Nature Communications (Aug 2020)
Land use and pollinator dependency drives global patterns of pollen limitation in the Anthropocene
- Joanne M. Bennett,
- Janette A. Steets,
- Jean H. Burns,
- Laura A. Burkle,
- Jana C. Vamosi,
- Marina Wolowski,
- Gerardo Arceo-Gómez,
- Martin Burd,
- Walter Durka,
- Allan G. Ellis,
- Leandro Freitas,
- Junmin Li,
- James G. Rodger,
- Valentin Ştefan,
- Jing Xia,
- Tiffany M. Knight,
- Tia-Lynn Ashman
Affiliations
- Joanne M. Bennett
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Janette A. Steets
- Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Oklahoma State University
- Jean H. Burns
- Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland
- Laura A. Burkle
- Department of Ecology, Montana State University
- Jana C. Vamosi
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
- Marina Wolowski
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Federal University of Alfenas
- Gerardo Arceo-Gómez
- Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University
- Martin Burd
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
- Walter Durka
- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
- Allan G. Ellis
- Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1
- Leandro Freitas
- Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
- Junmin Li
- Taizhou University, Jiaojiang District
- James G. Rodger
- Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1
- Valentin Ştefan
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e
- Jing Xia
- College of Life Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities
- Tiffany M. Knight
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Tia-Lynn Ashman
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17751-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
An insufficient amount of pollen transfer by pollinators (pollen limitation) could reduce plant reproduction in human-impacted landscapes. Here the authors conduct a global meta-analysis and find that pollen limitation is high in urban environments and depends of plant traits such as pollinator dependency.
