Pollinator Diversity, Ecosystem Services, and Conservation in a Changing World
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 82
Special Issue Editors
Interests: insects; ecology; landscape; agriculture; vegetation
Interests: entomology; diversity; pollinator; pollination; bees
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pollinators and other arthropods (Insecta and Arachnida) are essential to terrestrial ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human well-being. By facilitating the reproduction of wild plants and securing crop yields, they provide critical ecosystem services that sustain global food production. Their trophic associations, however, represent fragile networks increasingly destabilized by multiple drivers, including habitat loss, land-use intensification, climate change, pesticide use, pollution, invasive species, and biodiversity loss. These pressures not only threaten the diversity and abundance of pollinators and other beneficial arthropods (e.g., predators, parasitoids, and decomposers) but also jeopardize the ecological and economic benefits they deliver. Growing evidence highlights the urgent need for integrative research that links pollinator decline with ecosystem health and human livelihoods. This Special Issue, “Pollinator Diversity, Ecosystem Services, and Conservation in a Changing World,” invites research and review papers that explore these dynamics and advance innovative conservation strategies in changing landscapes.
Dr. Ehsan Rahimi
Prof. Dr. Chuleui Jung
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- insect pollinators
- agricultural landscapes
- plant–pollinator interactions
- climate change
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