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Title: Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
Contributor(s): Garibaldi, Lucas A (author); Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf (author); Bartomeus, Ignasi (author); Benjamin, Faye (author); Boreux, Virginie (author); Cariveau, Daniel (author); Chacoff, Natacha P (author); Dudenhoffer, Jan H (author); Freitas, Breno M (author); Ghazoul, Jaboury (author); Greenleaf, Sarah (author); Hipolito, Juliana (author); Winfree, Rachael (author); Holzschuh, Andrea (author); Howlett, Brad G (author); Isaacs, Rufus (author); Javorek, Steven K (author); Kennedy, Christina M (author); Krewenka, Kristin M (author); Krishnan, Smitha (author); Mandelik, Yael (author); Mayfield, Margaret M (author); Motzke, Iris (author); Aizen, Marcelo A (author); Munyuli, Theodore (author); Nault, Brian A (author); Otieno, Mark (author); Petersen, Jessica (author); Pisanty, Gideon (author); Potts, Simon G (author); Rader, Romina  (author)orcid ; Ricketts, Taylor H (author); Rundlof, Maj (author); Seymour, Colin L (author); Bommarco, Riccardo (author); Schuepp, Christof (author); Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka (author); Taki, Hisatomo (author); Tscharntke, Teja (author); Vergara, Carlos H (author); Viana, Blandina F (author); Wanger, Thomas C (author); Westphal, Catrin (author); Williams, Neal (author); Klein, Alexandra M (author); Cunningham, Saul A (author); Kremen, Claire (author); Carvalheiro, Luisa G (author); Harder, Lawrence D (author); Afik, Ohad (author)
Publication Date: 2013
DOI: 10.1126/science.1230200
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13942
Abstract: The diversity and abundance of wild insect pollinators have declined in many agricultural landscapes. Whether such declines reduce crop yields, or are mitigated by managed pollinators such as honey bees, is unclear. We found universally positive associations of fruit set with flower visitation by wild insects in 41 crop systems worldwide. In contrast, fruit set increased significantly with flower visitation by honey bees in only 14% of the systems surveyed. Overall, wild insects pollinated crops more effectively; an increase in wild insect visitation enhanced fruit set by twice as much as an equivalent increase in honey bee visitation. Visitation by wild insects and honey bees promoted fruit set independently, so pollination by managed honey bees supplemented, rather than substituted for, pollination by wild insects. Our results suggest that new practices for integrated management of both honey bees and diverse wild insect assemblages will enhance global crop yields.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Science, 339(6127), p. 1608-1611
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1095-9203
0036-8075
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070301 Agro-ecosystem Function and Prediction
060202 Community Ecology (excl Invasive Species Ecology)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300402 Agro-ecosystem function and prediction
310302 Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960904 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management
960804 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 180607 Terrestrial erosion
180603 Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use
180606 Terrestrial biodiversity
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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