Publications in Organic Agriculture

Peter G. Kevan
Sustainability but not Organic
Books and Book Chapters
  • Kevan, P.G. 2003. Pollination for the 21st Century: Integrating pollinator and plant interdependencies. In: K. Strickler and J. Cane (eds.), Non-native Crops: Whence Pollinators of the Future? Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD. Pp. 181 - 204.
  • Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, (with assistance from Associate Editors G. W. Frankie, C. O'Toole, R. Jones, and C. H. Vergara) (Editors). 2002. The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature. Ministry of Environment, Government of Brasil, Brasilia. 313 pp.
  • Richards, K.W. and P.G. Kevan. 2002. Status of Pollination in Canada. In: Kevan, P.G., V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, (with assistance from Associate Editors G. W. Frankie, C. O'Toole, R. Jones, and C. H. Vergara) (Editors) The Conservation Link Between Agriculture and Nature. Ministry of Environment, Government of Brasil, Brasilia. Pp. 77 - 95.
  • Kevan, P.G. 2001. Pollination: Plinth, pedestal, and pillar for terrestrial productivity. The why, how, and where of pollination protection, conservation, and promotion. In: C.S. Stubbs and F.A. Drummond (eds.), Bees and Crop Pollination - Crisis, Crossroads, Conservation. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD. Pp. 7 - 68.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1999. Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species activity and diversity. In: M. Paoletti (ed.), Biodiversity in Agroecosystems: Sustainability and Bioindicators. Elsevier, Netherlands. pp. 373-393.
  • Kevan, P.G. and H.G. Baker. 1998. Insects on Flowers: Pollination and Floral Visitation. In: C.B. Huffaker and A.P. Gutierrez (eds.), Ecological Entomology (2nd Edition). Wiley, N.Y. pp. 553-584.
  • Kevan, P. G. (Editor). 1995. The Asiatic Hive Bee: Apiculture, Biology, and Role in Sustainable Development in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge, ON. 315 pp.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1995. Conserving pollinators for agriculture, forestry, and nature. pp. 16-19. In: D.W. Roubik (Ed.). Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 118, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 198 pp.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1986. Pollinating and flower visiting insects and the management of beneficial and harmful insects and plants. In: Hussein, M.Y. and A.G. Ibrahim (Eds.). Biological Control in the Tropics. Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. pp. 439-452.
Refereed Publications
  • Melendez, V., V. Parra, P.G. Kevan, I. Ramirez, D. Zizumbo, H. Harries and M. Fernandez. 2004. Mixed mating strategies and pollination by insects and wind in coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae)). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 6: 155 - 163.
  • Belaoussoff, S. and P. G. Kevan. 2003. Are there ecological foundations for ecosystem health. The Environmentalist 23: 255 - 263.
  • Belaoussoff, S., P. G. Kevan, S. Murphy and C. Swanton. 2003. Assessing tillage disturbance on assemblages of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) by using a range of ecological indices. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 851 - 882.
  • Kevan, P. G. and B. Viana. 2003. The global decline of pollination services. Biodiversity 4(4): 3 - 8.
  • Sheffield, C.S., S.M. Rigby, R.F. Smith, R.E.L. Rogers and P.G. Kevan. 2003 A checklist of the bee species of Nova Scotia, Canada, with notes on new species records (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 357 - 382.
  • Morandin, L., T. M. Laverty, R. G. Gegear, and P. G. Kevan. 2002. Effect of greenhouse polyethylene covering on activity level and photo-response of bumble bees. The Canadian Entomologist 134: 539 - 549.
  • Kevan, P.G. 2002. Flowers, pollination, and the associated diversity of flies. In: J.H. Skevington and P.T. Dang (eds), Exploring the Biological and Ecological Diversity of Flies (Diptera). Biodiversity 3(4): 16-18.
  • Niwranski, K., P. G. Kevan, and A. Fjellberg. 2002. Effects of vehicle disturbance and soil compaction on Arctic collembolan abundance and diversity on Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada. European Journal of Soil Biology 38: 193-196.
  • Tam, L., A.M. Derry, P.G. Kevan and J.T. Trevors. 2001. Functional diversity and community structure of microorganisms in rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere Canadian arctic soils. Biodiversity and Conservation 10: 1933-1947.
  • Morandin, L., T.M. Laverty, P.G. Kevan, S. Khoshla and L. Shipp. 2001. Bumblebee activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses. Canadian Entomologist 133: 883-893.
  • Kron, P., B.C. Husband, P.G. Kevan and S. Belaoussoff. 2001. Phenology, pollination neighborhood and distance affect pollen dispersal in high density apple orchards. Hort Science 36: 1039-1046.
  • Kron, P., B.C. Husband and P.G. Kevan. 2001. Across- and along-row pollen dispersal in high density apple orchards: Insights from allozyme markers. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 76: 286-294.
  • Kevan, P.G. and T.P. Phillips. 2001. The economic impacts of pollinator declines: An approach to assessing the consequences. Conservation Ecology 5(1): 8. [On-line] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art8.
  • Morandin, L., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan. 2001. Effect of bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination intensity on the quality of greenhouse tomatoes. Journal of Economic Entomology 94: 172-179.
  • Morandin, L., T.M. Laverty and P.G. Kevan. 2001. Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidea) activity levels in commercial tomato greenhouses. Journal of Economic Entomology 94: 462-467.
  • Kevan, P.G. and B. Husband. 2000. Sustaining pollination: Agriculture and beekeeping. Report to Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://res2.agr.ca/london/pmrc/english/orep/kevan_19_rep.htm.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1999. Pollinators as bioindicators of the state of the environment: species activity and diversity. Agriculture, Ecology, and Environment 74: 373-393.
  • Nasr, M. E. and P. G. Kevan, 1999. Diseases and parasites, eradication or management: what strategy for honey bee health? (Guest Editorial) Bee World 80: 53-54.
  • Belaoussoff, S., D.S. Guenther, P.G. Kevan, S. Murphy and C. Swanton. 1999(1998). Do tillage regimes and crop types influence terrestrial isopod diversity? (with a practical key to identification of species in Northeastern North America). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 129: 39-45.
  • Belaoussoff, S. and P.G. Kevan. 1998. Toward and ecological approach for assessment of ecosystem health. Ecosystem Health 4: 4-8.
  • Allen-Wardell, G., P. Bernhardt, R. Bittner, A. Burquez, S. Buchmann, J. Cane, P.A. Cox, V. Dalton, P. Feinsinger, M. Ingram, D. Inouye, C.E. Jones, K. Kennedy, P. Kevan, H. Koopowitz, R. Medellin and G.P. Nabhan. 1998. The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields. Conservation Biology 12: 8-17.
  • Kevan, P. G., C. F. Greco, & S. Belaoussoff. 1997. Log-normality of biodiversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic heath: pesticide stress on pollinators on blueberry heaths. Journal of Applied Ecology 34: 1122 - 1136.
  • Kevan, P.G., V.G. Thomas & S. Belaoussoff. 1997. AgrECOLture: Defining the ecology in agriculture. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 9: 109-129.
  • Willis, D.S. and P.G. Kevan. 1995. Foraging dynamics of Peponapis pruinosa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) on pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) in southern Ontario. Canadian Entomologist 127: 167-175.
  • Kevan, P.G., B.C. Forbes, S.M. Kevan and V. Behan-Pelletier. 1995. Vehicle tracks on high Arctic tundra: their effects on the soils, vegetation, and soil arthropods. Journal of Applied Ecology 32: 655-667.
  • Thomas, V.G. and P.G. Kevan. 1993. Ecological principles in sustainable agriculture. Journal of Agricultural Environmental Ethics. 1993: 1-9.
  • Peng, G., J.C. Sutton and P.G. Kevan. 1992. Effectiveness of honey bees for applying the biocontrol agent Gliocladium roseum to strawberry flowers to suppress Botrytis cinerea. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 14(2): 117-129.
  • Kevan, P.G., W.A. Straver, M. Offer and T.M. Laverty. 1992. Pollination of greenhouse tomatoes by bumble bees in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 122: 15-19.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1991. Pollination: keystone process in sustainable global productivity. Acta Horticulturae 288: 103-110.
  • Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V. Thomas. 1990. Insect pollinators and sustainable agriculture. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 5: 13-22.
  • Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas. 1990. Pollination: A crucial ecological and mutualistic link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 121: 43-48.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
  • Kevan, P. G., M. S. Al-mazra'awi, J. C. Sutton, L. Tam, G. Boland, B. Broadbent, S. V. Thomson, and G. J. Brewer. 2003. Using pollinators to deliver biological control agents against crop pests. In: Downer, R. A., J. C. Mueninghoff, and G. C. Volgas (eds). Pesticide Formulations and Delivery Systems: Meeting the Challenges of the Current Crop Protection Industry. American Society for Testing and Materials International, West Conshohoken, PA. Publication ASTM STP 1430. Pp. 148 - 153.
  • Kevan, P.G. 2000. Pollination as a problem: An integrated approach in ecosystem health from agriculture to conservation of nature. Encontro sobre Abelhos. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, p 130. (Invited)
  • Kevan, P.G., J.C. Sutton, L. Tam, M. Al-Mazra'awi and G.J. Boland. 2000. Bees as vectors for biological control agents. Seventh International Conference on Tropical Bees: Management and Diversity and V Asian Apicultural Association Conference, 19-25 March, 2000. (Invited Session Convenor - Bees in Crop Production). Chiang Mai, Thailand, p. 303-308.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1999. Crop pollination today and tomorrow: Problems confronting apiculture and crop pollination. Apimondia Congress. Vancouver, BC, p 181. (Invited).
  • Kevan, P.G. 1999. Pollination of field crops. Apimondia Congress, (Moderator). Vancouver, BC. (Invited)
  • Kevan, P. G. 2001. Pollinators as sensitive bio-indicators of environmental conditions: Ecological and practical concerns. In: K.N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaankar, and K.S. Bawa (eds). Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Oxford and IBH Publishing co. Pvt. Ltd. pp. 198-199.
  • Kevan, P.G. 2000. Specifics to holism in new approaches to pollinator conservation. (Keynote Address). Pollination Ecology and its Contribution to Conservation Biodiversity, (Andhra University). pp. 1-4.
  • Kevan, P.G., J.C. Sutton, L. Tam, M. Al-Mazra'awi and G.J. Boland. 2000. Bees as vectors for biological control agents. Seventh International Conference on Tropical Bees: Management and Diversity and V Asian Apicultural Association Conference, 19-25 March, 2000. (Invited Session Convenor - Bees in Crop Production). Chiang Mai, Thailand. p. 303-308.
  • Kevan, P.G. 2001. Sustainable pollination and biocontrol services with bees. Proceedings Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturalists 2001. pp. 47-55.
  • Kevan, P.G. 2000. Sustainable pollination and biocontrol services with bees. Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists Proceedings 2000. pp 33-44.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1994. Pollination in modern agriculture: changing practices; new and hybrid crops. pp. 398-409. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT. pp. 398-409.
  • Kevan, P.G. 1994. Conservation and management of pollinators: an issue in sustainable global productivity. pp. 281-288. In: Asian Apiculture (Conner, L.J., T. Rinderer, A. Sylvester and S. Wongsiri (Eds.)). Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT.
  • Kevan, P.G., E.A. Clark and V.G. Thomas. 1991. Pollination: A crucial link in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture. Proceedings of the First Conference on Agroforestry in North America Guelph, August 13-16, 1989. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. pp. 242-248.
Non-Refereed Conference Presentations and Popular Press
  • Kevan, P.G. 2002. Bees. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada.
  • Kevan, P.G. 2002. Beekeeping. The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Foundation of Canada.
  • Kevan, P.G. and M. Robinson. 2001. Secrets of the hoary squash bee uncovered. Fruit and Vegetable Magazine 57(1): 42-43.
  • Nasr, M. and P.G. Kevan. 1999. IPM for diseases and parasites in honey bees. Pest Management News 10(4): 3.