-Egger C, Sentil A, Straka J, Williams PH, Wood TJ, Reverté S (2025) The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Zootaxa 5736: 1-126. DOI
Uwingabire Z, Vanbergen AJ, Damiens FLP, Breeze TD, van der Wal R, Young JC (2025) Worldviews and values of key societal actors influencing decision-making around nature: The case of wild pollinator conservation in Europe. People and Nature DOI
Santerre R, Benrezkallah J, Varnava AI, Michez D, Stavrinides MC (2025) Ecology and population assessment of Megachile cypricola Mavromoustakis, 1938 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), a threatened bee endemic to Cyprus. Journal of Insect Conservation 29: DOI
Ropars L, Aubert M, Genoud D, Le Divelec R, Dufrêne É, Cornuel-Willermoz A, Dorchin A, Flacher F, Flaminio S, Gadoum S, Ghisbain G, Kasparek M, Kuhlmann M, Leclercq V, Le Féon V, Le Goff G, Mahé G, Pauly A, Praz C, Radchenko V, Rasmont P, Scheuchl E, Straka J, Wood TJ, Michez D, Geslin B, Perrard A (2025) Mise à jour de la liste des abeilles de France métropolitaine (Hymenoptera : Apocrita : Apoidea). Journal of Hymenopterology 13: DOI
Morgan A Morrison, Anna Bright, Mark JF Brown (2025) Reduced mowing frequencies increase pollinator abundance in urban lawns in the UK. Conservation Evidence DOI
Gazzea E, Gobbo D, Mei M, Paniccia D, Trotta G, Boscutti F, Marini L (2025) Restoration of forests supports the conservation of pollinators in intensively managed agricultural landscapes. Biological Conservation 302: 111008. DOI
Sentil A, Fiordaliso W, Michez D (2024) Relation between honeybee abundance and wild bees communities in Moroccan agro-ecosystems. Biodiversity and Conservation 34: 299–314. DOI
Wood T J, Gaspar H, Le Divelec R, Penado A, Silva T L, Mata V A, Veríssimo J, Michez D, Castro S, Loureiro J, Beja P, Ferreira S (2024) The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Bees. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e117172. DOI
Cappellari A, Malagnini V, Fontana P, Zanotelli L, Tonidandel L, Angeli G, Ioriatti C, Marini L (2024) Impact of landscape composition on honey bee pollen contamination by pesticides: A multi-residue analysis. Chemosphere 349: DOI
Vujanović D, Arok M, Veselić S, Skendžić T, Andrić A, Đorđević A, Vujić A (2024) Butterfly community dynamics in a monoculture-dominated agricultural landscape. Ecological Entomology 50: DOI
Sponsler D B, Hamilton M, Wiesneth M, Steffan-Dewenter I (2024) Pollinator competition and the contingency of nectar depletion during an early spring resource pulse. Ecology and Evolution 14 (6): e11531. DOI
Bihaly ÁD, Piross IS, Pellaton R, Szigeti V, Somay L, Vajna F, Soltész Z, Báldi A, Sárospataki M, Kovács-Hostyánszki A (2024) Landscape-wide floral resource deficit enhances the importance of diverse wildflower plantings for pollinators in farmlands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 367: 108984. DOI
Proesmans W, Felten E, Laurent E, Albrecht M. Cyrille N, Labonté A, Maurer C, Paxton R, Schweiger O, Szentgyörgyi H, Vanbergen AJ (2024) Urbanisation and agricultural intensification modulate plant–pollinator network structure and robustness. Functional Ecology 38: 628–641. DOI
Walters R J, Olsson O, Olsson P, Smith H G (2024) Consequences of intraspecific competition for floral resources in heterogeneous landscapes for eusocial bees. Ecological Modelling 496: 110844. DOI
Geppert C, Franceschinis C, P. M. Fijen T, Kleijn D, Scheper J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Thiene M, Marini L (2024) Willingness of rural and urban citizens to undertake pollinator conservation actions across three contrasting European countries. People and Nature DOI
Süle G, Miholcsa Z, Molnár C, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Fenesi A, Bauer N, Szigeti V (2023) Escape from the garden: spreading, effects and traits of a new risky invasive ornamental plant (Gaillardia aristata Pursh). NeoBiota 83: 43-69. DOI
Lanuza J B, Allen-Perkins A, Bartomeus I (2023) The non-random assembly of network motifs in plant–pollinator networks. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (3): 760-773. DOI
Ghisbain G, Rosa P, Bogusch P, Flaminio S, Le Divelec R, Dorchin A, Kasparek M, Kuhlmann M, Litman J, Mignot M, Müller A, Praz C, Radchenko VG, Rasmont P, Risch S, Roberts SPM, Smit J, Wood TJ, Michez D, Reverté S (2023) The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Zootaxa 5327 (1): 1-147. DOI
Dwyer C, Clough Y, Bartholomée O, Smith H G (2023) What evidence exists on the use of pollinator tools in agricultural landscapes: A systematic map protocol. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 4 (3): e12275. DOI
Süle G, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Sárospataki M, Kelemen TI, Halassy G, Horváth A, Demeter I, Báldi A, Szigeti V (2023) First steps of pollinator-promoting interventions in Eastern European urban areas – positive outcomes, challenges, and recommendations. Urban Ecosystems DOI
Gór Á, Lang Z, Pásztor K, Szigeti V, Vajna F, Kis J (2023) Mate-guarding success depends on male investment in a butterfly. Ecology and Evolution 13 (9): e10533. DOI
Reverté S, Miličić M, Ačanski J, Andrić A, Aracil A, Aubert M et al. (2023) National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1-18. DOI
Mudri-Stojnić S, Andrić A, Józan Z, Likov L, Tot T, Grković A, Vujić A (2023) New records for the wild bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Anthophila) of Serbia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 761-781. DOI
Szigeti V, Fenesi A, Botta-Dukát Z, Kuhlmann M, Potts S, Roberts S, Soltész Z, Török E, Kovács-Hostyánszki А (2023) Trait-based effects of plant invasion on floral resources, hoverflies and bees. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1-14. DOI
Arnóczkyné Jakab D, Tóth M, Szarukán I, Szanyi S, Józan Z, Sárospataki M, Nagy A (2023) Long-term changes in the composition and distribution of the Hungarian bumble bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 207-237. DOI
Labonté A, Monticelli L, Turpin M, Felten E, Laurent E, Matejicek A, Biju-Duval L, Ducourtieux C, Vieren E, Deytieux V, Cordeau S, Bohan D, Vanbergen A (2023) Individual flowering phenology shapes plant–pollinator interactions across ecological scales affecting plant reproduction. Ecology and Evolution 13 (1): e9707. DOI
Cappellari A, Ortis G, Mei M, Paniccia D, Carrossa E, Eccheli C, Facchetti S, Lorenzon G, Marini L (2023) Does pollinator conservation promote environmental co-benefits?. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 356: 108615. DOI
Alejandre E M, Scherer L, Guinée J B, Aizen M A, Albrecht M, Balzan M V, Bartomeus I, Bevk D, Burkle L A, Clough Y, Cole L J, Delphia C M, Dicks L V, Garratt M P D, Kleijn D, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Mandelik Y, Paxton R J, Petanidou T, Potts S, Sárospataki M, Schulp C J E, Stavrinides M, Stein K, Stout J C, Szentgyörgyi H, Varnava A I, Woodcock B A, van Bodegom P M (2023) Characterization Factors to Assess Land Use Impacts on Pollinator Abundance in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology 57 (8): 3445–3454. DOI
Ghisbain G, Michez D, Rosa P, Ferreira S, Wood T J (2023) Unexpected discovery of a near cryptic Dasypoda species in southern Spain (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Osmia 11: 27-38. DOI
Sponsler D, Iverson A, Steffan-Dewenter I (2023) Pollinator competition and the structure of floral resources. Ecography 1-16: e06651. DOI
Gazzea E, Batáry P, Marini L (2023) Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination. Nature Communications 14: 4463. DOI
Pásztor K, Kőrösi Á, Gór Á, Szigeti V, Vajna F, Kis J (2022) Phenotypic senescence in a natural insect population. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9668. DOI
Morrison M, Wolmuth-Gordon H (2022) Bee highways: how they work and why we need them. The Conversation DOI
Cappellari A, Bonaldi G, Mei M, Paniccia D, Cerretti P, Marini L (2022) Functional traits of plants and pollinators explain resource overlap between honeybees and wild pollinators. Oecologia 198: 1019–1029. DOI
Bartomeus, I., Lanuza, J. B., Wood, T. J., Carvalheiro, L., Molina, F. P., Collado, M. Ángel, Aguado-Martín, L. O., Alomar, D., Álvarez-Fidalgo, M., Álvarez Fidalgo, P., Arista, M., Arroyo-Correa, B., Asís, J. D., Azpiazu, C., Baños-Picón, L., Beja, P., Boieiro, M., Borges, P. A., González Bornay, G., Carvalho, R., Casimiro-Soriguer, R., Castro, S., Costa, J., Cross, I., De la Rúa, P., de Pablos, L. M., de Paz, V., Díaz-Calafat, J., Ferrero, V., Gaspar, H., Ghisbain, G., Gómez, J. M., Gómez-Martínez, C., González-Estévez, M. Ángel, Heleno, R., Herrera, J. M., Hormaza, J. I., Iriondo, J. M., Kuhlmann, M. ., Laiolo, P., Lara-Romero, C., Lázaro, A., López-Angulo, J., López-Núñez, F. A., Loureiro, J., Magrach, A., Martínez-López, V., Martínez-Núñez, C., Michez, D., Miñarro, M., Montero-Castaño, A., Moreira, B., Morente-López, J., Noval Fonseca, N., Núñez Carbajal, A., Obeso, J. R., Ornosa, C., Ortiz-Sánchez, F. J., Pareja Bonilla, D., Patiny, S., Penado, A., Picanço, A., Ploquin, E. F. ., Rasmont, P., Rego, C., Rey, P. J., Ribas-Marquès, E., Roberts, S. P., Rodriguez, M., Rosas-Ramos, N., Sánchez, A. M., Santamaría, S., Tobajas, E., Tormos, J., Torres, F., Trillo, A., Valverde, J., Vilà, M., & Viñuela, E. (2022) Iberian bee database. Ecosystems 31 (3): 2380. DOI
Geppert C, Cappellari A, Corcos D, Caruso V, Cerretti P, Mei M, Marini L (2022) Temperature and not landscape composition shapes wild bee communities in an urban environment. Insect Conservation and Diversity 16: DOI
Kovacs-Hostyanszki A (2021) Virágot a beporzóknak. Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság hírlevele 12. DOI
Lanuza J B, Rader R, Stavert J, Kendall L K, Saunders M E, Bartomeus I (2011) Trade-offs among plant reproductive traits determine interactions with floral visitors. bioRxiv DOI