Authors
Marcelo A Aizen, Sebastián Aguiar, Jacobus C Biesmeijer, Lucas A Garibaldi, David W Inouye, Chuleui Jung, Dino J Martins, Rodrigo Medel, Carolina L Morales, Hien Ngo, Anton Pauw, Robert J Paxton, Agustín Sáez, Colleen L Seymour
Publication date
2019/10
Journal
Global change biology
Volume
25
Issue
10
Pages
3516-3527
Description
The global increase in the proportion of land cultivated with pollinator‐dependent crops implies increased reliance on pollination services. Yet agricultural practices themselves can profoundly affect pollinator supply and pollination. Extensive monocultures are associated with a limited pollinator supply and reduced pollination, whereas agricultural diversification can enhance both. Therefore, areas where agricultural diversity has increased, or at least been maintained, may better sustain high and more stable productivity of pollinator‐dependent crops. Given that >80% of all crops depend, to varying extents, on insect pollination, a global increase in agricultural pollinator dependence over recent decades might have led to a concomitant increase in agricultural diversification. We evaluated whether an increase in the area of pollinator‐dependent crops has indeed been associated with an increase in agricultural …
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MA Aizen, S Aguiar, JC Biesmeijer, LA Garibaldi… - Global change biology, 2019