Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities.

ABSTRACT: While an increasing number of studies indicate that the range, diversity and abundance of many wild pollinators has declined, the global area of pollinator-dependent crops has significantly increased over the last few decades. Crop pollination studies to date have mainly focused on either identifying different guilds pollinating various crops, or on factors driving spatial changes and turnover observed in these communities. The mechanisms driving temporal stability for ecosystem functioning and services, however, remain poorly understood. Our study quantifies temporal variability observed in crop pollinators in 21 different crops across multiple years at a global scale. Using data from 43 studies from six continents, we show that (i) higher pollinator diversity confers greater inter-annual

SUBMITTER: Senapathi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8059553 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature