Toward an integrated approach to crop production and pollination ecology through the application of remote sensing.

ABSTRACT: Insect pollinators provide an essential ecosystem service by transferring pollen to crops and native vegetation. The extent to which pollinator communities vary both spatially and temporally has important implications for ecology, conservation and agricultural production. However, understanding the complex interactions that determine pollination service provisioning and production measures over space and time has remained a major challenge. Remote sensing technologies (RST), including satellite, airborne and ground based sensors, are effective tools for measuring the spatial and temporal variability of vegetation health, diversity and productivity within natural and modified systems. Yet while there are synergies between remote sensing science, pollination ecology and agricultural producti

SUBMITTER: Willcox BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6197041 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature