Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2014
Contribution of insect pollinators to crop yield and quality varies with agricultural intensification
Bartomeus I, Potts SG, Steffan-Dewenter I, Vaissière BE, Woyciechowski M, Krewenka KM, Tscheulin T, Roberts SPM, Szentgyörgyi H, Westphal C, Bommarco RAbstract
Discussion. For the four crops in this study, there is clear benefit delivered by pollinators on yield quantity and/or quality, but it is not maximized under current agricultural intensification. Honeybees, the most abundant pollinator, might partially compensate the loss of wild pollinators in some areas, but our results suggest the need of landscape-scale actions to enhance wild pollinator populations.Keywords
Biodiversity; Pollination; Honeybees; Wild bees; Agroecosystems; Ecosystem servicesPublished in
PeerJ2014, volume: 2, article number: 328
Authors' information
Bartomeus, Ignasi
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Potts, Simon G.
University of Reading
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
University of Würzburg
Vaissière, Bernard E.
National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA)
Woyciechowski, Michal
Jagiellonian University
Krewenka, Kristin
University of Göttingen
Tscheulin, Thomas
University of the Aegean
Roberts, Stuart P.M.
University of Reading
Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka
Jagiellonian University
Westphal, Catrin
University of Göttingen
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Ecology
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.328
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/64881