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Pollinator decline is the reduction in abundance of insect and other animal pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide that began being recorded at the end of the 20th century. Multiple lines of evidence exist for the reduction of wild pollinator populations at the regional level, especially within Europe and North America.
In the UK, "30 to 60% of species per order have declining ranges". Insect pollinators, "needed for 75% of all the world's food crops", appear to be "strongly declining globally in both abundance and diversity", which has been linked in Northern Europe to the decline of plant species that rely on them.
The coast of California north of San Francisco contains the Northern California coastal forests (as defined by the WWF) and the southern section of the Coast Range ecoregion (as defined by the EPA). This ecoregion is dominated by redwood forest , containing the tallest and some of the oldest trees in the world.
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The phenomenon is particularly important for crops such as almond growing in California, where honey bees are the predominant pollinator and the crop value in 2011 was $3.6 billion. [199] In 2000, the total U.S. crop value that was wholly dependent on honey bee pollination was estimated to exceed $15 billion. [ 200 ]
Band-tailed pigeons are native to California. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Leaves and flowers. Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides is a fast-growing, [7] twining, herbaceous vine that reaches a height of 5 metres (16 ft) to 10 metres (33 ft). [8]It features smooth, subcylindrical, glabrous or puberulous stems that become slightly woody as they age.
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