Threats to an ecosystem service : pressures on pollinators

dc.contributor.authorVanbergen, Adam J.
dc.contributor.authorBaude, Mathilde
dc.contributor.authorBiesmeijer, Jacobus C.
dc.contributor.authorBritton, Nicholas F.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Mark J.F.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Mike
dc.contributor.authorBryden, John
dc.contributor.authorBudge, Giles E.
dc.contributor.authorBull, James C.
dc.contributor.authorCarvell, Claire
dc.contributor.authorChallinor, Andrew J.
dc.contributor.authorConnolly, Christopher N.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, David J.
dc.contributor.authorFeil, Edward J.
dc.contributor.authorGarratt, Mike P.
dc.contributor.authorGreco, Mark K.
dc.contributor.authorHeard, Matthew S.
dc.contributor.authorJansen, Vincent A.A.
dc.contributor.authorKeeling, Matt J.
dc.contributor.authorKunin, William E.
dc.contributor.authorMarris, Gay C
dc.contributor.authorMemmott, Jane
dc.contributor.authorMurray, James T.
dc.contributor.authorNicolson, Sue W.
dc.contributor.authorOsborne, Juliet L.
dc.contributor.authorPaxton, Robert J.
dc.contributor.authorPirk, Christian Walter Werner
dc.contributor.authorPolce, Chiara
dc.contributor.authorPotts, Simon G.
dc.contributor.authorPriest, Nicholas K.
dc.contributor.authorRaine, Nigel E.
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorRyabov, Eugene V.
dc.contributor.authorShafir, Sharoni
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Stephen J.
dc.contributor.authorStevenson, Philip C.
dc.contributor.authorStone, Graham N.
dc.contributor.authorTermansen, Mette
dc.contributor.authorWright, Geraldine A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-07T12:25:50Z
dc.date.available2014-07-07T12:25:50Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractInsect pollinators of crops and wild plants are under threat globally and their decline or loss could have profound economic and environmental consequences. Here, we argue that multiple anthropogenic pressures – including land-use intensification, climate change, and the spread of alien species and diseases – are primarily responsible for insect-pollinator declines. We show that a complex interplay between pressures (eg lack of food sources, diseases, and pesticides) and biological processes (eg species dispersal and interactions) at a range of scales (from genes to ecosystems) underpins the general decline in insect-pollinator populations. Interdisciplinary research on the nature and impacts of these interactions will be needed if human food security and ecosystem function are to be preserved. We highlight key areas that require research focus and outline some practical steps to alleviate the pressures on pollinators and the pollination services they deliver to wild and crop plants.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2014en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Living With Environmental Change partnership, by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Natural Environment Research Council, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Government, and the Wellcome Trust.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.frontiersinecology.orgen_US
dc.identifier.citationVanbergenm, AJ & the Insect Pollinators Initiative 2013, 'Threats to an ecosystem service : pressures on pollinators', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment , vol. 11, pp. 251-259.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1540-9295 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1540-9309 online
dc.identifier.other10.1890/120126
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/40591
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEcological Society of Americaen_US
dc.rights© The Ecological Society of Americaen_US
dc.subjectEcosystem serviceen_US
dc.subjectPressuresen_US
dc.subjectCropsen_US
dc.subjectInsect pollinatorsen_US
dc.titleThreats to an ecosystem service : pressures on pollinatorsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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