Identifying key knowledge needs for evidence-based conservation of wild insect pollinators: A collaborative cross-sectoral exercise

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 435-446

  Dicks, Lynn V ^a   Abrahams, Andrew ^b   Atkinson, John ^c   Biesmeijer, Jacobus ^d,e   Bourn, Nigel ^f   Brown, Chris ^g   Brown, Mark J F ^h   Carvell, Claire ⁱ   Connolly, Chris ^j   Cresswell, James E ^k   Croft, Pat ^l   Darvill, Ben ^m   De Zylva, Paul ⁿ   Effingham, Philip ^o   Fountain, Michelle ^p   Goggin, Anthony ^q   Harding, Debbie ^r   Harding, Tony ^s   Hartfield, Chris ^t   Heard, Matthew S ⁱ   Heathcote, Richard ^u   Heaver, David ^v   Holland, John ^w   Howe, Mike ^x   Hughes, Brin ^y   Huxley, Theresa ^z   Kunin, William E ^d   Little, Julian ^aa   Mason, Caroline ^ab   Memmott, Jane ^ac   Osborne, Juliet ^k   Pankhurst, Tim ^a   Paxton, Robert J ^ad,ae   Pocock, Michael J O ⁱ   Potts, Simon G ^af   Power, Eileen F ^ag   Raine, Nigel E ^h   Ranelagh, Elizabeth ^ah   Roberts, Stuart ^af   Saunders, Rob ^ai   Smith, Katie ^aj   Smith, Richard M ^ak   Sutton, Peter ^al   Tilley, Luke A N ^l   Tinsley, Andrew ^am   Tonhasca, Athayde ^an   Vanbergen, Adam J ⁱ   Webster, Sarah ^ao   Wilson, Alan ^ab   Sutherland, William J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Poll Gorm   (United Kingdom)

^c The Co operative Corporate Affairs Department   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^g Asda Asda House Southbank   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^l Stockbridge Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Friends of the Earth   (United Kingdom)

^o Greentech Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^p EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^q Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)   (United Kingdom)

^r BBSRC   (United Kingdom)

^s World Wide Fruit   (United Kingdom)

^t National Farmers Union   (United Kingdom)

^u Heineken International   (Netherlands)

^v NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^w GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^x Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

^y Conservation Grade ^*  (United Kingdom)

^z Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^aa Bayer CropScience   (United Kingdom)

^ab John Lewis Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^ad QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^ae MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^af UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^ag NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ah Campaign for the Farmed Environment   (United Kingdom)

^ai GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^aj The Co operative Farms   (United Kingdom)

^ak Buglife The Invertebrate Conservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^al JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^am Horticultural Development Council   (United Kingdom)

^an SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^ao Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Bees; Ecosystem services; Food security; Hoverflies; Pesticide; Policy; Pollination; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878201449     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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