Ecosystems—whether agricultural, urban, or natural—depend on pollinators, great and small. Pollinators in the form of bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and even moths provide vital, but often invisible services, from contributing to biodiverse terrestrial wildlife and plant communities to supporting healthy watersheds. Pollinator declines worldwide have been noted as land-use and climate changes occur on the landscape. USGS is laying the groundwork for better scientific understanding of wildlife population level impacts from a variety of potential threats to species from big game to birds, to bats, to pollinators.
Pollinator Conservation and Climate Science
Pollinator species in the United States are in crisis based on broad-scale changes in land-use and climate. The USGS is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others to develop conservation plans, for pollinators, including quantification of the effects of climate change.
Pollinator Research
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Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS pollinator research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS pollinator publications is available from the button below.
Feeling the sting? Addressing land-use changes can mitigate bee declines
The integrated monarch monitoring program: From design to implementation
Effect of corolla slitting and nectar robbery by the Eastern Carpenter Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on fruit quality of Vaccinium corymbosum, L.; (Ericales: Ericaceae).
Ecosystems—whether agricultural, urban, or natural—depend on pollinators, great and small. Pollinators in the form of bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and even moths provide vital, but often invisible services, from contributing to biodiverse terrestrial wildlife and plant communities to supporting healthy watersheds. Pollinator declines worldwide have been noted as land-use and climate changes occur on the landscape. USGS is laying the groundwork for better scientific understanding of wildlife population level impacts from a variety of potential threats to species from big game to birds, to bats, to pollinators.
Pollinator Conservation and Climate Science
Pollinator species in the United States are in crisis based on broad-scale changes in land-use and climate. The USGS is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others to develop conservation plans, for pollinators, including quantification of the effects of climate change.
Pollinator Research
Explore our science using the data below.
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS pollinator research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS pollinator publications is available from the button below.