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Overview

Simon G. Potts is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span across multiple domains, primarily focusing on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science.

The scientist's work covers several subfields of study, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Key research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on ecological synthesis, biodiversity, pollination, and food system resilience. Notable papers include:

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis (2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • Food System Resilience: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges (2022, Annual Review of Environment and Resources)

Simon G. Potts frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Deepa Senapathi
  • Michael P. D. Garratt
  • David Kleijn
  • Tom D. Breeze
  • Matthias Albrecht

The primary venues for their published research are:

  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biological Conservation

Best Publications

  • Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers.

    Simon Geoffrey Potts;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Claire Kremen;Peter Neumann

  • Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands

    J. C. Biesmeijer;S. P. M. Roberts;M. Reemer;R. Ohlemüller

  • 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

  • Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

    Simon G Potts;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca;Hien T Ngo;Marcelo A Aizen

  • Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change.

    Claire Kremen;Neal M. Williams;Marcelo A. Aizen;Barbara Gemmill-Herren

  • Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?

    Taylor H. Ricketts;James Regetz;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Saul A. Cunningham

  • 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

  • Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

    Francesco de Bello;Sandra Lavorel;Sandra Myrna Diaz;Richard Harrington

  • 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

  • LINKING BEES AND FLOWERS: HOW DO FLORAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURE POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES?

    Simon G. Potts;Betsy Vulliamy;Amots Dafni;Gidi Ne'eman

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

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

  • Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents

    Jeremy T. Kerr;Alana Pindar;Paul Galpern;Laurence Packer

  • MEASURING BEE DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN HABITATS AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

    Catrin Westphal;Riccardo Bommarco;Gabriel Carré;Ellen Lamborn

  • Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe

    Simoon G. Potts;Stuart P.M. Roberts;Robin Dean

  • Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances

    Neal M. Williams;Elizabeth E. Crone;T'ai H. Roulston;Robert L. Minckley

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

    Vesna Gagic;Ignasio Bartomeus;Tomas Jonsson;Astrid Taylor

  • Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects.

    Katherine C. R. Baldock;Mark A. Goddard;Mark A. Goddard;Damien M. Hicks;William E.. Kunin

  • Role of nesting resources in organising diverse bee communities in a Mediterranean landscape

    Simon G. Potts;Betsy Vulliamy;Stuart Roberts;Chris O'Toole

Frequent Co-Authors

Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jacobus C. Biesmeijer
Jacobus C. Biesmeijer Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Stuart P. M. Roberts
Stuart P. M. Roberts Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter University of Würzburg
Ben A. Woodcock
Ben A. Woodcock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
William E. Kunin
William E. Kunin University of Leeds
Luísa G. Carvalheiro
Luísa G. Carvalheiro Universidade Federal de Goiás
David Kleijn
David Kleijn Wageningen University & Research
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Maj Rundlöf
Maj Rundlöf Lund University

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