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Senapathi D, Fründ J, Albrecht M, Garratt MPD, Kleijn D, Pickles BJ, Potts SG, An J, Andersson GKS, Bänsch S, Basu P, Benjamin F, Bezerra ADM, Bhattacharya R, Biesmeijer JC, Blaauw B, Blitzer EJ, Brittain CA, Carvalheiro LG, Cariveau DP, Chakraborty P, Chatterjee A, Chatterjee S, Cusser S, Danforth BN, Degani E, Freitas BM, Garibaldi LA, Geslin B, de Groot GA, Harrison T, Howlett B, Isaacs R, Jha S, Klatt BK, Krewenka K, Leigh S, Lindström SAM, Mandelik Y, McKerchar M, Park M, Pisanty G, Rader R, Reemer M, Rundlöf M, Smith B, Smith HG, Silva PN, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tscharntke T, Webber S, Westbury DB, Westphal C, Wickens JB, Wickens VJ, Winfree R, Zhang H, Klein AM. Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities. Proc Biol Sci 2021; 288:20210212. [PMID: 33726596 PMCID: PMC8059553 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
While an increasing number of studies indicate that the range, diversity and abundance of many wild pollinators has declined, the global area of pollinator-dependent crops has significantly increased over the last few decades. Crop pollination studies to date have mainly focused on either identifying different guilds pollinating various crops, or on factors driving spatial changes and turnover observed in these communities. The mechanisms driving temporal stability for ecosystem functioning and services, however, remain poorly understood. Our study quantifies temporal variability observed in crop pollinators in 21 different crops across multiple years at a global scale. Using data from 43 studies from six continents, we show that (i) higher pollinator diversity confers greater inter-annual stability in pollinator communities, (ii) temporal variation observed in pollinator abundance is primarily driven by the three-most dominant species, and (iii) crops in tropical regions demonstrate higher inter-annual variability in pollinator species richness than crops in temperate regions. We highlight the importance of recognizing wild pollinator diversity in agricultural landscapes to stabilize pollinator persistence across years to protect both biodiversity and crop pollination services. Short-term agricultural management practices aimed at dominant species for stabilizing pollination services need to be considered alongside longer term conservation goals focussed on maintaining and facilitating biodiversity to confer ecological stability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Deepa Senapathi
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
| | - Matthias Albrecht
- Institute for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Michael P D Garratt
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - David Kleijn
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Brian J Pickles
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Jiandong An
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
| | - Georg K S Andersson
- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina
| | - Svenja Bänsch
- Functional Agrobiodiversity, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
| | - Parthiba Basu
- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
| | - Faye Benjamin
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
| | - Antonio Diego M Bezerra
- Setor de Abelhas, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
| | | | - Claire A Brittain
- Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, UK
| | - Luísa G Carvalheiro
- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, Brazil.,Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
| | - Soumik Chatterjee
- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
| | - Sarah Cusser
- W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, MI, USA
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Breno M Freitas
- Setor de Abelhas, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
| | - Lucas A Garibaldi
- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
| | - Benoit Geslin
- IMBE, Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD, Marseille, France
| | - G Arjen de Groot
- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Tina Harrison
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, USA
| | - Brad Howlett
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, New Zealand
| | - Rufus Isaacs
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.,Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, East Lansing, USA
| | - Shalene Jha
- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
| | - Björn Kristian Klatt
- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Biology, Biodiversity, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
| | - Kristin Krewenka
- Heidelberg Research Service, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Samuel Leigh
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Department of Biology, Biodiversity, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.,Swedish Rural Economy and Agricultural Society, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- Department of Entomology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- School of Science and Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.,Field Engine Wildlife Research and Management, Moodus, CT 06469, USA
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Biodiversity, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.,Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, UK
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- Centre of Environmental and Climate Research & Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Av. Unisinos, 950, São Leopoldo, RS, Caixa Postal 93022-750, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- School of Science and Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK
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- Functional Agrobiodiversity, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
| | - Hong Zhang
- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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