Safeguarding pollinators requires specific habitat prescriptions and substantially more land area than current policy suggests
A. Pindar, A. Hogg, N. E. Raine
The paper determines that safeguarding wild bee communities in Canadian landscapes requires 11.6-16.7% land-cover from diverse habitats, which is 1.8-3.6x current policy guidelines.
bioRxiv · Dec 14, 2020 · PreprintEcology