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
Monarch Butterfly Utilization of Milkweed Plants Grown in Close Proximity to Corn Treated by a Neonicotinoid Insecticide (Seed Treatment)
An Inventory and Comparative Study of Bees, A Keystone Ecological Group in the Endangered Coastal Prairie of Louisiana
Pollinator Germplasm as a Genetic Resource for Conservation
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Grassland quality and pollinator habitat potential in Southwest Louisiana
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.
Priority species lists to restore desert tortoise and pollinator habitats in Mojave Desert shrublands
Field-level exposure of bumble bees to fungicides applied to a commercial cherry orchard
Long‐term surveys support declines in early‐season forest plants used by bumblebees
Landscape characterization of floral resources for pollinators in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States
Toward improving pollinator habitat: Reconstructing prairies with high forb diversity
Flowering plants preferred by bees of the Prairie Pothole Region
An updated genetic marker for detection of Lake Sinai Virus and metagenetic applications
Forage and habitat for pollinators in the northern Great Plains—Implications for U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs
Wildfire reveals transient changes to individual traits and population responses of a native bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)
Uptake and toxicity of clothianidin to monarch butterflies from milkweed consumption
Molecular sequencing and morphological identification reveal similar patterns in native bee communities across public and private grasslands of eastern North Dakota
Do the quality and quantity of honey bee-collected pollen vary across an agricultural land use gradient?
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
Monarch Butterfly Utilization of Milkweed Plants Grown in Close Proximity to Corn Treated by a Neonicotinoid Insecticide (Seed Treatment)
An Inventory and Comparative Study of Bees, A Keystone Ecological Group in the Endangered Coastal Prairie of Louisiana
Pollinator Germplasm as a Genetic Resource for Conservation
Explore our science using the data below.
Grassland quality and pollinator habitat potential in Southwest Louisiana
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.