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4. Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect-pollinated crop

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Garratt, Michael P. D., de Groot, G. Arjen, Albrecht, Matthias, Bosch, Jordi, Breeze, Tom D., Fountain, Michelle T., Klein, Alexandra M., McKerchar, Megan, Park, Mia, Paxton, Robert J., Potts, Simon G., Pufal, Gesine, Rader, Romina, Senapathi, Deepa, Andersson, Georg K. S., Bernauer, Olivia M., Blitzer, Eleanor J., Boreux, Virginie, Campbell, Alistair J., Carvell, Claire, Földesi, Rita, Garcia, Daniel, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Hambäck, Peter A., Kirkitadze, Giorgi, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Martins, Kyle T., Miñarro, Marcos, O’Connor, Rory, Radzeviciute, Rita, Roquer-Beni, Laura, Samnegård, Ulrika, Scott, Lorraine, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Wäckers, Felix, Webber, Sean M., Japoshvili, George, and Zhusupbaeva, Aigul

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2021

7. The importance of biotic interactions in distribution models of wild bees depends on the type of ecological relations, spatial scale and range

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Moens, M. (Merijn), Biesmeijer, J.C. (Koos), Huang, Elaine, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Marshall, Leon, Moens, M. (Merijn), Biesmeijer, J.C. (Koos), Huang, Elaine, Vereecken, Nicolas J., and Marshall, Leon

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Studies have found that biotic information can play an important role in shaping the distribution of species even at large scales. However, results from species distribution models are not always consistent among studies and the underlying factors that influ- ence the importance of biotic information to distribution models, are unclear. We studied wild bees and plants, and cleptoparasite bees and their hosts in the Netherlands to evaluate how the inclusion of their biotic interactions affects the performance of species distribution models. We assessed model performance through spatial block cross-validation and by comparing models with interactions to models where the inter- acting species was randomized. Finally, we evaluated how, 1) spatial resolution, 2) taxonomic rank (genus or species), 3) degree of specialization, 4) distribution of the biotic factor, 5) bee body size and 6) type of biotic interaction, affect the importance of biotic interactions in shaping the distribution of wild bee species using generalized lin- ear models (GLMs). We found that the models of wild bees improved when the biotic factor was included. The model performance improved the most for parasitic bees. Spatial resolution, taxonomic rank, distribution range of the biotic factor and degree of specialization of the modelled species all influenced the importance of the biotic interaction to the models. We encourage researchers to include biotic interactions in species distribution models, especially for specialized species and when the biotic fac- tor has a limited distribution range. However, before adding the biotic factor we sug- gest considering different spatial resolutions and taxonomic ranks of the biotic factor. We recommend using single species or genus data as a biotic factor in the models of specialist species and for the generalist species, we recommend using an approximate measure of interactions, such as flower richness.

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2024
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8. Understanding and addressing shortfalls in European wild bee data

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Marshall, L. (Leon), Leclercq, Nicolas, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Dathe, Holger H., Jacobi, Bernhard, Kuhlmann, Michael, Potts, Simon G., Rasmont, Pierre, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Vereecken, Nicolas J., Marshall, L. (Leon), Leclercq, Nicolas, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Dathe, Holger H., Jacobi, Bernhard, Kuhlmann, Michael, Potts, Simon G., Rasmont, Pierre, Roberts, Stuart P.M., and Vereecken, Nicolas J.

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Understanding and reversing biodiversity decline in the Anthropocene requires robust data on species taxonomic identity, distribution, ecology, and population trends. Data deficits hinder biodiversity assessments and conservation, and despite major advances over the past few decades, our understanding of bee diversity, decline and distribution in Europe is still hampered by such data shortfalls. Using a unique digital dataset of wild bee occurrence and ecology, we identify seven critical shortfalls which are an absence of knowledge on geographic distributions, (functional) trait variation, population dynamics, evolutionary relationships, biotic interactions, species identity, and tolerance to abiotic conditions. We describe “BeeFall,” an interactive online Shiny app tool, which visualizes these shortfalls and highlights missing data. We also define a new impediment, the Keartonian Impediment, which addresses an absence of high-quality in situ photos and illustrations with diagnostic characteristics and directly affects the outlined shortfalls. Shortfalls are highly correlated at both the provincial and national scales, identifying key areas in Europe where knowledge gaps can be filled. This work provides an important first step towards the long-term goal to mobilize and aggregate European wild bee data into a multiscale, easy access, shareable, and updatable database which can inform research, practice, and policy actions for the conservation of wild bees.

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2024
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17. Can the shape of the wing help in the identification of African stingless bee species? (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) : Wing geometric morphometrics: a tool for african stingless bee taxonomy

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Ndungu, Nelly, Vereecken, Nicolas. J., Gerard, Maxence, Kariuki, Sophia, Kati, Lape Kati, Youbissi, Annie, Nassong, Sabine, Hundt, Baerbel, Jaramillo, Juliana, Nkoba, Kiatoko, Ndungu, Nelly, Vereecken, Nicolas. J., Gerard, Maxence, Kariuki, Sophia, Kati, Lape Kati, Youbissi, Annie, Nassong, Sabine, Hundt, Baerbel, Jaramillo, Juliana, and Nkoba, Kiatoko

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Stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, and they produce medicinal honey. However, their taxonomy and systematics are still debated and would benefit a continent-wide revision. Here, we explore the potential of wing shape in delineation and classification of Afrotropical Meliponini using geometric morphometrics. We sampled 749 specimens from nine countries of sub-Saharan Africa, belonging to the genera Meliponula (n = 8), Dactylurina (n = 2) and Plebeina (n = 1). Specimens collected from Kenya were used as standards to assess similar species collected from other eight African countries. Eleven landmarks were plotted on the right forewing of each specimen to conduct multivariate analyses and group/specimen classification. Our results show that seven out of eleven African stingless bee species were reliably discriminated using wing shape, however, there was overlap in the remaining four species, namely Meliponula cameroonensis, Meliponula ferruginea, Meliponula togoensis and Meliponula erythra. In conclusion geometric morphometrics represent a promising taxonomic tool that can be applied to identify African stingless bee species.

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2023
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18. Intraspecific size shifts in generalist bumblebees and flowers lead to low functional consequences

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Reverte, Sara, Gérard, Maxence, Bodson, Maxime, Descamps, Charlotte, Gosselin, Matthias, Jacquemart, Anne-Laure, Louvieaux, Julien, Smagghe, Guy, Vandamme, Peter, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Michez, Denis, Reverte, Sara, Gérard, Maxence, Bodson, Maxime, Descamps, Charlotte, Gosselin, Matthias, Jacquemart, Anne-Laure, Louvieaux, Julien, Smagghe, Guy, Vandamme, Peter, Vereecken, Nicolas J., and Michez, Denis

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Body size is a trait that can affect plant–pollinator interaction efficiency and plant reproductive success. We explored the impact of intraspecific size shifts on the interactions between pollinators and flowering plants under controlled conditions. We considered two development conditions leading to the production of large and small individual flowers of Borago officinalis and Echium plantagineum. We also used the natural variability of worker size within bumblebee colonies to isolate small and large workers. We performed a fully crossed experiment with the two flower sizes of each plant species and the two sizes of bumblebee workers. Our results show that the size of both partners did not affect bee foraging behavior in most of the evaluated parameters and both bee sizes were equally efficient in depositing pollen. Significant differences were found only in pollen deposition across the life of a flower in small flowers of B. officinalis, with the greatest quantity of pollen deposited by small bees. We did not find a relationship between pollinator size and plant fitness. Our results suggest that generalist plant–pollinator interactions may be resilient to future potential mismatches in the size of the partners but remain to be tested if they are still resilient under the new environmental conditions resulting from global changes.

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2023
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19. National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation

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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Reverté, Sara, Miličić, Marija, Ačanski, Jelena, Andrić, Andrijana, Aracil, Andrea, Aubert, Matthieu, Balzan, Mario Victor, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Bogusch, Petr, Bosch, Jordi, Budrys, Eduardas, Popov, Snežana, Praz, Christophe, Prokhorov, Alex, Quaranta, Marino, Radchenko, Vladimir G., Radenković, Snezana, Rasmont, Pierre, Rasmussen, Claus, Reemer, Menno, Ricarte, Antonio, Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Rojo, Santos, Ropars, Lise, Rosa, Paolo, Ruiz, Carlos, Sentil, Ahlam, Shparyk, Viktor, Smit, Jan, Sommaggio, Daniele, Soon, Villu, Ssymank, Axel, Ståhls, Gunilla, Stavrinides, Menelaos, Straka, Jakub, Tarlap, Peeter, Terzo, Michael, Tomozii, Bogdan, Tot, Tamara, van der Ent, Leendert-Jan, van Steenis, Jeroen, van Steenis, Wouter, Varnava, Androulla I., Vereecken, Nicolas J., Veselić, Sanja, Vesnić, Adi, Weigand, Alexander, Wisniowski, Bogdan, Wood, Thomas J., Zimmermann, Dominique, Michez, Denis, Vujić, Ante, Cantú-Salazar, Lisette, Castro, Silvia, Cornalba, Maurizio, Demeter, Imre, Devalez, Jelle, Dorchin, Achik, Dufrêne, Eric, Đorđević, Aleksandra, Fisler, Lisa, Fitzpatrick, Úna, Flaminio, Simone, Földesi, Rita, Gaspar, Hugo, Genoud, David, Geslin, Benoît, Ghisbain, Guillaume, Gilbert, Francis, Gogala, Andrej, Grković, Ana, Heimburg, Helge, Herrera-Mesías, Fernanda, Jacobs, Maarten, Janković Milosavljević, Marina, Janssen, Kobe, Jensen, Jens-Kjeld, Ješovnik, Ana, Józan, Zsolt, Karlis, Giorgos, Kasparek, Max, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Kuhlmann, Michael, Le Divelec, Romain, Leclercq, Nicolas, Likov, Laura, Litman, Jessica, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Madsen, Henning Bang, Marshall, Leon, Mazánek, Libor, Milić, Dubravka, Mignot, Maud, Mudri-Stojnić, Sonja, Müller, Andreas, Nedeljković, Zorica, Nikolić, Petar, Ødegaard, Frode, Patiny, Sebastien, Paukkunen, Juho, Pennards, Gerard, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste, Perrard, Adrien, Petanidou, Theodora, Pettersson, Lars B., Popov, Grigory, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Reverté, Sara, Miličić, Marija, Ačanski, Jelena, Andrić, Andrijana, Aracil, Andrea, Aubert, Matthieu, Balzan, Mario Victor, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Bogusch, Petr, Bosch, Jordi, Budrys, Eduardas, Popov, Snežana, Praz, Christophe, Prokhorov, Alex, Quaranta, Marino, Radchenko, Vladimir G., Radenković, Snezana, Rasmont, Pierre, Rasmussen, Claus, Reemer, Menno, Ricarte, Antonio, Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Rojo, Santos, Ropars, Lise, Rosa, Paolo, Ruiz, Carlos, Sentil, Ahlam, Shparyk, Viktor, Smit, Jan, Sommaggio, Daniele, Soon, Villu, Ssymank, Axel, Ståhls, Gunilla, Stavrinides, Menelaos, Straka, Jakub, Tarlap, Peeter, Terzo, Michael, Tomozii, Bogdan, Tot, Tamara, van der Ent, Leendert-Jan, van Steenis, Jeroen, van Steenis, Wouter, Varnava, Androulla I., Vereecken, Nicolas J., Veselić, Sanja, Vesnić, Adi, Weigand, Alexander, Wisniowski, Bogdan, Wood, Thomas J., Zimmermann, Dominique, Michez, Denis, Vujić, Ante, Cantú-Salazar, Lisette, Castro, Silvia, Cornalba, Maurizio, Demeter, Imre, Devalez, Jelle, Dorchin, Achik, Dufrêne, Eric, Đorđević, Aleksandra, Fisler, Lisa, Fitzpatrick, Úna, Flaminio, Simone, Földesi, Rita, Gaspar, Hugo, Genoud, David, Geslin, Benoît, Ghisbain, Guillaume, Gilbert, Francis, Gogala, Andrej, Grković, Ana, Heimburg, Helge, Herrera-Mesías, Fernanda, Jacobs, Maarten, Janković Milosavljević, Marina, Janssen, Kobe, Jensen, Jens-Kjeld, Ješovnik, Ana, Józan, Zsolt, Karlis, Giorgos, Kasparek, Max, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Kuhlmann, Michael, Le Divelec, Romain, Leclercq, Nicolas, Likov, Laura, Litman, Jessica, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Madsen, Henning Bang, Marshall, Leon, Mazánek, Libor, Milić, Dubravka, Mignot, Maud, Mudri-Stojnić, Sonja, Müller, Andreas, Nedeljković, Zorica, Nikolić, Petar, Ødegaard, Frode, Patiny, Sebastien, Paukkunen, Juho, Pennards, Gerard, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste, Perrard, Adrien, Petanidou, Theodora, Pettersson, Lars B., and Popov, Grigory

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1. Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems globally, ensuring the seed production of most flowering plants. They are threatened by global changes and knowledge of their distribution at the national and continental levels is needed to implement efficient conservation actions, but this knowledge is still fragmented and/or difficult to access. 2. As a step forward, we provide an updated list of around 3000 European bee and hoverfly species, reflecting their current distributional status at the national level (in the form of present, absent, regionally extinct, possibly extinct or non-native). This work was attainable by incorporating both published and unpublished data, as well as knowledge from a large set of taxonomists and ecologists in both groups. 3. After providing the first National species lists for bees and hoverflies for many countries, we examine the current distributional patterns of these species and designate the countries with highest levels of species richness. We also show that many species are recorded in a single European country, highlighting the importance of articulating European and national conservation strategies. 4. Finally, we discuss how the data provided here can be combined with future trait and Red List data to implement research that will further advance pollinator conservation.

Published
2023

20. National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species:A contribution to pollinator conservation

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Reverté, Sara, Miličić, Marija, Ačanski, Jelena, Andrić, Andrijana, Aracil, Andrea, Aubert, Matthieu, Balzan, Mario Victor, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Bogusch, Petr, Bosch, Jordi, Budrys, Eduardas, Cantú-Salazar, Lisette, Castro, Sílvia, Cornalba, Maurizio, Demeter, Imre, Devalez, Jelle, Dorchin, Achik, Dufrêne, Eric, Đorđević, Aleksandra, Fisler, Lisa, Fitzpatrick, Úna, Flaminio, Simone, Földesi, Rita, Gaspar, Hugo, Genoud, David, Geslin, Benoît, Ghisbain, Guillaume, Gilbert, Francis, Gogala, Andrej, Grković, Ana, Heimburg, Helge, Herrera-Mesías, Fernanda, Jacobs, Maarten, Janković Milosavljević, Marina, Janssen, Kobe, Jensen, Jens Kjeld, Ješovnik, Ana, Józan, Zsolt, Karlis, Giorgos, Kasparek, Max, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Kuhlmann, Michael, Le Divelec, Romain, Leclercq, Nicolas, Likov, Laura, Litman, Jessica, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Madsen, Henning Bang, Marshall, Leon, Mazánek, Libor, Milić, Dubravka, Mignot, Maud, Mudri-Stojnić, Sonja, Müller, Andreas, Nedeljković, Zorica, Nikolić, Petar, Ødegaard, Frode, Patiny, Sebastien, Paukkunen, Juho, Pennards, Gerard, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste, Perrard, Adrien, Petanidou, Theodora, Pettersson, Lars B., Popov, Grigory, Popov, Snežana, Praz, Christophe, Prokhorov, Alex, Quaranta, Marino, Radchenko, Vladimir G., Radenković, Snežana, Rasmont, Pierre, Rasmussen, Claus, Reemer, Menno, Ricarte, Antonio, Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Rojo, Santos, Ropars, Lise, Rosa, Paolo, Ruiz, Carlos, Sentil, Ahlam, Shparyk, Viktor, Smit, Jan, Sommaggio, Daniele, Soon, Villu, Ssymank, Axel, Ståhls, Gunilla, Stavrinides, Menelaos, Straka, Jakub, Tarlap, Peeter, Terzo, Michael, Tomozii, Bogdan, Tot, Tamara, van der Ent, Leendert Jan, van Steenis, Jeroen, van Steenis, Wouter, Varnava, Androulla I., Vereecken, Nicolas J., Veselić, Sanja, Vesnić, Adi, Weigand, Alexander, Wisniowski, Bogdan, Wood, Thomas J., Zimmermann, Dominique, Michez, Denis, Vujić, Ante, Reverté, Sara, Miličić, Marija, Ačanski, Jelena, Andrić, Andrijana, Aracil, Andrea, Aubert, Matthieu, Balzan, Mario Victor, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Bogusch, Petr, Bosch, Jordi, Budrys, Eduardas, Cantú-Salazar, Lisette, Castro, Sílvia, Cornalba, Maurizio, Demeter, Imre, Devalez, Jelle, Dorchin, Achik, Dufrêne, Eric, Đorđević, Aleksandra, Fisler, Lisa, Fitzpatrick, Úna, Flaminio, Simone, Földesi, Rita, Gaspar, Hugo, Genoud, David, Geslin, Benoît, Ghisbain, Guillaume, Gilbert, Francis, Gogala, Andrej, Grković, Ana, Heimburg, Helge, Herrera-Mesías, Fernanda, Jacobs, Maarten, Janković Milosavljević, Marina, Janssen, Kobe, Jensen, Jens Kjeld, Ješovnik, Ana, Józan, Zsolt, Karlis, Giorgos, Kasparek, Max, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Kuhlmann, Michael, Le Divelec, Romain, Leclercq, Nicolas, Likov, Laura, Litman, Jessica, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Madsen, Henning Bang, Marshall, Leon, Mazánek, Libor, Milić, Dubravka, Mignot, Maud, Mudri-Stojnić, Sonja, Müller, Andreas, Nedeljković, Zorica, Nikolić, Petar, Ødegaard, Frode, Patiny, Sebastien, Paukkunen, Juho, Pennards, Gerard, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste, Perrard, Adrien, Petanidou, Theodora, Pettersson, Lars B., Popov, Grigory, Popov, Snežana, Praz, Christophe, Prokhorov, Alex, Quaranta, Marino, Radchenko, Vladimir G., Radenković, Snežana, Rasmont, Pierre, Rasmussen, Claus, Reemer, Menno, Ricarte, Antonio, Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Rojo, Santos, Ropars, Lise, Rosa, Paolo, Ruiz, Carlos, Sentil, Ahlam, Shparyk, Viktor, Smit, Jan, Sommaggio, Daniele, Soon, Villu, Ssymank, Axel, Ståhls, Gunilla, Stavrinides, Menelaos, Straka, Jakub, Tarlap, Peeter, Terzo, Michael, Tomozii, Bogdan, Tot, Tamara, van der Ent, Leendert Jan, van Steenis, Jeroen, van Steenis, Wouter, Varnava, Androulla I., Vereecken, Nicolas J., Veselić, Sanja, Vesnić, Adi, Weigand, Alexander, Wisniowski, Bogdan, Wood, Thomas J., Zimmermann, Dominique, Michez, Denis, and Vujić, Ante

Abstract

Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems globally, ensuring the seed production of most flowering plants. They are threatened by global changes and knowledge of their distribution at the national and continental levels is needed to implement efficient conservation actions, but this knowledge is still fragmented and/or difficult to access. As a step forward, we provide an updated list of around 3000 European bee and hoverfly species, reflecting their current distributional status at the national level (in the form of present, absent, regionally extinct, possibly extinct or non-native). This work was attainable by incorporating both published and unpublished data, as well as knowledge from a large set of taxonomists and ecologists in both groups. After providing the first National species lists for bees and hoverflies for many countries, we examine the current distributional patterns of these species and designate the countries with highest levels of species richness. We also show that many species are recorded in a single European country, highlighting the importance of articulating European and national conservation strategies. Finally, we discuss how the data provided here can be combined with future trait and Red List data to implement research that will further advance pollinator conservation., Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems globally, ensuring the seed production of most flowering plants. They are threatened by global changes and knowledge of their distribution at the national and continental levels is needed to implement efficient conservation actions, but this knowledge is still fragmented and/or difficult to access. As a step forward, we provide an updated list of around 3000 European bee and hoverfly species, reflecting their current distributional status at the national level (in the form of present, absent, regionally extinct, possibly extinct or non-native). This work was attainable by incorporating both published and unpublished data, as well as knowledge from a large set of taxonomists and ecologists in both groups. After providing the first National species lists for bees and hoverflies for many countries, we examine the current distributional patterns of these species and designate the countries with highest levels of species richness. We also show that many species are recorded in a single European country, highlighting the importance of articulating European and national conservation strategies. Finally, we discuss how the data provided here can be combined with future trait and Red List data to implement research that will further advance pollinator conservation.

Published
2023

21. Pollinator-flower interactions in gardens during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of 2020

Author

Ollerton, Jeff, Trunschke, Judith, Havens, Kayri, Landaverde-González, Patricia, Keller, Alexander, Gilpin, Amy-Marie, Rech, André Rodrigo, Baronio, Gudryan J., Phillips, Benjamin J., Mackin, Chris, Stanley, Dara A., Treanore, Erin, Baker, Ellen, Rotheray, Ellen L., Erickson, Emily, Fornoff, Felix, Brearley, Francis Q., Ballantyne, Gavin, Iossa, Graziella, Stone, Graham N., Bartomeus, Ignasi, Stockan, Jenni A., Leguizamón, Johana, Prendergast, Kit, Rowley, Lisa, Giovanetti, Manuela, de Oliveira Bueno, Raquel, Wesselingh, Renate A., Mallinger, Rachel, Edmondson, Sally, Howard, Scarlett R., Leonhardt, Sara D., Rojas-Nossa, Sandra V., Brett, Maisie, Joaqui, Tatiana, Antoniazzi, Reuber, Burton, Victoria J., Feng, Hui-Hui, Tian, Zhi-Xi, Xu, Qi, Zhang, Chuan, Shi, Chang-Li, Huang, Shuang-Quan, Cole, Lorna J., Bendifallah, Leila, Ellis, Emilie E., Hegland, Stein Joar, Díaz, Sara Straffon, Lander, Tonya, Mayr, Antonia V., Katzer, Sophie, Dawson, Richard, Eeraerts, Maxime, Armbruster, William Scott, Walton, Becky, Adjlane, Noureddine, Falk, Steven, Mata, Luis, Geiger, Anya Goncalves, Carvell, Claire, Wallace, Claire, Ratto, Fabrizia, Barberis, Marta, Kahane, Fay, Connop, Stuart, Stip, Anthonie, Sigrist, Maria Rosangela, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Baldock, Katherine C.R., Arnold, Sarah E.J., UCL - SST/ELI/ELIB - Biodiversity, Ollerton, Jeff, Trunschke, Judith, Havens, Kayri, Landaverde-González, Patricia, Keller, Alexander, Gilpin, Amy-Marie, Rodrigo Rech, André, Baronio, Gudryan J., Phillips, Benjamin J., Mackin, Chri, Stanley, Dara A., Treanore, Erin, Baker, Ellen, Rotheray, Ellen L., Erickson, Emily, Fornoff, Felix, Brearley, Francis Q., Ballantyne, Gavin, Iossa, Graziella, Stone, Graham N., Bartomeus, Ignasi, Stockan, Jenni A., Leguizamón, Johana, Prendergast, Kit, Rowley, Lisa, Giovanetti, Manuela, De Oliveira Bueno, Raquel, Wesselingh, Renate A., Mallinger, Rachel, Edmondson, Sally, Howard, Scarlett R., Leonhardt, Sara D., Rojas-Nossa, Sandra V., Brett, Maisie, Joaqui, Tatiana, Antoniazzi, Reuber, Burton, Victoria J., Feng, Hui-Hui, Tian, Zhi-Xi, Xu, Qi, Zhang, Chuan, Shi, Chang-Li, Huang, Shuang-Quan, Cole, Lorna J., Bendifallah, Leila, Ellis, Emilie E., Hegland, Stein Joar, Straffon Díaz, Sara, Lander, Tonya Allen, Mayr, Antonia V., Dawson, Richard, Eeraerts, Maxime, Armbruster, W. Scott, Walton, Becky, Adjlane, Noureddine, Falk, Steven, Mata, Lui, Goncalves Geiger, Anya, Carvell, Claire, Wallace, Claire, Ratto, Fabrizia, Barberis, Marta, Kahane, Fay, Connop, Stuart, Stip, Anthonie, Sigrist, Maria Rosangela, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Baldock, Katherine, and Arnold, Sarah E. J.

Subjects
C181 Biodiversity, hummingbirds, nature in cities, species interactions, Ecology, flowers, Biology and Life Sciences, Plant Science, bees, flowers, hummingbirds, insects, pollination, species interactions, C340 Entomology, Ecology and Environment, urban ecology, Insect Science, Animal Science and Zoology, bees, gardens, pollinators, C180 Ecology, insects, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

During the main COVID-19 global pandemic lockdown period of 2020 an impromptu set of pollination ecologists came together via social media and personal contacts to carry out standardised surveys of the flower visits and plants in gardens. The surveys involved 67 rural, suburban and urban gardens, of various sizes, ranging from 61.18° North in Norway to 37.96° South in Australia, resulting in a data set of 25,174 rows, with each row being a unique interaction record for that date/site/plant species, and comprising almost 47,000 visits to flowers, as well as records of flowers that were not visited by pollinators, for over 1,000 species and varieties belonging to more than 460 genera and 96 plant families. The more than 650 species of flower visitors belong to 12 orders of invertebrates and four of vertebrates. In this first publication from the project, we present a brief description of the data and make it freely available for any researchers to use in the future, the only restriction being that they cite this paper in the first instance. The data generated from these global surveys will provide scientific evidence to help us understand the role that private gardens (in urban, rural and suburban areas) can play in conserving insect pollinators and identify management actions to enhance their potential.

Published
2022

26. CropPol: a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

Author

Allen-Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., de Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A. N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., da Silva, Fabiana Oliveira, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., da Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I. A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L. W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Chan, D. Susan Willis, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Aström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, de Oliveira, Rosana Halinski, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., García, Fermín José Chamorro, Parra, Guiomar Nates, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Allen-Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., de Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A. N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., da Silva, Fabiana Oliveira, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., da Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I. A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L. W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Chan, D. Susan Willis, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Aström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, de Oliveira, Rosana Halinski, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., García, Fermín José Chamorro, Parra, Guiomar Nates, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, and Bartomeus, Ignasi

Abstract

Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, we present CropPol, a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. It contains measurements recorded from 202 crop studies, covering 3,394 field observations, 2,552 yield measurements (i.e. berry weight, number of fruits and kg per hectare, among others), and 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops distributed around the globe. CropPol comprises 32 of the 87 leading global crops and commodities that are pollinator dependent. Malus domestica is the most represented crop (32 studies), followed by Brassica napus (22 studies), Vaccinium corymbosum (13 studies), and Citrullus lanatus (12 studies). The most abundant pollinator guilds recorded are honey bees (34.22% counts), bumblebees (19.19%), flies other than Syrphidae and Bombyliidae (13.18%), other wild bees (13.13%), beetles (10.97%), Syrphidae (4.87%), and Bombyliidae (0.05%). Locations comprise 34 countries distributed among Europe (76 studies), Northern America (60), Latin America and the Caribbean (29), Asia (20), Oceania (10), and Africa (7). Sampling spans three decades and is concentrated on 2001-05 (21 studies), 2006-10 (40), 2011-15 (88), and 2016-20 (50). This is the most comprehensive open global data set on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators and pollination to date, and we encourage researchers to add more datasets to this database in the future. This data set is released for non-commercial use only. Credits should be given to this paper (i.e., proper citation), and the products generated with this database should

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2022

27. CropPol:A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

Author

Allen‐Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts‐Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza‐Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A. N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., D. da Silva e Silva, Felipe, Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González‐Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I. A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L. W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Willis Chan, D. Susan, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero‐Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega‐Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes‐Silva, Patrícia, Halinski de Oliveira, Rosana, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., Chamorro García, Fermín José, Nates Parra, Guiomar, Magalhães Pigozo, Camila, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Allen‐Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts‐Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza‐Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A. N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., D. da Silva e Silva, Felipe, Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González‐Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I. A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L. W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Willis Chan, D. Susan, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero‐Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega‐Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes‐Silva, Patrícia, Halinski de Oliveira, Rosana, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., Chamorro García, Fermín José, Nates Parra, Guiomar, Magalhães Pigozo, Camila, and Bartomeus, Ignasi

Abstract

Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, we present CropPol, a dynamic, open, and global database on crop pollination. It contains measurements recorded from 202 crop studies, covering 3,394 field observations, 2,552 yield measurements (i.e., berry mass, number of fruits, and fruit density [kg/ha], among others), and 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops distributed around the globe. CropPol comprises 32 of the 87 leading global crops and commodities that are pollinator dependent. Malus domestica is the most represented crop (32 studies), followed by Brassica napus (22 studies), Vaccinium corymbosum (13 studies), and Citrullus lanatus (12 studies). The most abundant pollinator guilds recorded are honey bees (34.22% counts), bumblebees (19.19%), flies other than Syrphidae and Bombyliidae (13.18%), other wild bees (13.13%), beetles (10.97%), Syrphidae (4.87%), and Bombyliidae (0.05%). Locations comprise 34 countries distributed among Europe (76 studies), North America (60), Latin America and the Caribbean (29), Asia (20), Oceania (10), and Africa (7). Sampling spans three decades and is concentrated on 2001–2005 (21 studies), 2006–2010 (40), 2011–2015 (88), and 2016–2020 (50). This is the most comprehensive open global data set on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators and pollination to date, and we encourage researchers to add more datasets to this database in the future. This data set is released for non-commercial use only. Credits should be given to this paper (i.e., proper citation), and the products generated with this da

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2022

28. Pollinator-flower interactions in gardens during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of 2020

Author

UCL - SST/ELI/ELIB - Biodiversity, Ollerton, Jeff, Trunschke, Judith, Havens, Kayri, Landaverde-González, Patricia, Keller, Alexander, Gilpin, Amy-Marie, Rodrigo Rech, André, Baronio, Gudryan J., Phillips, Benjamin J., Mackin, Chris, Stanley, Dara A., Treanore, Erin, Baker, Ellen, Rotheray, Ellen L., Erickson, Emily, Fornoff, Felix, Brearley, Francis Q., Ballantyne, Gavin, Iossa, Graziella, Stone, Graham N., Bartomeus, Ignasi, Stockan, Jenni A., Leguizamón, Johana, Prendergast, Kit, Rowley, Lisa, Giovanetti, Manuela, de Oliveira Bueno, Raquel, Wesselingh, Renate A., Mallinger, Rachel, Edmondson, Sally, Howard, Scarlett R., Leonhardt, Sara D., Rojas-Nossa, Sandra V., Brett, Maisie, Joaqui, Tatiana, Antoniazzi, Reuber, Burton, Victoria J., Feng, Hui-Hui, Tian, Zhi-Xi, Xu, Qi, Zhang, Chuan, Shi, Chang-Li, Huang, Shuang-Quan, Cole, Lorna J., Bendifallah, Leila, Ellis, Emilie E., Hegland, Stein Joar, Straffon Díaz, Sara, Lander, Tonya, Mayr, Antonia V., Katzer, Sophie, Dawson, Richard, Eeraerts, Maxime, Armbruster, W. Scott, Walton, Becky, Adjlane, Noureddine, Falk, Steven, Mata, Luis, Goncalves Geiger, Anya, Carvell, Claire, Ratto, Fabrizia, Barberis, Marta, Kahane, Fay, Connop, Stuart, Stip, Anthonie, Sigrist, Maria Rosangela, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Baldock, Katherine C.R., Arnold, Sarah E.J., UCL - SST/ELI/ELIB - Biodiversity, Ollerton, Jeff, Trunschke, Judith, Havens, Kayri, Landaverde-González, Patricia, Keller, Alexander, Gilpin, Amy-Marie, Rodrigo Rech, André, Baronio, Gudryan J., Phillips, Benjamin J., Mackin, Chris, Stanley, Dara A., Treanore, Erin, Baker, Ellen, Rotheray, Ellen L., Erickson, Emily, Fornoff, Felix, Brearley, Francis Q., Ballantyne, Gavin, Iossa, Graziella, Stone, Graham N., Bartomeus, Ignasi, Stockan, Jenni A., Leguizamón, Johana, Prendergast, Kit, Rowley, Lisa, Giovanetti, Manuela, de Oliveira Bueno, Raquel, Wesselingh, Renate A., Mallinger, Rachel, Edmondson, Sally, Howard, Scarlett R., Leonhardt, Sara D., Rojas-Nossa, Sandra V., Brett, Maisie, Joaqui, Tatiana, Antoniazzi, Reuber, Burton, Victoria J., Feng, Hui-Hui, Tian, Zhi-Xi, Xu, Qi, Zhang, Chuan, Shi, Chang-Li, Huang, Shuang-Quan, Cole, Lorna J., Bendifallah, Leila, Ellis, Emilie E., Hegland, Stein Joar, Straffon Díaz, Sara, Lander, Tonya, Mayr, Antonia V., Katzer, Sophie, Dawson, Richard, Eeraerts, Maxime, Armbruster, W. Scott, Walton, Becky, Adjlane, Noureddine, Falk, Steven, Mata, Luis, Goncalves Geiger, Anya, Carvell, Claire, Ratto, Fabrizia, Barberis, Marta, Kahane, Fay, Connop, Stuart, Stip, Anthonie, Sigrist, Maria Rosangela, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Baldock, Katherine C.R., and Arnold, Sarah E.J.

Abstract

During the main COVID-19 global pandemic lockdown period of 2020 an impromptu set of pollination ecologists came together via social media and personal contacts to carry out standardised surveys of the flower visits and plants in gardens. The surveys involved 67 rural, suburban and urban gardens, of various sizes, ranging from 61.18° North in Norway to 37.96° South in Australia, resulting in a data set of 25,174 rows, with each row being a unique interaction record for that date/site/plant species, and comprising almost 47,000 visits to flowers, as well as records of flowers that were not visited by pollinators, for over 1,000 species and varieties belonging to more than 460 genera and 96 plant families. The more than 650 species of flower visitors belong to 12 orders of invertebrates and four of vertebrates. In this first publication from the project, we present a brief description of the data and make it freely available for any researchers to use in the future, the only restriction being that they cite this paper in the first instance. The data generated from these global surveys will provide scientific evidence to help us understand the role that private gardens (in urban, rural and suburban areas) can play in conserving insect pollinators and identify management actions to enhance their potential.

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2022

29. CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

Author

Belmont Forum, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, National Science Foundation (US), Allen, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Halinski, Rosana, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Campbell, Joshua W., Hansen, Katrine, Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Michener, Charles D., Gundersen, Knute B., Pisman, Matti, Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Daily, Gretchen C., Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Felipe Viana, Blandina, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Schüepp, Christoff, Ehrlich, Paul R., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Herzog, Felix, Arjen de Groot, Gerard, Burns, Katherine L. W., Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, Gómez García, Daniel, Entling, Martin H., Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Vilà, Montserrat, Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A.M., Stanley, Dara A., Dupont, Yoko L., Zaragoza-Trello, C., Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Robson, Andrew, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A. N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Jauker, Frank, Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Silva, Fabiana Oliveira da, Willcox, Bryony, Howlett, Brad, Ramos, Davi L., Silva, Felipe D. da Silva e, Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Schwarzbach, Franciska, Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego Nicolás, Stewart, Rebecca I. A, Blechschmidt, Leah, Ariza, Daniel, Biddinger, David J., Nesper, Maike, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Artz, Derek R., O'Reilly, Alison D., Willis Chan, D. Susan, Chacoff, Natacha P., Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Chamorro, Fermín José, Elle, Elizabeth, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne, Sáez, Agustín, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Nates, Guiomar, Loeb, Gregory M., Hoffman, George, Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Ellis, James D., Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Daniels, Jared, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Brokaw, Julia, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Gibbs, Jason, Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Jin, Li, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Wilson, Julianna K., Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, Belmont Forum, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, National Science Foundation (US), Allen, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Halinski, Rosana, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Campbell, Joshua W., Hansen, Katrine, Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Michener, Charles D., Gundersen, Knute B., Pisman, Matti, Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Daily, Gretchen C., Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Felipe Viana, Blandina, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Schüepp, Christoff, Ehrlich, Paul R., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Herzog, Felix, Arjen de Groot, Gerard, Burns, Katherine L. W., Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, Gómez García, Daniel, Entling, Martin H., Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Vilà, Montserrat, Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A.M., Stanley, Dara A., Dupont, Yoko L., Zaragoza-Trello, C., Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Robson, Andrew, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A. N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Jauker, Frank, Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Silva, Fabiana Oliveira da, Willcox, Bryony, Howlett, Brad, Ramos, Davi L., Silva, Felipe D. da Silva e, Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Schwarzbach, Franciska, Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego Nicolás, Stewart, Rebecca I. A, Blechschmidt, Leah, Ariza, Daniel, Biddinger, David J., Nesper, Maike, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Artz, Derek R., O'Reilly, Alison D., Willis Chan, D. Susan, Chacoff, Natacha P., Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Chamorro, Fermín José, Elle, Elizabeth, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne, Sáez, Agustín, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Nates, Guiomar, Loeb, Gregory M., Hoffman, George, Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Ellis, James D., Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Daniels, Jared, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Brokaw, Julia, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Gibbs, Jason, Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Jin, Li, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Wilson, Julianna K., and Nunes-Silva, Patrícia

Abstract

Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, we present CropPol, a dynamic, open, and global database on crop pollination. It contains measurements recorded from 202 crop studies, covering 3,394 field observations, 2,552 yield measurements (i.e., berry mass, number of fruits, and fruit density [kg/ha], among others), and 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops distributed around the globe. CropPol comprises 32 of the 87 leading global crops and commodities that are pollinator dependent. Malus domestica is the most represented crop (32 studies), followed by Brassica napus (22 studies), Vaccinium corymbosum (13 studies), and Citrullus lanatus (12 studies). The most abundant pollinator guilds recorded are honey bees (34.22% counts), bumblebees (19.19%), flies other than Syrphidae and Bombyliidae (13.18%), other wild bees (13.13%), beetles (10.97%), Syrphidae (4.87%), and Bombyliidae (0.05%). Locations comprise 34 countries distributed among Europe (76 studies), North America (60), Latin America and the Caribbean (29), Asia (20), Oceania (10), and Africa (7). Sampling spans three decades and is concentrated on 2001¿2005 (21 studies), 2006¿2010 (40), 2011¿2015 (88), and 2016¿2020 (50). This is the most comprehensive open global data set on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators and pollination to date, and we encourage researchers to add more datasets to this database in the future.

Published
2022

30. CropPol:A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

Author

Allen-Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., de Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A.N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., da Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I. A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H, Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L.W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Willis Chan, D. Susan, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H, Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A, Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M, Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, Halinski de Oliveira, Rosana, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., Chamorro García, Fermín José, Nates Parra, Guiomar, Magalhães Pigozo, Camila, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Allen-Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., de Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A.N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., da Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I. A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H, Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L.W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Willis Chan, D. Susan, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H, Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A, Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M, Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, Halinski de Oliveira, Rosana, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., Chamorro García, Fermín José, Nates Parra, Guiomar, Magalhães Pigozo, Camila, and Bartomeus, Ignasi

Abstract

Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, we present CropPol, a dynamic, open, and global database on crop pollination. It contains measurements recorded from 202 crop studies, covering 3,394 field observations, 2,552 yield measurements (i.e., berry mass, number of fruits, and fruit density [kg/ha], among others), and 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops distributed around the globe. CropPol comprises 32 of the 87 leading global crops and commodities that are pollinator dependent. Malus domestica is the most represented crop (32 studies), followed by Brassica napus (22 studies), Vaccinium corymbosum (13 studies), and Citrullus lanatus (12 studies). The most abundant pollinator guilds recorded are honey bees (34.22% counts), bumblebees (19.19%), flies other than Syrphidae and Bombyliidae (13.18%), other wild bees (13.13%), beetles (10.97%), Syrphidae (4.87%), and Bombyliidae (0.05%). Locations comprise 34 countries distributed among Europe (76 studies), North America (60), Latin America and the Caribbean (29), Asia (20), Oceania (10), and Africa (7). Sampling spans three decades and is concentrated on 2001–2005 (21 studies), 2006–2010 (40), 2011–2015 (88), and 2016–2020 (50). This is the most comprehensive open global data set on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators and pollination to date, and we encourage researchers to add more datasets to this database in the future. This data set is released for non-commercial use only. Credits should be given to this paper (i.e., proper citation), and the products generated with this

Published
2022

31. CropPol: a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

Author

Allen‐Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts‐Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A.M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza‐Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A.N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Silva, Fabiana Oliveira, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González‐Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P.D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I.A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L.W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Chan, D. Susan Willis, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K.S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero‐Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega‐Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes‐Silva, Patrícia, Oliveira, Rosana Halinski, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., García, Fermín José Chamorro, Parra, Guiomar Nates, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Allen‐Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts‐Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A.M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza‐Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A.N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Silva, Fabiana Oliveira, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González‐Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P.D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I.A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L.W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Chan, D. Susan Willis, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K.S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero‐Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega‐Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes‐Silva, Patrícia, Oliveira, Rosana Halinski, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., García, Fermín José Chamorro, Parra, Guiomar Nates, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, and Bartomeus, Ignasi

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Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, we present CropPol, a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. It contains measurements recorded from 202 crop studies, covering 3,394 field observations, 2,552 yield measurements (i.e. berry weight, number of fruits and kg per hectare, among others), and 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops distributed around the globe. CropPol comprises 32 of the 87 leading global crops and commodities that are pollinator dependent. Malus domestica is the most represented crop (32 studies), followed by Brassica napus (22 studies), Vaccinium corymbosum (13 studies), and Citrullus lanatus (12 studies). The most abundant pollinator guilds recorded are honey bees (34.22% counts), bumblebees (19.19%), flies other than Syrphidae and Bombyliidae (13.18%), other wild bees (13.13%), beetles (10.97%), Syrphidae (4.87%), and Bombyliidae (0.05%). Locations comprise 34 countries distributed among Europe (76 studies), Northern America (60), Latin America and the Caribbean (29), Asia (20), Oceania (10), and Africa (7). Sampling spans three decades and is concentrated on 2001-05 (21 studies), 2006-10 (40), 2011-15 (88), and 2016-20 (50). This is the most comprehensive open global data set on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators and pollination to date, and we encourage researchers to add more datasets to this database in the future. This data set is released for non-commercial use only. Credits should be given to this paper (i.e., proper citation), and the products generated with this database should

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2022

32. On the road: Anthropogenic factors drive the invasion risk of a wild solitary bee species

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Lanner, Julia, Dubos, Nicolas, Geslin, Benoit, Leroy, Boris, Hernandez-Castellano, Carlos, Dubaic, Jovana Bila, Diaz Calafat, Joan, Cetkovic, Aleksandar, Margalef-Marrase, Jordi, Orr, Michael, Pachinger, Baerbel, Ruzzier, Enrico, Smagghe, Guy, Tuerlings, Tina, Vereecken, Nicolas J., and Meimberg, Harald

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Environmental Sciences (social aspects to be 507)
Abstract

Complex biotic networks of invaders and their new environments pose immense challenges for researchers aiming to predict current and future occupancy of introduced species. This might be especially true for invasive bees, as they enter novel trophic interactions. Little attention has been paid to solitary, invasive wild bees, despite their increasing recognition as a potential global threat to biodiversity. Here, we present the first comprehensive species distribution modelling approach targeting the invasive bee Megachile sculpturalis, which is currently undergoing parallel range expansion in North America and Europe. While the species has largely colonised the most highly suitable areas of North America over the past decades, its invasion of Europe seems to be in its early stages. We showed that its current distribution is largely explained by anthropogenic factors, suggesting that its spread is facilitated by road and maritime traffic, largely beyond its intrinsic dispersal ability. Our results suggest that M. sculpturalis is likely to be negatively affected by future climate change in North America, while in Europe the potential suitable areas at-risk of invasion remain equally large. Based on our study, we emphasise the role of expert knowledge for evaluation of ecologically meaningful variables implemented and interpreted for species distribution modelling. We strongly recommend that the monitoring of this and other invasive pollinator species should be prioritised in areas identified as at-risk, alongside development of effective management strategies.

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2022

38. CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

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Allen‐Perkins, Alfonso, primary, Magrach, Ainhoa, additional, Dainese, Matteo, additional, Garibaldi, Lucas A., additional, Kleijn, David, additional, Rader, Romina, additional, Reilly, James R., additional, Winfree, Rachael, additional, Lundin, Ola, additional, McGrady, Carley M., additional, Brittain, Claire, additional, Biddinger, David J., additional, Artz, Derek R., additional, Elle, Elizabeth, additional, Hoffman, George, additional, Ellis, James D., additional, Daniels, Jaret, additional, Gibbs, Jason, additional, Campbell, Joshua W., additional, Brokaw, Julia, additional, Wilson, Julianna K., additional, Mason, Keith, additional, Ward, Kimiora L., additional, Gundersen, Knute B., additional, Bobiwash, Kyle, additional, Gut, Larry, additional, Rowe, Logan M., additional, Boyle, Natalie K., additional, Williams, Neal M., additional, Joshi, Neelendra K., additional, Rothwell, Nikki, additional, Gillespie, Robert L., additional, Isaacs, Rufus, additional, Fleischer, Shelby J., additional, Peterson, Stephen S., additional, Rao, Sujaya, additional, Pitts‐Singer, Theresa L., additional, Fijen, Thijs, additional, Boreux, Virginie, additional, Rundlöf, Maj, additional, Viana, Blandina Felipe, additional, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, additional, Smith, Henrik G., additional, Bommarco, Riccardo, additional, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., additional, Ricketts, Taylor H., additional, Ghazoul, Jaboury, additional, Krishnan, Smitha, additional, Benjamin, Faye E., additional, Loureiro, João, additional, Castro, Sílvia, additional, Raine, Nigel E., additional, de Groot, Gerard Arjen, additional, Horgan, Finbarr G., additional, Hipólito, Juliana, additional, Smagghe, Guy, additional, Meeus, Ivan, additional, Eeraerts, Maxime, additional, Potts, Simon G., additional, Kremen, Claire, additional, García, Daniel, additional, Miñarro, Marcos, additional, Crowder, David W., additional, Pisanty, Gideon, additional, Mandelik, Yael, additional, Vereecken, Nicolas J., additional, Leclercq, Nicolas, additional, Weekers, Timothy, additional, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., additional, Stanley, Dara A., additional, Zaragoza‐Trello, Carlos, additional, Nicholson, Charlie C., additional, Scheper, Jeroen, additional, Rad, Carlos, additional, Marks, Evan A. N., additional, Mota, Lucie, additional, Danforth, Bryan, additional, Park, Mia, additional, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., additional, Freitas, Breno M., additional, Mallinger, Rachel E., additional, Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana, additional, Willcox, Bryony, additional, Ramos, Davi L., additional, D. da Silva e Silva, Felipe, additional, Lázaro, Amparo, additional, Alomar, David, additional, González‐Estévez, Miguel A., additional, Taki, Hisatomo, additional, Cariveau, Daniel P., additional, Garratt, Michael P. D., additional, Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., additional, Stewart, Rebecca I. A., additional, Ariza, Daniel, additional, Pisman, Matti, additional, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., additional, Schüepp, Christof, additional, Herzog, Felix, additional, Entling, Martin H., additional, Dupont, Yoko L., additional, Michener, Charles D., additional, Daily, Gretchen C., additional, Ehrlich, Paul R., additional, Burns, Katherine L. W., additional, Vilà, Montserrat, additional, Robson, Andrew, additional, Howlett, Brad, additional, Blechschmidt, Leah, additional, Jauker, Frank, additional, Schwarzbach, Franziska, additional, Nesper, Maike, additional, Diekötter, Tim, additional, Wolters, Volkmar, additional, Castro, Helena, additional, Gaspar, Hugo, additional, Nault, Brian A., additional, Badenhausser, Isabelle, additional, Petersen, Jessica D., additional, Tscharntke, Teja, additional, Bretagnolle, Vincent, additional, Willis Chan, D. Susan, additional, Chacoff, Natacha, additional, Andersson, Georg K. S., additional, Jha, Shalene, additional, Colville, Jonathan F., additional, Veldtman, Ruan, additional, Coutinho, Jeferson, additional, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., additional, Sutter, Louis, additional, Albrecht, Matthias, additional, Jeanneret, Philippe, additional, Zou, Yi, additional, Averill, Anne L., additional, Saez, Agustin, additional, Sciligo, Amber R., additional, Vergara, Carlos H., additional, Bloom, Elias H., additional, Oeller, Elisabeth, additional, Badano, Ernesto I., additional, Loeb, Gregory M., additional, Grab, Heather, additional, Ekroos, Johan, additional, Gagic, Vesna, additional, Cunningham, Saul A., additional, Åström, Jens, additional, Cavigliasso, Pablo, additional, Trillo, Alejandro, additional, Classen, Alice, additional, Mauchline, Alice L., additional, Montero‐Castaño, Ana, additional, Wilby, Andrew, additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Sidhu, C. Sheena, additional, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, additional, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., additional, Herrera, José M., additional, Otieno, Mark, additional, Gikungu, Mary W., additional, Cusser, Sarah J., additional, Nauss, Thomas, additional, Nilsson, Lovisa, additional, Knapp, Jessica, additional, Ortega‐Marcos, Jorge J., additional, González, José A., additional, Osborne, Juliet L., additional, Blanche, Rosalind, additional, Shaw, Rosalind F., additional, Hevia, Violeta, additional, Stout, Jane, additional, Arthur, Anthony D., additional, Blochtein, Betina, additional, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, additional, Li, Jin, additional, Mayfield, Margaret M., additional, Woyciechowski, Michał, additional, Nunes‐Silva, Patrícia, additional, Halinski de Oliveira, Rosana, additional, Henry, Steve, additional, Simmons, Benno I., additional, Dalsgaard, Bo, additional, Hansen, Katrine, additional, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, additional, O'Reilly, Alison D., additional, Chamorro García, Fermín José, additional, Nates Parra, Guiomar, additional, Magalhães Pigozo, Camila, additional, and Bartomeus, Ignasi, additional

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2022
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42. Electronic supplementary material from Bee flowers drive macroevolutionary diversification in long-horned bees

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Dorchin, Achik, Shafir, Anat, Neumann, Frank H., Langgut, Dafna, Vereecken, Nicolas J., and Mayrose, Itay

Abstract

The role of plant–pollinator interactions in the rapid radiation of the angiosperms have long fascinated evolutionary biologists. Studies have brought evidence for pollinator-driven diversification of various plant lineages, particularly plants with specialized flowers and concealed rewards. By contrast, little is known about how this crucial interaction has shaped macroevolutionary patterns of floral visitors. In particular, there is currently no empirical evidence that floral host association has increased diversification in bees, the most prominent group of floral visitors that essentially rely on angiosperm pollen. In this study, we examine how floral host preference influenced diversification in eucerine bees (Apidae, Eucerini), which exhibit large variations in their floral associations. We combine quantitative pollen analyses with a recently proposed phylogenetic hypothesis and use a state speciation and extinction probabilistic approach. Using this framework, we provide the first evidence that multiple evolutionary transitions from host plants with accessible pollen to restricted pollen from ‘bee-flowers’ have significantly increased the diversification of a bee clade. We suggest that exploiting host plants with restricted pollen has allowed the exploitation of a new ecological niche for eucerine bees and contributed both to their colonization of vast regions of the world and their rapid diversification.

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2021
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43. CropPol: a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

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Allen‐Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts‐Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A.M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza‐Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A.N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Silva, Fabiana Oliveira, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González‐Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P.D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I.A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L.W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Chan, D. Susan Willis, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K.S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero‐Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega‐Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes‐Silva, Patrícia, Oliveira, Rosana Halinski, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., García, Fermín José Chamorro, Parra, Guiomar Nates, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Allen‐Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts‐Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A.M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza‐Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A.N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Silva, Fabiana Oliveira, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González‐Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P.D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I.A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L.W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Chan, D. Susan Willis, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K.S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero‐Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega‐Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes‐Silva, Patrícia, Oliveira, Rosana Halinski, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., García, Fermín José Chamorro, Parra, Guiomar Nates, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, and Bartomeus, Ignasi

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Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, we present CropPol, a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. It contains measurements recorded from 202 crop studies, covering 3,394 field observations, 2,552 yield measurements (i.e. berry weight, number of fruits and kg per hectare, among others), and 47,752 insect records from 48 commercial crops distributed around the globe. CropPol comprises 32 of the 87 leading global crops and commodities that are pollinator dependent. Malus domestica is the most represented crop (32 studies), followed by Brassica napus (22 studies), Vaccinium corymbosum (13 studies), and Citrullus lanatus (12 studies). The most abundant pollinator guilds recorded are honey bees (34.22% counts), bumblebees (19.19%), flies other than Syrphidae and Bombyliidae (13.18%), other wild bees (13.13%), beetles (10.97%), Syrphidae (4.87%), and Bombyliidae (0.05%). Locations comprise 34 countries distributed among Europe (76 studies), Northern America (60), Latin America and the Caribbean (29), Asia (20), Oceania (10), and Africa (7). Sampling spans three decades and is concentrated on 2001-05 (21 studies), 2006-10 (40), 2011-15 (88), and 2016-20 (50). This is the most comprehensive open global data set on measurements of crop flower visitors, crop pollinators and pollination to date, and we encourage researchers to add more datasets to this database in the future. This data set is released for non-commercial use only. Credits should be given to this paper (i.e., proper citation), and the products generated with this database should

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2021

44. Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect‐pollinated crop

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Garratt, Michael P.D., de Groot, G. Arjen, Albrecht, Matthias, Bosch, Jordi, Breeze, Tom D., Fountain, Michelle T., Klein, Alexandra M., McKerchar, Megan, Park, Mia, Paxton, Robert J., Potts, Simon G., Pufal, Gesine, Rader, Romina, Senapathi, Deepa, Andersson, Georg K.S., Bernauer, Olivia M., Blitzer, Eleanor J., Boreux, Virginie, Campbell, Alistair J., Carvell, Claire, Földesi, Rita, García, Daniel, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Hambäck, Peter A., Kirkitadze, Giorgi, Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Anikó, Martins, Kyle T., Miñarro, Marcos, O’Connor, Rory, Radzeviciute, Rita, Roquer‐Beni, Laura, Samnegård, Ulrika, Scott, Lorraine, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Wäckers, Felix, Webber, Sean M., Japoshvili, George, Zhusupbaeva, Aigul, Garratt, Michael P.D., de Groot, G. Arjen, Albrecht, Matthias, Bosch, Jordi, Breeze, Tom D., Fountain, Michelle T., Klein, Alexandra M., McKerchar, Megan, Park, Mia, Paxton, Robert J., Potts, Simon G., Pufal, Gesine, Rader, Romina, Senapathi, Deepa, Andersson, Georg K.S., Bernauer, Olivia M., Blitzer, Eleanor J., Boreux, Virginie, Campbell, Alistair J., Carvell, Claire, Földesi, Rita, García, Daniel, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Hambäck, Peter A., Kirkitadze, Giorgi, Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Anikó, Martins, Kyle T., Miñarro, Marcos, O’Connor, Rory, Radzeviciute, Rita, Roquer‐Beni, Laura, Samnegård, Ulrika, Scott, Lorraine, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Wäckers, Felix, Webber, Sean M., Japoshvili, George, and Zhusupbaeva, Aigul

Abstract

Pollinators face multiple pressures and there is evidence of populations in decline. As demand for insect-pollinated crops increases, crop production is threatened by shortfalls in pollination services. Understanding the extent of current yield deficits due to pollination and identifying opportunities to protect or improve crop yield and quality through pollination management is therefore of international importance. To explore the extent of “pollination deficits,” where maximum yield is not being achieved due to insufficient pollination, we used an extensive dataset on a globally important crop, apples. We quantified how these deficits vary between orchards and countries and we compared “pollinator dependence” across different apple varieties. We found evidence of pollination deficits and, in some cases, risks of overpollination were even apparent for which fruit quality could be reduced by too much pollination. In almost all regions studied we found some orchards performing significantly better than others in terms of avoiding a pollination deficit and crop yield shortfalls due to suboptimal pollination. This represents an opportunity to improve production through better pollinator and crop management. Our findings also demonstrated that pollinator dependence varies considerably between apple varieties in terms of fruit number and fruit quality. We propose that assessments of pollination service and deficits in crops can be used to quantify supply and demand for pollinators and help to target local management to address deficits although crop variety has a strong influence on the role of pollinators.

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2021

45. Using ecological and field survey data to establish a national list of the wild bee pollinators of crops

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Hutchinson, Louise A., Oliver, Tom H., Breeze, Tom D., Bailes, Emily J., Brünjes, Lisa, Campbell, Alistair J., Erhardt, Andreas, de Groot, G. Arjen, Földesi, Rita, García, Daniel, Goulson, Dave, Hainaut, Hélène, Hambäck, Peter A., Holzschuh, Andrea, Jauker, Frank, Klatt, Björn K., Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Kleijn, David, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Krimmer, Elena, McKerchar, Megan, Miñarro, Marcos, Phillips, Benjamin B., Potts, Simon G., Pufal, Gesine, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Samnegård, Ulrika, Schulze, Jürg, Shaw, Rosalind F., Tscharntke, Teja, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Westbury, Duncan B., Westphal, Catrin, Wietzke, Alexander, Woodcock, Ben A., Garratt, Michael P.D., Hutchinson, Louise A., Oliver, Tom H., Breeze, Tom D., Bailes, Emily J., Brünjes, Lisa, Campbell, Alistair J., Erhardt, Andreas, de Groot, G. Arjen, Földesi, Rita, García, Daniel, Goulson, Dave, Hainaut, Hélène, Hambäck, Peter A., Holzschuh, Andrea, Jauker, Frank, Klatt, Björn K., Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Kleijn, David, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Krimmer, Elena, McKerchar, Megan, Miñarro, Marcos, Phillips, Benjamin B., Potts, Simon G., Pufal, Gesine, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Roberts, Stuart P.M., Samnegård, Ulrika, Schulze, Jürg, Shaw, Rosalind F., Tscharntke, Teja, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Westbury, Duncan B., Westphal, Catrin, Wietzke, Alexander, Woodcock, Ben A., and Garratt, Michael P.D.

Abstract

The importance of wild bees for crop pollination is well established, but less is known about which species contribute to service delivery to inform agricultural management, monitoring and conservation. Using sites in Great Britain as a case study, we use a novel qualitative approach combining ecological information and field survey data to establish a national list of crop pollinating bees for four economically important crops (apple, field bean, oilseed rape and strawberry). A traits data base was used to establish potential pollinators, and combined with field data to identify both dominant crop flower visiting bee species and other species that could be important crop pollinators, but which are not presently sampled in large numbers on crops flowers. Whilst we found evidence that a small number of common, generalist species make a disproportionate contribution to flower visits, many more species were identified as potential pollinators, including rare and specialist species. Furthermore, we found evidence of substantial variation in the bee communities of different crops. Establishing a national list of crop pollinators is important for practitioners and policy makers, allowing targeted management approaches for improved ecosystem services, conservation and species monitoring. Data can be used to make recommendations about how pollinator diversity could be promoted in agricultural landscapes. Our results suggest agri-environment schemes need to support a higher diversity of species than at present, notably of solitary bees. Management would also benefit from targeting specific species to enhance crop pollination services to particular crops. Whilst our study is focused upon Great Britain, our methodology can easily be applied to other countries, crops and groups of pollinating insects.

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2021

46. Taxonomical and functional trait diversity of wild bees in different urban settings

Author

Normandin-Leclerc, Étienne, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Fournier, Valérie, Buddle, Christopher M., Normandin-Leclerc, Étienne, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Fournier, Valérie, and Buddle, Christopher M.

Abstract

Urbanization is one of the major anthropogenic processes contributing to local habitat loss and extirpation of numerous species, including wild bees, the most widespread pollinators. Little is known about the mechanisms through which urbanization impacts wild bee communities, or the types of urban green spaces that best promote their conservation in cities. The main objective of this study was to describe and compare wild bee community diversity, structure, and dynamics in two Canadian cities, Montreal and Quebec City. A second objective was to compare functional trait diversity among three habitat types (cemeteries, community gardens and urban parks) within each city. Bees were collected using pan traps and netting on the same 46 sites, multiple times, over the active season in 2012 and 2013. A total of 32,237 specimens were identified, representing 200 species and 6 families, including two new continental records, Hylaeus communis Nylander (1852) and Anthidium florentinum (Fabricius, 1775). Despite high community evenness, we found significant abundance of diverse species, including exotic ones. Spatio-temporal analysis showed higher stability in the most urbanized city (Montreal) but low nestedness of species assemblages among the three urban habitats in both cities. Our study demonstrates that cities are home to diverse communities of wild bees, but in turn affect bee community structure and dynamics. We also found that community gardens harbour high levels of functional trait diversity. Urban agriculture therefore contributes substantially to the provision of functionally diverse bee communities and possibly to urban pollination services.

Published
2020

47. Insect biomass is not a consistent proxy for biodiversity metrics in wild bees

Author

Vereecken, Nicolas J., primary, Weekers, Timothy, additional, Leclercq, Nicolas, additional, De Greef, Stéphane, additional, Hainaut, Hélène, additional, Molenberg, Jean-Marc, additional, Martin, Youri, additional, Janssens, Xavier, additional, Noël, Grégoire, additional, Pauly, Alain, additional, Roberts, Stuart P.M., additional, and Marshall, Leon, additional

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2021
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49. Compte rendu des captures réalisées lors de la formation Européenne à la détermination des abeilles (COST Super-B Project) dans le Parc National des Calanques

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Geslin, Benoît, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Roberts, Stuart, Murat Aytekin, A., Genoud, David, Aubert, Matthieu, Burdon, Rosalie C. F., Ruiz, Carlos, Fisogni, Alessandro, Flacher, Floriane, Grabowski, Marcin, Jacquemin, Floriane, Khvir, Viktor, Kirkitadze, Georgi, Klumpers, Saskia G. T., Levy, Karmit, Stephanie Maher, Markov, Zlata, Perrard, Adrien, Roquer, Laura, Ropars, Lise, Schurr, Lucie, Varnava, Andri, Michez, Denis, Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire des Abeilles, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas (CUCEA), Universidad de Guadalajara, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali (BIGEA), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (iEES), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Mons [Belgium] (UMONS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Avignon Université (AU), Université de Bologne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Geslin, Benoît, and Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (IEES)

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[SDE] Environmental Sciences, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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International audience

Published
2018

50. Pollination Syndromes in Mediterranean Orchids—Implications for Speciation, Taxonomy and Conservation

Author

Vereecken, Nicolas J, Dafni, Amots, Cozzolino, Salvatore, and University of Zurich

Subjects
1105 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 1110 Plant Science, 580 Plants (Botany), 142-005 142-005
Abstract

The Mediterranean flora is spectacularly rich in orchid species that have evolved remarkable adaptations to their environment. Orchids have complex and delicate interactions with their pollinators, which makes them particularly prone to local extinction. Conservation actions should be encouraged for a range of endangered Mediterranean orchid species, but the current taxonomic confusion in several genera and the apparent disagreement among orchid taxonomists make the situation particularly confusing from a conservation perspective. In this review, we document how the different pollination syndromes of Mediterranean orchids (nectar reward, shelter offering, food deception and sexual deception) can have a profound impact on the type of reproductive barriers among species, on floral phenotypic variation as we perceive it, on potentially related processes of species sorting and extinction and, consequently, should have a strong influence on the related conservation management programs. We also highlight that the majority of Mediterranean orchids are pollinated by specialised bees often occupying otherwise narrow ecological niches (e.g. pollen specialisation, brood cell parasites, specific nesting site). This condition makes the orchid-pollinator interactions very fragile and several orchid species prone to local extinction. We illustrate this phenomenon by a selection of case studies that show how the adequate integration of the ecological requirements/traits of the orchids and their associated pollinators into conservation actions could help protect endangered species and ensure the sustainability of the often complex local pollination web

Published
2018

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