Nature Communications (Apr 2019)
Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield
- B. A. Woodcock,
- M. P. D. Garratt,
- G. D. Powney,
- R. F. Shaw,
- J. L. Osborne,
- J. Soroka,
- S. A. M. Lindström,
- D. Stanley,
- P. Ouvrard,
- M. E. Edwards,
- F. Jauker,
- M. E. McCracken,
- Y. Zou,
- S. G. Potts,
- M. Rundlöf,
- J. A. Noriega,
- A. Greenop,
- H. G. Smith,
- R. Bommarco,
- W. van der Werf,
- J. C. Stout,
- I. Steffan-Dewenter,
- L. Morandin,
- J. M. Bullock,
- R. F. Pywell
Affiliations
- B. A. Woodcock
- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford
- M. P. D. Garratt
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture Policy and Development, University of Reading
- G. D. Powney
- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford
- R. F. Shaw
- Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter
- J. L. Osborne
- Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter
- J. Soroka
- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Government of Canada
- S. A. M. Lindström
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- D. Stanley
- Botany and Plant Science, School of Natural Sciences, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland
- P. Ouvrard
- University Catholique do Louvain, ELIA
- M. E. Edwards
- Leaside, Carron Lane
- F. Jauker
- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University
- M. E. McCracken
- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford
- Y. Zou
- Department of Environmental Science, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- S. G. Potts
- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture Policy and Development, University of Reading
- M. Rundlöf
- Department of Biology, Lund University
- J. A. Noriega
- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Science
- A. Greenop
- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford
- H. G. Smith
- Department of Biology, Lund University
- R. Bommarco
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- W. van der Werf
- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University
- J. C. Stout
- School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
- I. Steffan-Dewenter
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg
- L. Morandin
- Pollinator Partnership Canada
- J. M. Bullock
- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford
- R. F. Pywell
- NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09393-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Pollinator communities could have nuanced effects on crop yield depending on their species and functional trait compositions. Here, the authors use a meta-analysis to show that, in addition to pollinator abundance, functional trait divergence also positively impacts yield of oilseed rape crops.
