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A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

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Kennedy, Christina M., Lonsdorf, Eric, Neel, Maile C., Williams, Neal M., Ricketts, Taylor H., Winfree, Rachael, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brittain, Claire +33 more·2013·Ecology Letters

Abstract

Bees provide essential pollination services that are potentially affected both by local farm management and the surrounding landscape. To better understand these different factors, we modelled the relative effects of landscape composition (nesting and floral resources within foraging distances), landscape configuration (patch shape, interpatch connectivity and habitat aggregation) and farm management (organic vs. conventional and local‐scale field diversity), and their interactions, on wild bee abundance and richness for 39 crop systems globally. Bee abundance and richness were higher in diversified and organic fields and in landscapes comprising more high‐quality habitats; bee richness on conventional fields with low diversity benefited most from high‐quality surrounding land cover. Landscape configuration effects were weak. Bee responses varied slightly by biome. Our synthesis reveals that pollinator persistence will depend on both the maintenance of high‐quality habitats around farms and on local management practices that may offset impacts of intensive monoculture agriculture.

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Kennedy, C. M., Lonsdorf, E., Neel, M. C., Williams, N. M., Ricketts, T. H., Winfree, R., Bommarco, R., Brittain, C., Burley, A. L., Cariveau, D., Carvalheiro, L. G., Chacoff, N. P., Cunningham, S. A., Danforth, B. N., Dudenhöffer, J., Elle, E., Gaines, H. R., Garibaldi, L. A., Gratton, C., Holzschuh, A., Isaacs, R., Javorek, S. K., Jha, S., Klein, A. M., Krewenka, K., Mandelik, Y., Mayfield, M. M., Morandin, L., Neame, L. A., Otieno, M., Park, M., Potts, S. G., Rundlöf, M., Saez, A., Steffan‐Dewenter, I., Taki, H., Viana, B. F., Westphal, C., Wilson, J. K., Greenleaf, S. S., & Kremen, C.
Affiliations
  • Lincoln Park Zoo (US)
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • University of Vermont (US)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
  • Leuphana University of Lüneburg (DE)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL)
  • National University of Tucumán (AR)
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
  • Cornell University (US)
  • University of Göttingen (DE)
  • Simon Fraser University (CA)
  • Department of Entomology University of Wisconsin 1630 Linden Drive Madison WI 53706 USA
  • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • University of Würzburg (DE)
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (CA)
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
  • University of Reading (GB)
  • Lund University (SE)
  • Laboratorio Ecotono‐CRUB Universidad Nacional del Comahue ‐ INIBIOMA (8400) San Carlos de Bariloche Río Negro Argentina
  • Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Biocenter University of Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
  • Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (JP)
  • Universidade Federal da Bahia (BR)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author
Kennedy, Christina M.
Venue
Ecology Letters
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-03-11
Volume
16
Issue
5
Pages
584-599
ISSN
  • 1461-023X (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-0248
OpenAlex
W2151300021
Cited by
1,255
References
48
Citations by year
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FWCI
84.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Ecology Letters (publishedVersion)
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  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (publishedVersion)
  • Multilingual Matters (Channel View Publications) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
  • GRO (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria) (submittedVersion)
  • CONICET Digital (CONICET) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0072909, 0919128)
  • World Wildlife Fund
  • Harvard University
  • New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Nature Conservancy
  • European Commission (244090)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KL 1849/4-1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and animal studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect and Pesticide Research
Keywords
wild bees, pollinators, agroecosystems, landscape composition, landscape configuration, farm management, organic farming, conventional farming, nesting habitat, floral resources, patch connectivity, pollinator abundance, pollinator species richness, pollination services, monoculture agriculture, land cover
MeSH terms
Agriculture, Animals, Bees, Climate, Models, Theoretical, Population Density, Ecosystem, Crops, Agricultural, Flowers, Pollination

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