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Title: | Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation | Contributor(s): | Kleijn, David (author); Winfree, Rachael (author); Ricketts, Taylor H (author); Williams, Neal M (author); Lee Adamson, Nancy (author); Ascher, John S (author); Baldi, Andras (author); Batary, Peter (author); Benjamin, Faye (author); Biesmeijer, Jacobus C (author); Blitzer, Eleanor J (author); Bommarco, Riccardo (author); Bartomeus, Ignasi (author); Brand, Mariette R (author); Bretagnolle, Vincent (author); Button, Lindsey (author); Cariveau, Daniel P (author); Chifflet, Remy (author); Colville, Jonathan F (author); Danforth, Bryan N (author); Elle, Elizabeth (author); Garratt, Michael PD (author); Herzog, Felix (author); Carvalheiro, Luisa G (author); Holzschuh, Andrea (author); Howlett, Brad G (author); Jauker, Frank (author); Jha, Shalene (author); Knop, Eva (author); Krewenka, Kristin M (author); Le Feon, Violette (author); Mandelik, Yael (author); May, Emily A (author); Park, Mia G (author); Henry, Mickael (author); Pisanty, Gideon (author); Reemer, Menno (author); Riedinger, Verena (author); Rollin, Orianne (author); Rundlof, Maj (author); Sardinas, Hillary S (author); Scheper, Jeroen (author); Sciligo, Amber R (author); Smith, Henrik G (author); Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf (author); Isaacs, Rufus (author); Thorp, Robbin (author); Tscharntke, Teja (author); Verhulst, Jort (author); Viana, Blandina F (author); Vaissiere, Bernard E (author); Veldtman, Ruan (author); Ward, Kimiora L (author); Westphal, Catrin (author); Potts, Simon G (author); Klein, Alexandra-Maria (author); Kremen, Claire (author); M'Gonigle, Leithen K (author); Rader, Romina (author) | Publication Date: | 2015 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1038/ncomms8414 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19559 | Abstract: | There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and these ecosystem services have become a key argument for biodiversity conservation. However, it is unclear how much biodiversity is needed to deliver ecosystem services in a cost-effective way. Here we show that, while the contribution of wild bees to crop production is significant, service delivery is restricted to a limited subset of all known bee species. Across crops, years and biogeographical regions, crop-visiting wild bee communities are dominated by a small number of common species, and threatened species are rarely observed on crops. Dominant crop pollinators persist under agricultural expansion and many are easily enhanced by simple conservation measures, suggesting that cost-effective management strategies to promote crop pollination should target a different set of species than management strategies to promote threatened bees. Conserving the biological diversity of bees therefore requires more than just ecosystem-service-based arguments. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Nature Communications, v.6, p. 1-9 | Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 2041-1723 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 050102 Ecosystem Function 050104 Landscape Ecology 060202 Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 410203 Ecosystem function 410206 Landscape ecology 310302 Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales 960504 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180403 Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems 180601 Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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