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Requier F, Pérez-Méndez N, Andersson GKS, Blareau E, Merle I, Garibaldi LA. Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security. Trends Ecol Evol 2023; 38:196-205. [PMID: 36503679 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity, conservation status, and role of bee and non-bee pollinators in 83 different crops described either as important for the global food market or of local importance. Bees are the most commonly recorded crop floral visitors. However, non-bee pollinators are frequently recorded visitors to crops of local importance. Non-bee pollinators in tropical ecosystems include nocturnal insects, bats, and birds. Importantly, nocturnal pollinators are neglected in current diurnal-oriented research and are experiencing declines. The integration of non-bee pollinators into scientific studies and conservation agenda is urgently required for more sustainable agriculture and safeguarding food security for both globally and locally important crops.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fabrice Requier
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR Évolution, Génomes, Comportement et Écologie, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 232 62, Sweden
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR Évolution, Génomes, Comportement et Écologie, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, IRD, UMR Évolution, Génomes, Comportement et Écologie, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, San Carlos de Bariloche, 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
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Allen-Perkins A, Magrach A, Dainese M, Garibaldi LA, Kleijn D, Rader R, Reilly JR, Winfree R, Lundin O, McGrady CM, Brittain C, Biddinger DJ, Artz DR, Elle E, Hoffman G, Ellis JD, Daniels J, Gibbs J, Campbell JW, Brokaw J, Wilson JK, Mason K, Ward KL, Gundersen KB, Bobiwash K, Gut L, Rowe LM, Boyle NK, Williams NM, Joshi NK, Rothwell N, Gillespie RL, Isaacs R, Fleischer SJ, Peterson SS, Rao S, Pitts-Singer TL, Fijen T, Boreux V, Rundlöf M, Viana BF, Klein AM, Smith HG, Bommarco R, Carvalheiro LG, Ricketts TH, Ghazoul J, Krishnan S, Benjamin FE, Loureiro J, Castro S, Raine NE, de Groot GA, Horgan FG, Hipólito J, Smagghe G, Meeus I, Eeraerts M, Potts SG, Kremen C, García D, Miñarro M, Crowder DW, Pisanty G, Mandelik Y, Vereecken NJ, Leclercq N, Weekers T, Lindstrom SAM, Stanley DA, Zaragoza-Trello C, Nicholson CC, Scheper J, Rad C, Marks EAN, Mota L, Danforth B, Park M, Bezerra ADM, Freitas BM, Mallinger RE, da Silva FO, Willcox B, Ramos DL, da Silva E Silva FD, Lázaro A, Alomar D, González-Estévez MA, Taki H, Cariveau DP, Garratt MPD, Nabaes Jodar DN, Stewart RIA, Ariza D, Pisman M, Lichtenberg EM, Schüepp C, Herzog F, Entling MH, Dupont YL, Michener CD, Daily GC, Ehrlich PR, Burns KLW, Vilà M, Robson A, Howlett B, Blechschmidt L, Jauker F, Schwarzbach F, Nesper M, Diekötter T, Wolters V, Castro H, Gaspar H, Nault BA, Badenhausser I, Petersen JD, Tscharntke T, Bretagnolle V, Chan DSW, Chacoff N, Andersson GKS, Jha S, Colville JF, Veldtman R, Coutinho J, Bianchi FJJA, Sutter L, Albrecht M, Jeanneret P, Zou Y, Averill AL, Saez A, Sciligo AR, Vergara CH, Bloom EH, Oeller E, Badano EI, Loeb GM, Grab H, Ekroos J, Gagic V, Cunningham SA, Åström J, Cavigliasso P, Trillo A, Classen A, Mauchline AL, Montero-Castaño A, Wilby A, Woodcock BA, Sidhu CS, Steffan-Dewenter I, Vogiatzakis IN, Herrera JM, Otieno M, Gikungu MW, Cusser SJ, Nauss T, Nilsson L, Knapp J, Ortega-Marcos JJ, González JA, Osborne JL, Blanche R, Shaw RF, Hevia V, Stout J, Arthur AD, Blochtein B, Szentgyorgyi H, Li J, Mayfield MM, Woyciechowski M, Nunes-Silva P, de Oliveira RH, Henry S, Simmons BI, Dalsgaard B, Hansen K, Sritongchuay T, O'Reilly AD, García FJC, Parra GN, Pigozo CM, Bartomeus I. CropPol: a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. Ecology 2021; 103:e3614. [PMID: 34921678 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, we present CropPol, a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. It contains measurements recorded from 202 crop studies, covering 3,394 field observations, 2,552 yield measurements (i.e. berry weight, number of fruits and kg per hectare, among others), and 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops distributed around the globe. CropPol comprises 32 of the 87 leading global crops and commodities that are pollinator dependent. Malus domestica is the most represented crop (32 studies), followed by Brassica napus (22 studies), Vaccinium corymbosum (13 studies), and Citrullus lanatus (12 studies). The most abundant pollinator guilds recorded are honey bees (34.22% counts), bumblebees (19.19%), flies other than Syrphidae and Bombyliidae (13.18%), other wild bees (13.13%), beetles (10.97%), Syrphidae (4.87%), and Bombyliidae (0.05%). Locations comprise 34 countries distributed among Europe (76 studies), Northern America (60), Latin America and the Caribbean (29), Asia (20), Oceania (10), and Africa (7). Sampling spans three decades and is concentrated on 2001-05 (21 studies), 2006-10 (40), 2011-15 (88), and 2016-20 (50). This is the most comprehensive open global data set on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators and pollination to date, and we encourage researchers to add more datasets to this database in the future. This data set is released for non-commercial use only. Credits should be given to this paper (i.e., proper citation), and the products generated with this database should be shared under the same license terms (CC BY-NC-SA). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alfonso Allen-Perkins
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain.,Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica, Automática y Física Aplicada, ETSIDI, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change-BC3, Edif. Sede 1, 1°, Parque Científico UPV-EHU, Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, María Díaz de Haro 3, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina.,Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University Fruit Research and Extension Center, Biglerville, PA, USA
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Logan, UT, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
| | - Joshua W Campbell
- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.,USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
| | - Julianna K Wilson
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - Keith Mason
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - Kimiora L Ward
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - Kyle Bobiwash
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.,Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
| | - Larry Gut
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - Logan M Rowe
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - Natalie K Boyle
- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Logan, UT, USA.,Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
| | - Neal M Williams
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
| | - Neelendra K Joshi
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
| | - Nikki Rothwell
- Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center, Michigan State University, Traverse City, MI, USA
| | - Robert L Gillespie
- Agriculture and Natural Resource Program, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA, USA
| | - Rufus Isaacs
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - Shelby J Fleischer
- Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
| | | | - Sujaya Rao
- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Virginie Boreux
- ETH Zürich - Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems - Ecosystem Management - Universitaetstrasse 16, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.,University of Freiburg - Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology - Tennenbacher Str. 4, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
| | - Blandina Felipe Viana
- Biology Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.,National Institute of Science and Technology in Inter and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution - INCT IN-TREE, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
| | - Alexandra-Maria Klein
- University of Freiburg - Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology - Tennenbacher Str. 4, Freiburg, Germany
| | - Henrik G Smith
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
| | - Riccardo Bommarco
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Luísa G Carvalheiro
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.,Ecology Department, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Brasil
| | - Taylor H Ricketts
- Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.,Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Jaboury Ghazoul
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Smitha Krishnan
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zurich, Switzerland.,Bioversity International, Bangalore, India
| | - Faye E Benjamin
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
| | - João Loureiro
- FLOWer Lab, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Sílvia Castro
- FLOWer Lab, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Nigel E Raine
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
| | | | - Finbarr G Horgan
- EcoLaverna Integral Restoration Ecology, Kildinan, Co. Cork, Ireland.,Universidad Católica del Maule, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Escuela de Agronomía, Casilla 7-D, Curicó, Chile
| | - Juliana Hipólito
- Coordination of Research in Biodiversity - COBIO, 2936 André Araújo Ave, Petrópolis, National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), Manaus, AM, Brazil
| | - Guy Smagghe
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plant and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Ivan Meeus
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plant and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Maxime Eeraerts
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plant and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Simon G Potts
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Claire Kremen
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA
| | - Daniel García
- Universidad de Oviedo y Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Biodiversidad (CSIC-Uo-, PA, Spain
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- Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), Spain
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- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) , Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, Brussels, Belgium
| | - Nicolas Leclercq
- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) , Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, Brussels, Belgium
| | - Timothy Weekers
- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) , Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/02, Brussels, Belgium
| | - Sandra A M Lindstrom
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Swedish Rural Economy and Agricultural Society, SE-291 09, Kristianstad, Sweden
| | - Dara A Stanley
- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
| | - Carlos Zaragoza-Trello
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain
| | - Charlie C Nicholson
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
| | - Jeroen Scheper
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Carlos Rad
- Composting Research Group UBUCOMP, Universidad de Burgos, Faculty of Sciences, Pl. Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain
| | - Evan A N Marks
- BETA Technological Center, University of Vic-University of Central Catalonia, Carrer de la Laura 13, Vic, Catalonia, Spain
| | - Lucie Mota
- FLOWer Lab, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Zootecnia, Campus Universitário do Pici, Bloco 808, Caixa Postal 12168, CEP 60356-000, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Zootecnia, Campus Universitário do Pici, Bloco 808, Caixa Postal 12168, CEP 60356-000, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science and Technology in Inter and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution - INCT IN-TREE, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.,Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)
| | - Bryony Willcox
- School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
| | | | | | - Amparo Lázaro
- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (UIB-CSIC). Global Change Research Group. C/ Miquel Marquès 21, 09190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
| | | | - Miguel A González-Estévez
- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (UIB-CSIC). Global Change Research Group. C/ Miquel Marquès 21, 09190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
| | - Hisatomo Taki
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - Daniel P Cariveau
- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
| | - Michael P D Garratt
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Diego N Nabaes Jodar
- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina
| | - Rebecca I A Stewart
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - Daniel Ariza
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plant and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Matti Pisman
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plant and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Elinor M Lichtenberg
- Department of Entomology, Washington State University.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas
| | - Christof Schüepp
- iES Landau Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-, Landau, Germany
| | - Felix Herzog
- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Martin H Entling
- iES Landau Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-, Landau, Germany
| | - Yoko L Dupont
- Dept. of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8410 Roende, Denmark
| | - Charles D Michener
- Entomology Division, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.,Deceased
| | - Gretchen C Daily
- Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Paul R Ehrlich
- Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Katherine L W Burns
- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
| | - Montserrat Vilà
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain.,Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
| | - Andrew Robson
- Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre (AARSC), University of New England, Armidale, Australia
| | - Brad Howlett
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd
| | - Leah Blechschmidt
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
| | - Frank Jauker
- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
| | - Franziska Schwarzbach
- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
| | - Maike Nesper
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zurich, Switzerland
| | | | - Volkmar Wolters
- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
| | - Helena Castro
- FLOWer Lab, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Hugo Gaspar
- FLOWer Lab, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, Portugal
| | | | - Isabelle Badenhausser
- INRAE, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies Plantes Fourragères, Lusignan, France.,UMR 7372, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Université de la Rochelle & CNRS, Villiers en Bois, France
| | | | | | | | - D Susan Willis Chan
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
| | | | - Georg K S Andersson
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - Jonathan F Colville
- The Centre for Statistics in Ecology, the Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
| | | | | | - Felix J J A Bianchi
- Farming Systems Ecology, Wageningen University and Research, AK, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Louis Sutter
- Plant-Production Systems, Agroscope, Route des Eterpys 18, CH-1964, Conthey, Switzerland
| | - Matthias Albrecht
- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Philippe Jeanneret
- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Yi Zou
- Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
| | - Anne L Averill
- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA, USA
| | - Agustin Saez
- INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue) Bariloche - Rio Negro, Argentina
| | - Amber R Sciligo
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA, USA
| | - Carlos H Vergara
- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Cholula, Pue., Mexico
| | - Elias H Bloom
- Department of Entomology, Washington State University
| | | | - Ernesto I Badano
- División de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C., Mexico
| | - Gregory M Loeb
- Department of Entomology, Cornell Agritech, Cornell University
| | - Heather Grab
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
| | - Johan Ekroos
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
| | - Vesna Gagic
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.,Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, QLD, 4001, Australia
| | - Saul A Cunningham
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
| | | | - Pablo Cavigliasso
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia. Programa Nacional Apicultura (PNAPI), Argentina
| | - Alejandro Trillo
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain
| | - Alice Classen
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg
| | - Alice L Mauchline
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Ana Montero-Castaño
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
| | - Andrew Wilby
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK
| | | | - C Sheena Sidhu
- San Mateo Resource Conservation District, California, UK
| | | | | | - José M Herrera
- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
| | - Mark Otieno
- Department of Agricultural Resource Management, University of Embu, Kenya
| | - Mary W Gikungu
- Department of Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
| | | | - Thomas Nauss
- Environmental Informatics, Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg
| | - Lovisa Nilsson
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
| | - Jessica Knapp
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, UK
| | - Jorge J Ortega-Marcos
- Social-ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - José A González
- Social-ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - Juliet L Osborne
- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, UK
| | | | - Rosalind F Shaw
- Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, UK
| | - Violeta Hevia
- Social-ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução da Biodiversidade, Escola de Ciência, Pontifícia Univ Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil
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- The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | - Michał Woyciechowski
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University
| | - Patrícia Nunes-Silva
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução da Biodiversidade, Escola de Ciência, Pontifícia Univ Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil
| | - Rosana Halinski de Oliveira
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução da Biodiversidade, Escola de Ciência, Pontifícia Univ Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil
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- Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, UK
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan Province, China
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Abejas (LABUN), Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá.,Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza-, CE, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Abejas (LABUN), Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain
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Garratt MPD, de Groot GA, Albrecht M, Bosch J, Breeze TD, Fountain MT, Klein AM, McKerchar M, Park M, Paxton RJ, Potts SG, Pufal G, Rader R, Senapathi D, Andersson GKS, Bernauer OM, Blitzer EJ, Boreux V, Campbell AJ, Carvell C, Földesi R, García D, Garibaldi LA, Hambäck PA, Kirkitadze G, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Martins KT, Miñarro M, O'Connor R, Radzeviciute R, Roquer-Beni L, Samnegård U, Scott L, Vereecken NJ, Wäckers F, Webber SM, Japoshvili G, Zhusupbaeva A. Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect-pollinated crop. Ecol Appl 2021; 31:e02445. [PMID: 34448315 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Pollinators face multiple pressures and there is evidence of populations in decline. As demand for insect-pollinated crops increases, crop production is threatened by shortfalls in pollination services. Understanding the extent of current yield deficits due to pollination and identifying opportunities to protect or improve crop yield and quality through pollination management is therefore of international importance. To explore the extent of "pollination deficits," where maximum yield is not being achieved due to insufficient pollination, we used an extensive dataset on a globally important crop, apples. We quantified how these deficits vary between orchards and countries and we compared "pollinator dependence" across different apple varieties. We found evidence of pollination deficits and, in some cases, risks of overpollination were even apparent for which fruit quality could be reduced by too much pollination. In almost all regions studied we found some orchards performing significantly better than others in terms of avoiding a pollination deficit and crop yield shortfalls due to suboptimal pollination. This represents an opportunity to improve production through better pollinator and crop management. Our findings also demonstrated that pollinator dependence varies considerably between apple varieties in terms of fruit number and fruit quality. We propose that assessments of pollination service and deficits in crops can be used to quantify supply and demand for pollinators and help to target local management to address deficits although crop variety has a strong influence on the role of pollinators.
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- Michael P D Garratt
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, SAPD, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
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- Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR), P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Eidgenössisches Departement für Wirtschaft, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046, Zürich, Switzerland
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- CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalunya, Spain
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, SAPD, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
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- Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Geography, Archaeology and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, WR2 6AJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58201, USA
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- Institute for Biology, Martin Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Hoher Weg 8, Halle (Saale), 06120, Germany
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, SAPD, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
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- Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 2351, Australia
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, SAPD, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, 2753, New South Wales, Australia
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- Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Albert-Ludwigs-University, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, OX10 8BB, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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- Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Depto. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas (Universidad de Oviedo) and Instituto Mixto de Investigación en Biodiversidad (IMIB, CSIC-Universidad de Oviedo-Principado de Asturias), C/Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, Oviedo, E-33006, Asturias, Spain
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, San Carlos de Bariloche, 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
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia, 0159, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 0G4, Québec, Canada
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- Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), Apdo. 13, Villaviciosa, E-33300, Asturias, Spain
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, SAPD, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Evolution and Animal Systematics, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstraβe 33, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Agroecology Lab, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/2, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, LA1 4YQ, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, SAPD, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia, 0159, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, 237 Panfilova str., Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Andersson GKS, Concepción ED, Hipólito J, Morales MB, Persson AS. Editorial: Habitat Modification and Landscape Fragmentation in Agricultural Ecosystems: Implications for Biodiversity and Landscape Multi-Functionality. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.799322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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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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- 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
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- Institute for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- 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
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- Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina
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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 Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
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- 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
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- Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, UK
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- 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
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- Centre for Pollination Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- 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
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- Setor de Abelhas, Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
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- 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
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- IMBE, Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Université, CNRS, IRD, Marseille, France
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- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, USA
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, New Zealand
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.,Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, East Lansing, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Biology, Biodiversity, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Heidelberg Research Service, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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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 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
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- 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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Pérez‐Méndez N, Andersson GKS, Requier F, Hipólito J, Aizen MA, Morales CL, García N, Gennari GP, Garibaldi LA. The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production. J Appl Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Néstor Pérez‐Méndez
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural Universidad Nacional de Río Negro San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro Argentina
- IRTA Estació Experimental de l'Ebre Tarragona Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural Universidad Nacional de Río Negro San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro Argentina
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research Lund University Lund Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural Universidad Nacional de Río Negro San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro Argentina
- Evolution Génome Comportement et Ecologie CNRSIRDUniversité Paris‐SudUniversité Paris‐Saclay Paris France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural Universidad Nacional de Río Negro San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA Amazonas Manaus Brazil
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- Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización INIBIOMAUniversidad Nacional del Comahue and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina
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- Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización INIBIOMAUniversidad Nacional del Comahue and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina
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- Centro Pyme Adeneu Agencia de desarrollo económico del Neuquén Neuquén Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Famaillá – Programa Nacional de Apicultura (PROAPI) Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) Tucumán Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural Universidad Nacional de Río Negro San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro Argentina
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Dainese M, Martin EA, Aizen MA, Albrecht M, Bartomeus I, Bommarco R, Carvalheiro LG, Chaplin-Kramer R, Gagic V, Garibaldi LA, Ghazoul J, Grab H, Jonsson M, Karp DS, Kennedy CM, Kleijn D, Kremen C, Landis DA, Letourneau DK, Marini L, Poveda K, Rader R, Smith HG, Tscharntke T, Andersson GKS, Badenhausser I, Baensch S, Bezerra ADM, Bianchi FJJA, Boreux V, Bretagnolle V, Caballero-Lopez B, Cavigliasso P, Ćetković A, Chacoff NP, Classen A, Cusser S, da Silva e Silva FD, de Groot GA, Dudenhöffer JH, Ekroos J, Fijen T, Franck P, Freitas BM, Garratt MPD, Gratton C, Hipólito J, Holzschuh A, Hunt L, Iverson AL, Jha S, Keasar T, Kim TN, Kishinevsky M, Klatt BK, Klein AM, Krewenka KM, Krishnan S, Larsen AE, Lavigne C, Liere H, Maas B, Mallinger RE, Martinez Pachon E, Martínez-Salinas A, Meehan TD, Mitchell MGE, Molina GAR, Nesper M, Nilsson L, O'Rourke ME, Peters MK, Plećaš M, Potts SG, Ramos DDL, Rosenheim JA, Rundlöf M, Rusch A, Sáez A, Scheper J, Schleuning M, Schmack JM, Sciligo AR, Seymour C, Stanley DA, Stewart R, Stout JC, Sutter L, Takada MB, Taki H, Tamburini G, Tschumi M, Viana BF, Westphal C, Willcox BK, Wratten SD, Yoshioka A, Zaragoza-Trello C, Zhang W, Zou Y, Steffan-Dewenter I. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaax0121. [PMID: 31663019 PMCID: PMC6795509 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem functions critical to food production. Whether crop yield-related ecosystem services can be maintained by a few dominant species or rely on high richness remains unclear. Using a global database from 89 studies (with 1475 locations), we partition the relative importance of species richness, abundance, and dominance for pollination; biological pest control; and final yields in the context of ongoing land-use change. Pollinator and enemy richness directly supported ecosystem services in addition to and independent of abundance and dominance. Up to 50% of the negative effects of landscape simplification on ecosystem services was due to richness losses of service-providing organisms, with negative consequences for crop yields. Maintaining the biodiversity of ecosystem service providers is therefore vital to sustain the flow of key agroecosystem benefits to society.
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- Matteo Dainese
- Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, 8400 Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Integrative Ecology, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG), Goiânia, Brazil
- Faculdade de Ciencias, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- CSIRO, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural (IRNAD), Sede Andina, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) y CONICET, Mitre 630, CP 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Global Lands Program, The Nature Conservancy, 117 E. Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524, USA
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, Wageningen 6708 PB, Netherlands
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- IRES and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Entomology and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, 204 CIPS, 578 Wilson Ave, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- DAFNAE, University of Padova, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Biology, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- USC1339 INRA-CNRS, CEBC UMR 7372, CNRS and Université de La Rochelle, Beauvoir sur Niort 79360, France
- INRA, Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères (URP3F), Lusignan 86600, France
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- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Functional Agrobiodiversity, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
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- Farming Systems Ecology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
- Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Straße 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- LTSER Zone Atelier Plaine and Val de Sevre, CEBC UMR 7372, CNRS and Université de La Rochelle, Beauvoir sur Niort 79360, France
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Concordia, Estacion Yuqueri y vias del Ferrocarril s/n, 3200 Entre Rios, Argentina
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, CONICET, 4107 Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, USA
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- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Mato Grosso, Campus of Barra do Garças/MT, 78600-000, Brazil
- Center of Sustainable Development, University of Brasília (UnB)—Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasília-DF 70910-900, Brazil
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- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME44TB, UK
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, Wageningen 6708 PB, Netherlands
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- INRA, UR 1115, Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, 84000 Avignon, France
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- Departamento de Zootecnia–CCA, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60.356-000 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Reading University, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
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- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural (IRNAD), Sede Andina, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) y CONICET, Mitre 630, CP 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), CEP 69.067-375 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Human-Environment Systems, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 205 W 24th Street, 401 Biological Laboratories, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa, Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, 125 Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS 66503, USA
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- Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, 3498838 Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
- Agroecology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Straße 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
- Bioversity International, Bangalore 560 065, India
- Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131, USA
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- INRA, UR 1115, Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, 84000 Avignon, France
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- Department of Environmental Studies, Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 9812, USA
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- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
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- Agriculture, Livestock and Agroforestry Program, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Cartago, Turrialba 30501, Costa Rica
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- Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Cátedra de Avicultura, Cunicultura y Apicultura, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CABA C1417DSE, Argentina
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- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Ecology, UnB—Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília-DF 70910-900, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- INRA, UMR 1065 Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, ISVV, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, F-33883 Villenave d’Ornon Cedex, France
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- INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, Quintral 1250, 8400 Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, Wageningen 6708 PB, Netherlands
- Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science and Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Services, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 188-0002 Tokyo, Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Tennenbacher Straße 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40170-210 Salvador, Brazil
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- Functional Agrobiodiversity, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Environment and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Fukushima Branch, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 963-770 Fukushima, Japan
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- Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20005, USA
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- Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong–Liverpool University, 215123, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Martin EA, Dainese M, Clough Y, Báldi A, Bommarco R, Gagic V, Garratt MPD, Holzschuh A, Kleijn D, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Marini L, Potts SG, Smith HG, Al Hassan D, Albrecht M, Andersson GKS, Asís JD, Aviron S, Balzan MV, Baños-Picón L, Bartomeus I, Batáry P, Burel F, Caballero-López B, Concepción ED, Coudrain V, Dänhardt J, Diaz M, Diekötter T, Dormann CF, Duflot R, Entling MH, Farwig N, Fischer C, Frank T, Garibaldi LA, Hermann J, Herzog F, Inclán D, Jacot K, Jauker F, Jeanneret P, Kaiser M, Krauss J, Le Féon V, Marshall J, Moonen AC, Moreno G, Riedinger V, Rundlöf M, Rusch A, Scheper J, Schneider G, Schüepp C, Stutz S, Sutter L, Tamburini G, Thies C, Tormos J, Tscharntke T, Tschumi M, Uzman D, Wagner C, Zubair-Anjum M, Steffan-Dewenter I. The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe. Ecol Lett 2019; 22:1083-1094. [PMID: 30957401 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement of crop fields and other habitats in landscapes impacts arthropods and their functions is poorly known. Synthesising data from 49 studies (1515 landscapes) across Europe, we examined effects of landscape composition (% habitats) and configuration (edge density) on arthropods in fields and their margins, pest control, pollination and yields. Configuration effects interacted with the proportions of crop and non-crop habitats, and species' dietary, dispersal and overwintering traits led to contrasting responses to landscape variables. Overall, however, in landscapes with high edge density, 70% of pollinator and 44% of natural enemy species reached highest abundances and pollination and pest control improved 1.7- and 1.4-fold respectively. Arable-dominated landscapes with high edge densities achieved high yields. This suggests that enhancing edge density in European agroecosystems can promote functional biodiversity and yield-enhancing ecosystem services.
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- Emily A Martin
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, 39100, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 22362, Lund, Sweden
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- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute for Ecology and Botany, Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Reading University, RG6 6AR, UK
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute for Ecology and Botany, Lendület Ecosystem Services Research Group, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- DAFNAE, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Reading University, RG6 6AR, UK
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 22362, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- UMR 6553 Ecobio, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 22362, Lund, Sweden
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- Departamento de Biología Animal (Área de Zoología), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Applied Sciences, Malta, College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), Paola, Malta.,Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Animal (Área de Zoología), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), E-41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- MTA ÖK Lendület Landscape and Conservation Ecology Research Group, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- UMR 6553 Ecobio, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- Department of Arthropods, Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona, Castell dels Tres Dragons, Picasso Av, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (BGC-MNCN-CSIC), C/Serrano 115 bis, E-28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE), Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Avignon, 13545, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 22362, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (BGC-MNCN-CSIC), C/Serrano 115 bis, E-28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Landscape Ecology, Kiel University, Olshausenstrasse 75, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Biometry& Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstr. 7, 76829, Landau, Germany
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- Department of Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch Str. 8, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Restoration Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute of Zoology, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, A-1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural (IRNAD), Sede Andina, Universidad, Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mitre 630, CP 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Department of Landscape Ecology, Kiel University, Olshausenstrasse 75, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, INABIO - Facultad de Ciencias Agícolas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, 170129, Ecuador
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, Belgrade, 11 000, Serbia
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, 84914, Avignon, France
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, I-56127, Pisa, Italy
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- INDEHESA, Forestry School, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, 10600, Spain
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- INRA, UMR 1065 SAVE, ISVV, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, F-33883, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Animal Ecology Team, Wageningen Environmental Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, 2800, Delémont, Switzerland
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Natural Resources Research Laboratory, Bremer Str. 15, 29308, Winsen, Germany
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- Departamento de Biología Animal (Área de Zoología), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Grisebachstrasse 6, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Crop Protection, Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, 65366, Geisenheim, Germany
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- LfL, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Institut für Ökologischen Landbau, Bodenkultur und Ressourcenschutz, Lange Point 12, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Zoology & Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Wintermantel D, Locke B, Andersson GKS, Semberg E, Forsgren E, Osterman J, Rahbek Pedersen T, Bommarco R, Smith HG, Rundlöf M, de Miranda JR. Field-level clothianidin exposure affects bumblebees but generally not their pathogens. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5446. [PMID: 30575755 PMCID: PMC6303475 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07914-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Neonicotinoids are implicated in bee declines and laboratory studies imply that they impair the bee immune system, thereby precipitating a rise in pathogen levels. To establish whether such synergisms reduce bee performance in real-world agricultural landscapes, we analysed the microbial composition of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) samples from our recent landscape study on the impacts of field-level clothianidin exposure. We related clothianidin exposure and microbial composition to both individual- and colony-level performance parameters, to better understand the direct and indirect mechanistic effects of neonicotinoid exposure on bumblebees. We show that exposure to clothianidin from seed-coated oilseed rape reduces bumblebee size and numbers, particularly of reproductives. However, exposure does not affect the levels of non-pathogenic bacteria or viruses, nor induce rises in the levels or virulence of intracellular parasites. We conclude that field exposure to the neonicotinoid clothianidin affects bumblebee performance but generally not their pathogenic or beneficial microbiota.
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- Dimitry Wintermantel
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
- INRA, UE 1255 APIS, Le Magneraud, 17700, Surgères, France.
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS & Université de La Rochelle, 79360, Villiers-en-Bois, France.
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
- Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology, 06120, Halle, Germany
- Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ Leipzig, ESCALATE, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Mario Porcel
- Integrated Plant Protection Unit, Department of Plant Protection BiologySwedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden
- Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Agrosavia) Meta Colombia
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- Centre for Environmental and Climate ResearchLund University Lund Sweden
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural (IRNAD), Sede AndinaUniversidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina
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- Integrated Plant Protection Unit, Department of Plant Protection BiologySwedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden
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- Integrated Plant Protection Unit, Department of Plant Protection BiologySwedish University of Agricultural Sciences Alnarp Sweden
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Nilsson L, Andersson GKS, Birkhofer K, Smith HG. Ignoring Ecosystem-Service Cascades Undermines Policy for Multifunctional Agricultural Landscapes. Front Ecol Evol 2017. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Ekroos J, Ödman AM, Andersson GKS, Birkhofer K, Herbertsson L, Klatt BK, Olsson O, Olsson PA, Persson AS, Prentice HC, Rundlöf M, Smith HG. Sparing Land for Biodiversity at Multiple Spatial Scales. Front Ecol Evol 2016. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ahrenfeldt EJ, Klatt BK, Arildsen J, Trandem N, Andersson GKS, Tscharntke T, Smith HG, Sigsgaard L. Pollinator communities in strawberry crops - variation at multiple spatial scales. Bull Entomol Res 2015; 105:497-506. [PMID: 25908227 DOI: 10.1017/s000748531500036x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Predicting potential pollination services of wild bees in crops requires knowledge of their spatial distribution within fields. Field margins can serve as nesting and foraging habitats for wild bees and can be a source of pollinators. Regional differences in pollinator community composition may affect this spill-over of bees. We studied how regional and local differences affect the spatial distribution of wild bee species richness, activity-density and body size in crop fields. We sampled bees both from the field centre and at two different types of semi-natural field margins, grass strips and hedges, in 12 strawberry fields. The fields were distributed over four regions in Northern Europe, representing an almost 1100 km long north-south gradient. Even over this gradient, daytime temperatures during sampling did not differ significantly between regions and did therefore probably not impact bee activity. Bee species richness was higher in field margins compared with field centres independent of field size. However, there was no difference between centre and margin in body-size or activity-density. In contrast, bee activity-density increased towards the southern regions, whereas the mean body size increased towards the north. In conclusion, our study revealed a general pattern across European regions of bee diversity, but not activity-density, declining towards the field interior which suggests that the benefits of functional diversity of pollinators may be difficult to achieve through spill-over effects from margins to crop. We also identified dissimilar regional patterns in bee diversity and activity-density, which should be taken into account in conservation management.
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- E J Ahrenfeldt
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,Faculty of Science,University of Copenhagen,Thorvaldsensvej 40,1871 Frederiksberg C,Denmark
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- Agroecology,Georg-August-University Göttingen,Grisebachstraße 6,37077 Göttingen,Germany
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,Faculty of Science,University of Copenhagen,Thorvaldsensvej 40,1871 Frederiksberg C,Denmark
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- Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk),Høgskoleveien 7,1432 Ås,Norway
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- Department of Biology,Lund University,Ecology building,223 62 Lund,Sweden
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- Agroecology,Georg-August-University Göttingen,Grisebachstraße 6,37077 Göttingen,Germany
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- Department of Biology,Lund University,Ecology building,223 62 Lund,Sweden
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,Faculty of Science,University of Copenhagen,Thorvaldsensvej 40,1871 Frederiksberg C,Denmark
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Rundlöf M, Andersson GKS, Bommarco R, Fries I, Hederström V, Herbertsson L, Jonsson O, Klatt BK, Pedersen TR, Yourstone J, Smith HG. Seed coating with a neonicotinoid insecticide negatively affects wild bees. Nature 2015; 521:77-80. [DOI: 10.1038/nature14420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 668] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Pollination of insect pollinated crops has been found to be correlated to pollinator abundance and diversity. Since organic farming has the potential to mitigate negative effects of agricultural intensification on biodiversity, it may also benefit crop pollination, but direct evidence of this is scant. We evaluated the effect of organic farming on pollination of strawberry plants focusing on (1) if pollination success was higher on organic farms compared to conventional farms, and (2) if there was a time lag from conversion to organic farming until an effect was manifested. We found that pollination success and the proportion of fully pollinated berries were higher on organic compared to conventional farms and this difference was already evident 2–4 years after conversion to organic farming. Our results suggest that conversion to organic farming may rapidly increase pollination success and hence benefit the ecosystem service of crop pollination regarding both yield quantity and quality.
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- Georg K S Andersson
- Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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Jonason D, Andersson GKS, Ockinger E, Rundlöf M, Smith HG, Bengtsson J. Assessing the effect of the time since transition to organic farming on plants and butterflies. J Appl Ecol 2011; 48:543-550. [PMID: 21731110 PMCID: PMC3123746 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01989.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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1. Environmental changes may not always result in rapid changes in species distributions, abundances or diversity. In order to estimate the effects of, for example, land‐use changes caused by agri‐environment schemes (AES) on biodiversity and ecosystem services, information on the time‐lag between the application of the scheme and the responses of organisms is essential. 2. We examined the effects of time since transition (TST) to organic farming on plant species richness and butterfly species richness and abundance. Surveys were conducted in cereal fields and adjacent field margins on 60 farms, 20 conventional and 40 organic, in two regions in Sweden. The organic farms were transferred from conventional management between 1 and 25 years before the survey took place. The farms were selected along a gradient of landscape complexity, indicated by the proportion of arable land, so that farms with similar TST were represented in all landscape types. Organism responses were assessed using model averaging. 3. Plant and butterfly species richness was c. 20% higher on organic farms and butterfly abundance was about 60% higher, compared with conventional farms. Time since transition affected butterfly abundance gradually over the 25‐year period, resulting in a 100% increase. In contrast, no TST effect on plant or butterfly species richness was found, indicating that the main effect took place immediately after the transition to organic farming. 4. Increasing landscape complexity had a positive effect on butterfly species richness, but not on butterfly abundance or plant species richness. There was no indication that the speed of response to organic farming was affected by landscape complexity. 5.
Synthesis and applications. The effect of organic farming on diversity was rapid for plant and butterfly species richness, whereas butterfly abundance increased gradually with time since transition. If time‐lags in responses to AESs turn out to be common, long‐term effects would need to be included in management recommendations and policy to capture the full potential of such schemes.
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