A review of European studies on pollination networks and pollen limitation, and a case study designed to fill in a gap.

ABSTRACT: Anthropogenic environmental change disrupts interactions between plants and their animal pollinators. To assess the importance of different drivers, baseline information is needed on interaction networks and plant reproductive success around the world. We conducted a systematic literature review to determine the state of our knowledge on plant-pollinator interactions and the ecosystem services they provide for European ecosystems. We focussed on studies that published information on plant-pollinator networks, as a community-level assessment of plant-pollinator interactions and pollen limitation, which assesses the degree to which plant reproduction is limited by pollinator services. We found that the majority of our knowledge comes from Western Europe, and thus there is a need for baseline

SUBMITTER: Bennett JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6302952 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature