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Decline in Honeybees and Its Consequences for Beekeepers and Crop Pollination in Western Nepal.

Susanne Kortsch, Thomas P Timberlake, Alyssa R Cirtwill, Sujan Sapkota, Manish Rokoya, Kedar Devkota, Tomas Roslin, Jane Memmott, Naomi Saville

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Article in Insects, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Susanne KortschSpatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6495-4781
Thomas P TimberlakeSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8166-0825
Alyssa R CirtwillSpatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1772-3868
Sujan SapkotaHERD International, Thapathali, Kathmandu 24144, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-7148-3789
Manish RokoyaNepal School of Public Health, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla 21200, Nepal.
Kedar DevkotaFaculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan 44200, Nepal.
Tomas RoslinSpatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Jane MemmottSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Naomi SavilleInstitute for Global Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1735-3684
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Bristol · GBAgriculture and Forestry University · NPKarnali Academy of Health Sciences · NPUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/T013621/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In understudied regions of the world, beekeeper records can provide valuable insights into changes in pollinator population trends. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 116 beekeepers in a mountainous area of Western Nepal, where the native honeybee

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Apis cerana ceranabeekeepingclimate changecrop productioninsect declineinsect pollinationpollinator declinesmallholder farming

Identifiers

PMID38667412
PMCPMC11050100
OpenAlexW4394877763

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