TY - JOUR
T1 - Responding to the US national pollinator plan
T2 - a case study in Michigan
AU - Bloom, Elias H.
AU - Graham, Kelsey K.
AU - Haan, Nathan L.
AU - Heck, Ana R.
AU - Gut, Larry J.
AU - Landis, Douglas A.
AU - Milbrath, Meghan O.
AU - Quinlan, Gabriela M.
AU - Wilson, Julianna K.
AU - Zhang, Yajun
AU - Szendrei, Zsofia
AU - Isaacs, Rufus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Ecological Society of America.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - The long-term health of pollinators is a critical issue for the functioning of natural habitats and for agricultural production. In response to widespread public concern about the future of these ecologically and economically important animals, in 2015 the US Government released a national strategy to support pollinators, including research priorities, directives for funding, and timelines for achieving three overarching goals. Five years after this strategic plan was released, we evaluate progress toward the national targets for improved honey bee (Apis mellifera) overwintering survival, expanded pollinator habitat, and larger monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations, and find that the three goals of the plan have not yet been reached. Our research and extension programs to improve the health of honey bees, wild bees, and monarch butterflies in the US state of Michigan are described, providing opportunities to contribute to the national pollinator goals.
AB - The long-term health of pollinators is a critical issue for the functioning of natural habitats and for agricultural production. In response to widespread public concern about the future of these ecologically and economically important animals, in 2015 the US Government released a national strategy to support pollinators, including research priorities, directives for funding, and timelines for achieving three overarching goals. Five years after this strategic plan was released, we evaluate progress toward the national targets for improved honey bee (Apis mellifera) overwintering survival, expanded pollinator habitat, and larger monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations, and find that the three goals of the plan have not yet been reached. Our research and extension programs to improve the health of honey bees, wild bees, and monarch butterflies in the US state of Michigan are described, providing opportunities to contribute to the national pollinator goals.
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U2 - 10.1002/fee.2430
DO - 10.1002/fee.2430
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85119376186
SN - 1540-9295
VL - 20
SP - 84
EP - 92
JO - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
JF - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
IS - 2
ER -