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dc.contributor.author | Archer, C. Ruth![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Pirk, Christian Walter Werner![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Carvalheiro, Luísa G.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Nicolson, Sue W.![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-04T06:26:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-04 | |
dc.description.abstract | Understanding the causes and consequences of pollinator declines is a priority in ecological research. However, across much of the globe we have a poor understanding of pollinator assemblages, population trends and the ecological and economic importance of particular pollinators, due to a marked geographic bias in research eff ort. Here, we show that almost half the data cited in thirteen recent meta-analyses, which ask important and diverse questions in pollination ecology, were collected in just fi ve countries: Australia, Brazil, Germany, Spain and the USA. In contrast, the entire continent of Africa contributed only 4% of the data. We believe that the consequences of this geographic bias are severe. Foremost, pollinator assemblages (and possibly their sensitivity to ecological drivers) can greatly vary among these regions. In addition, many communities that rely on pollinators, bees in particular, for food security and wealth generation are in geographic regions where our understanding of pollination is poor. Collecting accurate information on pollinator populations in data defi cient areas will allow us to identify vulnerable populations and species and so better target conservation measures. Moreover, it will help us to determine if our current understanding of pollinator losses, based on data collected in a few locations and on the species that predominate in those regions, is representative of the wide diversity of ecosystems. We propose means of collecting such data given socioeconomic constraints. | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | hb2014 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The BBSRC, NERC, the Wellcome Trust, Defra, and the Scottish Government under the Insect Pollinators Initiative (BB/I000968/1). National Research Foundation of South Africa and the University of Pretoria. LGC is funded by the EU FP7 projects. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1600-0706 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Archer, CR, Pirk, CWW, Carvalheiro, LG & Nicolson, SW 2014, 'Economic and ecological implications of geographic bias in pollinator ecology in the light of pollinator declines', Oikos, vol. 123, no. 4, pp. 401-407. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0030-1299 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1600-0706 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00949.x | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40538 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley- Blackwell | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2013 The Authors. Oikos © 2013 Nordic Society Oikos. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1600-0706. | en_US |
dc.subject | Economic | en_US |
dc.subject | Ecological implications | en_US |
dc.subject | Geographic bias | en_US |
dc.subject | Pollinator ecology | en_US |
dc.subject | Pollinator declines | en_US |
dc.title | Economic and ecological implications of geographic bias in pollinator ecology in the light of pollinator declines | en_US |
dc.type | Preprint Article | en_US |