Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators

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cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1890/120126en
cg.issn1540-9295en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalFrontiers in Ecology and Environmenten
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICESen
cg.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorVanbergen, A.J.en
dc.contributor.authorBaude, M.en
dc.contributor.authorBiesmeijer, Jacobus C.en
dc.contributor.authorBritton NFen
dc.contributor.authorBrown, M.J.F.en
dc.contributor.authorBryden Jen
dc.contributor.authorBudge GEen
dc.contributor.authorBull, J.C.en
dc.contributor.authorCarvell Cen
dc.contributor.authorChallinor, Andrew J.en
dc.contributor.authorConnolly CNen
dc.contributor.authorEvans, D.J.en
dc.contributor.authorFeil EJen
dc.contributor.authorGarratt, Michael P.D.en
dc.contributor.authorGreco MKen
dc.contributor.authorHeard MSen
dc.contributor.authorJansen VAAen
dc.contributor.authorKeeling MJen
dc.contributor.authorKunin WEen
dc.contributor.authorMarris GCen
dc.contributor.authorMemmott Jen
dc.contributor.authorMurray JTen
dc.contributor.authorNicolson SWen
dc.contributor.authorOsborne JLen
dc.contributor.authorPaxton RJen
dc.contributor.authorPirk CWWen
dc.contributor.authorPolce Cen
dc.contributor.authorPotts, Simon G.en
dc.contributor.authorPriest NKen
dc.contributor.authorRaine NEen
dc.contributor.authorRoberts Sen
dc.contributor.authorRyabov EVen
dc.contributor.authorShafir, S.en
dc.contributor.authorShirley MDFen
dc.contributor.authorSimpson SJen
dc.contributor.authorStevenson PCen
dc.contributor.authorStone GNen
dc.contributor.authorTermansen, Metteen
dc.contributor.authorWright GAen
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-16T06:37:35Zen
dc.date.available2014-12-16T06:37:35Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/52143
dc.titleThreats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinatorsen
dcterms.abstractInsect pollinators of crops and wild plants are under threat globally and their decline or loss could have profound economic and environmental consequences. Here, we argue that multiple anthropogenic pressures – including land-use intensification, climate change, and the spread of alien species and diseases – are primarily responsible for insect-pollinator declines. We show that a complex interplay between pressures (eg lack of food sources, diseases, and pesticides) and biological processes (eg species dispersal and interactions) at a range of scales (from genes to ecosystems) underpins the general decline in insect-pollinator populations. Interdisciplinary research on the nature and impacts of these interactions will be needed if human food security and ecosystem function are to be preserved. We highlight key areas that require research focus and outline some practical steps to alleviate the pressures on pollinators and the pollination services they deliver to wild and crop plants.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2013-06
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVanbergen AJ, Baude M, Biesmeijer JC, Britton NF, Brown MJF, Bryden J, Budge GE, Bull JC, Carvell C, Challinor AJ, Connolly CN, Evans DJ, Feil EJ, Garratt MP, Greco MK, Heard MS, Jansen VAA, Keeling MJ, Kunin WE, Marris GC, Memmott J, Murray JT, Nicolson SW, Osborne JL, Paxton RJ, Pirk CWW, Polce C, Potts SG, Priest NK, Raine NE, Roberts S, Ryabov EV, Shafir S, Shirley MDF, Simpson SJ, Stevenson PC, Stone GN, Termansen M, Wright GA. 2013. Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 11:251-259en
dcterms.extentpp. 251-259en
dcterms.issued2013-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectclimateen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectpollinatorsen
dcterms.subjectinsectaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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