Journal of
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2170
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAERD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 488

Full Length Research Paper

Pollinator habitat: A cooperative project between the landfill industry and blueberry growers

Alison C. Dibble
  • Alison C. Dibble
  • School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 04469 USA.
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Megan Leach
  • Megan Leach
  • School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 04469 USA.
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Frank Drummond
  • Frank Drummond
  • Cooperative Extension and School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 04469 USA.
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  •  Received: 10 March 2018
  •  Accepted: 06 April 2018
  •  Published: 31 May 2018

References

Asare E, Hoshide AK, Drummond FA, Chen X, Criner GK (2017). Economic risk of bee pollination in Maine wild blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton. J. Econ. Ent. 110(5):1980-1992.
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Bartomeus I, Ascher JS, Gibbs J, Danforth BN, Wagner DL, Hedtke SM, Winfree R (2013). Historical changes in northeastern United States bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits. PNAS 110:4656-4660.
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Brown MJF, Paxton RJ (2009). The conservation of bees: A global perspective. Apidologie 40(3):410-416.
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Bushmann S, Drummond FA (2015). Abundance and diversity of wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) found in lowbush blueberry growing regions of Downeast Maine. Environ. Entomol. 43:1-15.
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Dibble AC, Drummond FA, Stubbs CS, Ascher J, Veit M (2017). Bees of Maine with a state species checklist. N.E. Natur. 24(15):1-48.
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Dibble AC, Averill AL, Bickerman-Martens K, Bosworth SC, Bushmann S, Drummond FA, Fowler J, Hoshide AK, Leach ME, Skyrm LLK, Venturini E, White A (2018). Bee habitat in Northern New England. MAFES Tech. Bull. In Press.

 
 

Drummond FA (2016). Behavior of bees associated with the wild blueberry agro-ecosystem in the USA. Int. J. Entomol. Nematol. 2(1):21-26.

 
 

Drummond FA, Ballman E, Collins J (2017). Are they weeds or a life force? Or sustainability on the edge. Spire, Maine J. Conserv. Sustain. 

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Du Clos B, Loftin C, Drummond FA (2017) BeeMapper tool Quick reference Guide. 

 
 

Garibaldi LA, Aizen MA, Cunningham S, Klein AM (2009). Pollinator shortage and global crop yield: Looking at the whole spectrum of pollinator dependency. Comm. Integrat. Biol. 2(1):37-39.
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Goulson D, Nicholls E, Botias C, Rotheray E (2015). Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers. Science 347(6229):1255957.
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Groff SC, Loftin CS, Drummond FA, Bushmann S, McGill B (2016). Spatial prediction of lowbush blueberry native bee pollinators in Maine, USA. Environ. Model. Software 79:1-9.
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Kerr JT, Pindar A, Galpern P, Packer L, Potts SG, Roberts SM, Rasmont P, Schweiger O, Colla SR, Richardson LL, Wagner DL, Gall LF, Sikes DS, Pantoja A (2015). Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents. Science 349(6244):177-180.
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Lever JJ, Nes EH, Scheffer M, Bascompte J (2014). The sudden collapse of pollinator communities. Ecol. Let. 17(3):350-359.
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Potts SG, Biesmeijer JC, Kremen C, Neumann P, Schweiger O, Kunin WE (2010). Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers. Trends Ecol. Evol. 25(6):345-53.
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Qu H, Drummond FA (2017). Simulation-based Modeling of Wild Blueberry Pollination. Elec. Comp. Agric. 144:94-101.
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Skinner J, Wilson M, Asare E, Bajc A, Bickerman K, Chapin S, Dibble AC, Du Clos B, Collum K, Hanes S, Hoshide AK, Loftin CF, Yarborough D, Drummond FA, Venturini E (2014). Part 5. How to Estimate Native Bee Abundance in the Field. 

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Venturini E, Berg-Stack LB, Dibble AC, Drummond FA, Hoshide A (2015). Enhancing Native Bees for Wild Lowbush Blueberry Crop Pollination: Bee Pasture. Univ. Maine Coop. Ext. Fact Sheet, 9p. 

 
 

Venturini EM, Drummond FA, Hoshide AK, Dibble AC, Stack LB (2017a). Pollination reservoirs for wild bee habitat enhancement: a review. J. Agroecol. Sust. Food Syst. 41(2):101-142.

 
 

Venturini EM, Drummond FA, Hoshide AK, Dibble AC, Stack LB (2017b). Pollination reservoirs in Maine lowbush blueberry. J. Econ. Ent. 110(2):333-346.

 
 

Venturini EM, Drummond FA (2018). Native Andrena response to burning in the wild blueberry agroecosystem. J. Kan. Entomol. Soc. In Press.