Using ecological and field survey data to establish a national list of the wild bee pollinators of crops
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Yn: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Cyfrol 315, 107447, 01.08.2021.
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T1 - Using ecological and field survey data to establish a national list of the wild bee pollinators of crops
AU - Hutchinson, Louise A.
AU - Oliver, Tom H.
AU - Breeze, Tom D.
AU - Bailes, Emily J.
AU - Brünjes, Lisa
AU - Campbell, Alistair J.
AU - Erhardt, Andreas
AU - Groot, G. Arjen de
AU - Földesi, Rita
AU - García, Daniel
AU - Goulson, Dave
AU - Hainaut, Hélène
AU - Hambäck, Peter A.
AU - Holzschuh, Andrea
AU - Jauker, Frank
AU - Klatt, Björn K.
AU - Klein, Alexandra-Maria
AU - Kleijn, David
AU - Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó
AU - Krimmer, Elena
AU - McKerchar, Megan
AU - Miñarro, Marcos
AU - Phillips, Benjamin B.
AU - Potts, Simon G.
AU - Pufal, Gesine
AU - Radzevičiūtė, Rita
AU - Roberts, Stuart P.M.
AU - Samnegård, Ulrika
AU - Schulze, Jürg
AU - Shaw, Rosalind F.
AU - Tscharntke, Teja
AU - Vereecken, Nicolas J.
AU - Westbury, Duncan B.
AU - Westphal, Catrin
AU - Wietzke, Alexander
AU - Woodcock, Ben A.
AU - Garratt, Michael P.D.
PY - 2021/8/1
Y1 - 2021/8/1
N2 - The importance of wild bees for crop pollination is well established, but less is known about which species contribute to service delivery to inform agricultural management, monitoring and conservation. Using sites in Great Britain as a case study, we use a novel qualitative approach combining ecological information and field survey data to establish a national list of crop pollinating bees for four economically important crops (apple, field bean, oilseed rape and strawberry). A traits data base was used to establish potential pollinators, and combined with field data to identify both dominant crop flower visiting bee species and other species that could be important crop pollinators, but which are not presently sampled in large numbers on crops flowers. Whilst we found evidence that a small number of common, generalist species make a disproportionate contribution to flower visits, many more species were identified as potential pollinators, including rare and specialist species. Furthermore, we found evidence of substantial variation in the bee communities of different crops. Establishing a national list of crop pollinators is important for practitioners and policy makers, allowing targeted management approaches for improved ecosystem services, conservation and species monitoring. Data can be used to make recommendations about how pollinator diversity could be promoted in agricultural landscapes. Our results suggest agri-environment schemes need to support a higher diversity of species than at present, notably of solitary bees. Management would also benefit from targeting specific species to enhance crop pollination services to particular crops. Whilst our study is focused upon Great Britain, our methodology can easily be applied to other countries, crops and groups of pollinating insects.
AB - The importance of wild bees for crop pollination is well established, but less is known about which species contribute to service delivery to inform agricultural management, monitoring and conservation. Using sites in Great Britain as a case study, we use a novel qualitative approach combining ecological information and field survey data to establish a national list of crop pollinating bees for four economically important crops (apple, field bean, oilseed rape and strawberry). A traits data base was used to establish potential pollinators, and combined with field data to identify both dominant crop flower visiting bee species and other species that could be important crop pollinators, but which are not presently sampled in large numbers on crops flowers. Whilst we found evidence that a small number of common, generalist species make a disproportionate contribution to flower visits, many more species were identified as potential pollinators, including rare and specialist species. Furthermore, we found evidence of substantial variation in the bee communities of different crops. Establishing a national list of crop pollinators is important for practitioners and policy makers, allowing targeted management approaches for improved ecosystem services, conservation and species monitoring. Data can be used to make recommendations about how pollinator diversity could be promoted in agricultural landscapes. Our results suggest agri-environment schemes need to support a higher diversity of species than at present, notably of solitary bees. Management would also benefit from targeting specific species to enhance crop pollination services to particular crops. Whilst our study is focused upon Great Britain, our methodology can easily be applied to other countries, crops and groups of pollinating insects.
KW - Agri-environment Schemes
KW - Apple
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Crop pollination
KW - Dominant pollinators
KW - Ecosystem services
KW - Field bean
KW - Oilseed rape
KW - Rare species
KW - Strawberry
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107447
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107447
M3 - Article
VL - 315
JO - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
JF - Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
SN - 0167-8809
M1 - 107447
ER -