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Title
Evaluating the taxa that provide shared pollination services across multiple crops and regions
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Howlett, Brad G
Cutting, Brian
Evans, Lisa
Jesson, Linley
Jean-Meyzonnier, Malou
Potdevin, Victoria
Publication Date
2019-09-19
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Open Access
Yes
Abstract
Many pollinator species visit multiple crops in multiple regions, yet we know little about their pollination service provisioning at local and regional scales. We investigated the floral visitors (n = 13,200), their effectiveness (n = 1718 single visits) and response to landscape composition across three crops avocado, mango and macadamia within a single growing region (1 year), a single crop (3 years) and across different growing regions in multiple years. In total, eight wild visitor groups were shared across all three crops. The network was dominated by three pollinators, two bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i> and Tetragonula spp.) and a fly, <i>Stomorhina discolor</i>. The visitation network for the three crops was relatively generalised but with the addition of pollen deposition data, specialisation increased. Sixteen managed and wild taxa were consistently present across three years in avocado, yet their contribution to annual network structure varied. Node specialisation (d’) analyses indicated many individual orchard sites across each of the networks were significantly more specialised compared to that predicted by null models, suggesting the presence of site-specific factors driving these patterns. Identifying the taxa shared across multiple crops, regions and years will facilitate the development of specific pollinator management strategies to optimize crop pollination services in horticultural systems.
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Scientific Reports, v.9, p. 1-10
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
ISSN
2045-2322
File(s)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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