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Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain
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Pollination is a critical ecosystem service underpinning the productivity of agricultural systems across the world. Wild insect populations provide a substantial contribution to the productivity of many crops and seed set of wild flowers. However, large-scale evidence on species-specific trends among wild pollinators are lacking. Here we show substantial inter-specific variation in pollinator trends, based on occupancy models for 353 wild bee and hoverfly species in Great Britain between 1980 and 2013. Furthermore, we estimate a net loss of over 2.7 million occupied 1 km 2 grid cells across all species. Declines in pollinator evenness suggest that losses were concentrated in rare species. In addition, losses linked to specific habitats were identified, with a 55% decline among species associated with uplands. This contrasts with dominant crop pollinators, which increased by 12%, potentially in response agri-environment measures. The general declines highlight a fundamental deterioration in both wider biodiversity and non-crop pollination services.
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- Authors
- Powney, G. D., Carvell, C., Edwards, M., Morris, R. K. A., Roy, H. E., Woodcock, B. A., & Isaac, N. J. B.
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2019-03-26
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1018-1018
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2922733861
- Cited by
- 671
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 66.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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