Pollinator population size and pollination ecosystem service responses to enhancing floral and nesting resources.

ABSTRACT: Modeling pollination ecosystem services requires a spatially explicit, process-based approach because they depend on both the behavioral responses of pollinators to the amount and spatial arrangement of habitat and on the within- and between-season dynamics of pollinator populations in response to land use. We describe a novel pollinator model predicting flower visitation rates by wild central-place foragers (e.g., nesting bees) in spatially explicit landscapes. The model goes beyond existing approaches by: (1) integrating preferential use of more rewarding floral and nesting resources; (2) considering population growth over time; (3) allowing different dispersal distances for workers and reproductives; (4) providing visitation rates for use in crop pollination models. We use the model to

SUBMITTER: Haussler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5355185 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature