Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
(2013) In Science 339(6127). p.1608-1611- 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... (More)
- 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. (Less)
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- Garibaldi, Lucas A.
; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
; Winfree, Rachael
; Aizen, Marcelo A.
; Bommarco, Riccardo
; Cunningham, Saul A.
; Kremen, Claire
; Carvalheiro, Luisa G.
; Harder, Lawrence D.
; Afik, Ohad
; Bartomeus, Ignasi
; Benjamin, Faye
; Boreux, Virginie
; Cariveau, Daniel
; Chacoff, Natacha P.
; Dudenhoeffer, Jan H.
; Freitas, Breno M.
; Ghazoul, Jaboury
; Greenleaf, Sarah
; Hipolito, Juliana
; Holzschuh, Andrea
; Howlett, Brad
; Isaacs, Rufus
; Javorek, Steven K.
; Kennedy, Christina M.
; Krewenka, Kristin M.
; Krishnan, Smitha
; Mandelik, Yael
; Mayfield, Margaret M.
; Motzke, Iris
; Munyuli, Theodore
; Nault, Brian A.
; Otieno, Mark
; Petersen, Jessica
; Pisanty, Gideon
; Potts, Simon G.
; Rader, Romina
; Ricketts, Taylor H.
; Rundlöf, Maj
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; Seymour, Colleen L.
; Schueepp, Christof
; Szentgyoergyi, Hajnalka
; Taki, Hisatomo
; Tscharntke, Teja
; Vergara, Carlos H.
; Viana, Blandina F.
; Wanger, Thomas C.
; Westphal, Catrin
; Williams, Neal
and Klein, Alexandra M.
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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.}},
author = {{Garibaldi, Lucas A. and Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf and Winfree, Rachael and Aizen, Marcelo A. and Bommarco, Riccardo and Cunningham, Saul A. and Kremen, Claire and Carvalheiro, Luisa G. and Harder, Lawrence D. and Afik, Ohad and Bartomeus, Ignasi and Benjamin, Faye and Boreux, Virginie and Cariveau, Daniel and Chacoff, Natacha P. and Dudenhoeffer, Jan H. and Freitas, Breno M. and Ghazoul, Jaboury and Greenleaf, Sarah and Hipolito, Juliana and Holzschuh, Andrea and Howlett, Brad and Isaacs, Rufus and Javorek, Steven K. and Kennedy, Christina M. and Krewenka, Kristin M. and Krishnan, Smitha and Mandelik, Yael and Mayfield, Margaret M. and Motzke, Iris and Munyuli, Theodore and Nault, Brian A. and Otieno, Mark and Petersen, Jessica and Pisanty, Gideon and Potts, Simon G. and Rader, Romina and Ricketts, Taylor H. and Rundlöf, Maj and Seymour, Colleen L. and Schueepp, Christof and Szentgyoergyi, Hajnalka and Taki, Hisatomo and Tscharntke, Teja and Vergara, Carlos H. and Viana, Blandina F. and Wanger, Thomas C. and Westphal, Catrin and Williams, Neal and Klein, Alexandra M.}},
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title = {{Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance}},
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