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Ecology and Evolution
Sweden
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
86
Citations
41493
World Ranking
568
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Riccardo Bommarco is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science; Plant Science; Nature and Landscape Conservation; and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics include Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, as well as Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems.

Riccardo Bommarco's frequent co-authors are:

  • Ola Lundin
  • David Kleijn
  • Giulia Vico
  • Simon G. Potts
  • Maj Rundlöf

They have published regularly in several key journals including:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Global Change Biology
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Biological Conservation

Among their recent papers are:

  • Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield (2020), Science Advances
  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis (2020), Ecology Letters
  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery (2020), Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Crop diversity benefits carabid and pollinator communities in landscapes with semi-natural habitats (2020), Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Landscape crop diversity and semi-natural habitat affect crop pollinators, pollination benefit and yield (2020), Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Best Publications

  • Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

    Lucas A Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Rachael Winfree;Marcelo A Aizen

  • Ecological intensification: harnessing ecosystem services for food security

    Riccardo Bommarco;David Kleijn;Simon G. Potts

  • Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

    Flavia Geiger;Jan Bengtsson;Frank Berendse;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation.

    Mikko Kuussaari;Riccardo Bommarco;Risto K. Heikkinen;Aveliina Helm

  • A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

    Christina M. Kennedy;Eric Lonsdorf;Maile C. Neel;Neal M. Williams

  • Seed coating with a neonicotinoid insecticide negatively affects wild bees

    Maj Rundlöf;Georg K.S. Andersson;Riccardo Bommarco;Ingemar Fries

  • Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

    Lucas A. Garibaldi;Lucas A. Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Claire Kremen;Juan M. Morales

  • Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

    David Kleijn;Rachael Winfree;Ignasi Bartomeus;Luísa G. Carvalheiro;Luísa G. Carvalheiro

  • Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

    Romina Rader;Ignasi Bartomeus;Lucas A. Garibaldi;Michael P.D. Garratt

  • Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield

    Giovanni Tamburini;Giovanni Tamburini;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Claire Kremen;Claire Kremen

  • Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

    Jochen Krauss;Riccardo Bommarco;Moisès Guardiola;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Conservation biological control and enemy diversity on a landscape scale

    Teja Tscharntke;Riccardo Bommarco;Yann Clough;Thomas O. Crist

  • MEASURING BEE DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN HABITATS AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

    Catrin Westphal;Riccardo Bommarco;Gabriel Carré;Ellen Lamborn

  • RAPID EVOLUTION OF AN INVASIVE PLANT

    John L. Maron;Montserrat Vilà;Riccardo Bommarco;Sarah Elmendorf

  • Reprint of “Conservation biological control and enemy diversity on a landscape scale” [Biol. Control 43 (2007) 294–309]

    Teja Tscharntke;Riccardo Bommarco;Yann Clough;Thomas O. Crist

  • Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

    Vesna Gagic;Ignasio Bartomeus;Tomas Jonsson;Astrid Taylor

  • Agricultural landscape simplification reduces natural pest control: A quantitative synthesis

    Adrien Rusch;Adrien Rusch;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Mary M. Gardiner;Violetta Hawro

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

    Emily A. Martin;Matteo Dainese;Yann Clough;András Báldi

Frequent Co-Authors

Maj Rundlöf
Maj Rundlöf Lund University
Henrik G. Smith
Henrik G. Smith Lund University
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Lorenzo Marini
Lorenzo Marini University of Padua
David Kleijn
David Kleijn Wageningen University & Research
Luísa G. Carvalheiro
Luísa G. Carvalheiro Universidade Federal de Goiás
Andrea Holzschuh
Andrea Holzschuh University of Würzburg
Catrin Westphal
Catrin Westphal University of Göttingen

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