Anthropocene Crisis: Climate Change, Pollinators, and Food Security
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Whole-of-Community Approach
3. Pollinators and Food Security
4. Additional Contributions of Pollinators
5. Why the Concern for Bees?
6. The Bee City Movement
7. Neonicotinoids—Repeating History?
8. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Bombus bohemicus (gypsy cuckoo bumble bee)—Endangered |
Epeoloides pilosulus (macropis cuckoo bee)—Endangered |
Bombus affinis (rusty-patched bumble bee)—Endangered |
Lasioglossum sablense (Sable Island sweat bee)—Threatened |
Bombus occidentalis mckayi (Western bumble bee mckayi subspecies)—Special Concern |
Bombus occidentalis occidentalis (Western bumble bee occidentalis subspecies)—Threatened |
Bombus terricola (yellow-banded bumble bee)—Special Concern |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleMarshman, Jennifer, Alison Blay-Palmer, and Karen Landman. 2019. "Anthropocene Crisis: Climate Change, Pollinators, and Food Security" Environments 6, no. 2: 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments6020022