It is only recently that the immense economic value of pollination to agriculture has been appreciated. At the same time, the alarming collapse in populations o

As the discipline of pollination ecology moves from describing the extent of a pollinator crisis, to identifying what can be done about it, there is a need to s

Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part

Most flowering plants, including wild species and many food crops, are pollinated by animals and are vital, therefore, for biological production and the mainten