pollination
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Amid a global biodiversity crisis, birds -- which play a vital role in pollination, seed dispersal and controlling insect populations -- are one of the fastest declining groups.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
It looked at three trees common in Europe - birch, alder and olive - and found pollination started one to two weeks earlier between 2015 and 2024, compared with 1991 to 2000.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
These results suggest new management strategies that could be particularly valuable during peak pollination or honey production, when losing a queen can severely affect a colony.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025
"Farmers may have to rely more on manual pollination," Prof Gibbs says.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
With- out insect pollination, most of the soil-holding and soil-enrich- ing plants of uncultivated areas would die out, with far-reaching consequences to the ecology of the whole region.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing pollination
Ecology - Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Introductory
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Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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