Effects of different types of low-intensity management on plant-pollinator interactions in Estonian grasslands.

ABSTRACT: In the face of global pollinator decline, extensively managed grasslands play an important role in supporting stable pollinator communities. However, different types of extensive management may promote particular plant species and thus particular functional traits. As the functional traits of flowering plant species (e.g., flower size and shape) in a habitat help determine the identity and frequency of pollinator visitors, they can also influence the structures of plant-pollinator interaction networks (i.e., pollination networks). The aim of this study was to examine how the type of low-intensity traditional management influences plant and pollinator composition, the structure of plant-pollinator interactions, and their mediation by floral and insect functional traits. Specifically, we com

SUBMITTER: Motivans Svara E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8668793 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature