Anthropogenic land-use change decreases pollination and male and female fitness in terrestrial flowering plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The majority of the Earth's land area is currently occupied by humans. Measuring how terrestrial plants reproduce in these pervasive environments is essential for understanding their long-term viability and their ability to adapt to changing environments.

Methods

We conducted hierarchical and phylogenetically independent meta-analyses to assess the overall effects of anthropogenic land-use changes on pollination, and male and female fitness in terrestrial plants.

Key results

We found negative global effects of land-use change (i.e. mainly habitat loss and fragmentation) on pollination and on female and male fitness of terrestrial flowering plants. Negative effects were stronger in plants with self-incompatibility systems and in plants pollinated by

SUBMITTER: Aguilar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11805932 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature