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Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance

Authors :: Brad G. Howlett
Neal M. Williams
Yael Mandelik
Hajnalka Szentgyörgyi
Breno Magalhães Freitas
Smitha Krishnan
Steven K. Javorek
Carlos H. Vergara
Theodore Munyuli
Riccardo Bommarco
Andrea Holzschuh
Taylor H. Ricketts
Ignasi Bartomeus
Jessica D. Petersen
Christina M. Kennedy
Teja Tscharntke
Natacha P. Chacoff
Saul A. Cunningham
Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi
Juliana Hipólito
Faye Benjamin
Kristin M. Krewenka
Virginie Boreux
Sarah S. Greenleaf
Marcelo A. Aizen
Jan H. Dudenhöffer
Daniel P. Cariveau
Thomas C. Wanger
Christof Schüepp
Maj Rundlöf
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Brian A. Nault
Simon G. Potts
Claire Kremen
Gideon Pisanty
Rufus Isaacs
Romina Rader
Jaboury Ghazoul
Ohad Afik
Luísa G. Carvalheiro
Hisatomo Taki
Catrin Westphal
Lawrence D. Harder
Margaret M. Mayfield
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Iris Motzke
Rachael Winfree
Mark Otieno
Blandina Felipe Viana
Colleen L. Seymour
Source :: Garibaldi, LA; Steffan-Dewenter, I; Winfree, R; Aizen, MA; Bommarco, R; Cunningham, SA; et al.(2013). Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance. Science, 340(6127), 1608-1611. doi: 10.1126/science.1230200. UC Berkeley: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2cm0d8nr, RID-UNRN (UNRN), Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, instacron:UNRN, Garibaldi, L A, Steffan-Dewenter, I, Winfree, R, Aizen, M A, Bommarco, R, Cunningham, S A, Kremen, C, Carvalheiro, L G, Harder, L D, Afik, O, Bartomeus, I, Benjamin, F, Boreux, V, Cariveau, D, Chacoff, N P, Dudenhöffer, J H, Freitas, B M, Ghazoul, J, Greenleaf, S, Hipólito, J, Holzschuh, A, Howlett, B, Isaacs, R, Javorek, S K, Kennedy, C M, Krewenka, K, Krishnan, S, Mandelik, Y, Mayfield, M M, Motzke, I, Munyuli, T, Nault, B A, Otieno, M, Petersen, J, Pisanty, G, Potts, S G, Rader, R, Ricketts, T H, Rundlöf, M, Seymour, C L, Schüepp, C, Szentgyörgyi, H, Taki, H, Tscharntke, T, Vergara, C H, Viana, B F, Wanger, T C, Westphal, C, Williams, N & Klein, A M 2013, ' Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance ' Science, vol 340, no. 6127, pp. 1608-1611 . DOI: 10.1126/science.1230200, Science, Science (New York, N.Y.), vol 339, iss 6127, Garibaldi, L A, Steffan-Dewenter, I, Winfree, R, Aizen, M A, Bommarco, R, Cunningham, S A, Kremen, C, Carvalheiro, L G, Harder, L D, Afik, O, Bartomeus, I, Benjamin, F, Boreux, V, Cariveau, D, Chacoff, N P, Dudenhöffer, J H, Freitas, B M, Ghazoul, J, Greenleaf, S, Hipólito, J, Holzschuh, A, Howlett, B, Isaacs, R, Javorek, S K, Kennedy, C M, Krewenka, K, Krishnan, S, Mandelik, Y, Mayfield, M M, Motzke, I, Munyuli, T, Nault, B A, Otieno, M, Petersen, J, Pisanty, G, Potts, S G, Rader, R, Ricketts, T H, Rundlöf, M, Seymour, C L, Schüepp, C, Szentgyörgyi, H, Taki, H, Tscharntke, T, Vergara, C H, Viana, B F, Wanger, T C, Westphal, C, Williams, N & Klein, A M 2013, ' Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance ', Science, vol. 339, no. 6127, pp. 1608-1611 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1230200
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (Sede Andina) y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Argentina. Fil: Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf. University of Würzburg. Biocentre. Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology; Germany. Fil: Winfree, Rachael. Rutgers University. Evolution and Natural Resources. Department of Ecology; USA. Fil: Aizen, Marcelo A. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche (CRUB). Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA). Laboratorio Ecotono; Argentina. Fil: Bommarco, Riccardo. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Department of Ecology; Sweden. Fil: Cunningham, Saul A. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences; Australia. Fil: Kremen, Claire. University of California. Environmental Sciences Policy and Management; USA. Fil: Carvalheiro, Luísa G. University of Leeds. School of Biology; UK. Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Netherlands. Fil: Harder, Lawrence D. University of Calgary. Department of Biological Sciences; Canada. Fil: Afik, Ohad. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Department of Entomology; Israel. Fil: Bartomeus, Ignasi. Rutgers University. Department of Entomology, Evolution and Natural Resources; USA. Fil: Benjamin, Faye. Rutgers University. Evolution and Natural Resources. Department of Ecology; USA. Fil: Boreux, Virginie. Leuphana University. Institute of Ecology; Germany. Department of Environmental Systems Science; Switzerland. Fil: Cariveau, Daniel. Rutgers University. Evolution and Natural Resources. Department of Ecology; USA. Fil: Chacoff, Natacha P. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Fil: Dudenhöffer, Jan H. Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART. Ecological Farming Systems; Switzerland. Fil: Freitas, Breno M. Universidade Federal do Ceará. Departamento de Zootecnia–CCA; Brazil. Fil: Greenleaf, Sarah S. University of California. Environmental Sciences Policy and Management; USA. Fil: Hipólito, Juliana. Universidade Federal da Bahia. Departamento de Zoologia. Instituto de Biologia; Brazil. Fil: Holzschuh, Andrea. University of Würzburg. Biocentre. Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology; Germany. Fil: Howlett, Brad. New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research; New Zealand. Fil: Isaacs, Rufus. Michigan State University. Department of Entomology; USA. Fil: Javorek, Steven K. Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Canada. Fil: Kennedy, Christina M. Nature Conservancy. Development by Design Program; USA. Fil: Krewenka, Kristin M. Georg-August-University. Department of Crop Sciences. Agroecology; Germany. Fil: Krishnan, Smitha. ETH Zürich. Department of Environmental Systems Science; Switzerland. Fil: Mandelik, Yael. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Department of Entomology; Israel. Fil: Mayfield, Margaret M. University of Queensland. School of Biological Sciences and Ecology Centre; Australia. Fil: Motzke, Iris. Leuphana University. Ecosystem Functions. Institute of Ecology; Germany. Georg-August-University. Department of Crop Sciences. Agroecology; Germany. Fil: Munyuli, Theodore. National Center for Research in Natural Sciences. Department of Biology; Democratic Republic of Congo. Fil: Nault, Brian A. Cornell University. Department of Entomology. New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; USA. Fil: Otieno, Mark. University of Reading. School of Agriculture, Policy and Development; UK. Fil: Petersen, Jessica. Cornell University. Department of Entomology. New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; USA. Fil: Pisanty, Gideon. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Department of Entomology; Israel. Fil: Potts, Simon G. University of Reading. School of Agriculture, Policy and Development; UK. Fil: Rader, Romina. Stockholm University. Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology; Sweden. Fil: Ricketts, Taylor H. University of Vermont. Gund Institute for Ecological Economics; USA. Fil: Rundlöf, Maj. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Department of Ecology; Sweden. Lund University. Department of Biol-ogy; Sweden. Fil: Seymour, Colleen L. South African National Institute of Biodiversity. Applied Biodiversity Research Division; South Africa. Fil: Schüepp, Christof. University of Bern. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Community Ecology; Switzerland. University of Koblenz-Landau. Ecosystem Analysis; Germany. Fil: Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka. Jagiellonian University. Institute of Environmental Sciences; Poland. Fil: Taki, Hisatomo. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. Department of Forest Entomology; Japan. Fil: Tscharntke, Teja. Georg-August-University. Department of Crop Sciences. Agroecology; Germany. Fil: Vergara, Carlos H. Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas; Mexico. Fil: Viana, Blandina F. Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Zoologia; Brazil. Fil: Wanger, Thomas C. Georg-August-University. Department of Crop Sciences. Agroecology; Germany. Fil: Westphal, Catrin. Georg-August-University. Department of Crop Sciences. Agroecology; Germany. Fil: Williams, Neal. University of California. Department of Entomology; USA. Fil: Klein, Alexandra M. Leuphana University. Ecosystem Functions. Institute of Ecology; Germany. The diversity and abundance of wild insect pollinators have declined in many agricultural landscapes. Whether such declines reduce crop yields, or are mitigated by managed pollinators such as honey bees, is unclear. We found universally positive associations of fruit set with flower visitation by wild insects in 41 crop systems worldwide. In contrast, fruit set increased significantly with flower visitation by honey bees in only 14% of the systems surveyed. Overall, wild insects pollinated crops more effectively; an increase in wild insect visitation enhanced fruit set by twice as much as an equivalent increase in honey bee visitation. Visitation by wild insects and honey bees promoted fruit set independently, so pollination by managed honey bees supplemented, rather than substituted for, pollination by wild insects. Our results suggest that new practices for integrated management of both honey bees and diverse wild insect assemblages will enhance global crop yields.