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Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield

How insects promote crop pollination remains poorly understood in terms of the contribution of functional trait differences between species. We used meta-analyses to test for correlations between community abundance, species richness and functional trait metrics with oilseed rape yield, a globally i...

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Autores principales: Woodcock, B. A., Garratt, M. P. D., Powney, G. D., Shaw, R. F., Osborne, J. L., Soroka, J., Lindström, S. A. M., Stanley, D., Ouvrard, P., Edwards, M. E., Jauker, F., McCracken, M. E., Zou, Y., Potts, S. G., Rundlöf, M., Noriega, J. A., Greenop, A., Smith, H. G., Bommarco, R., van der Werf, W., Stout, J. C., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Morandin, L., Bullock, J. M., Pywell, R. F.
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30931943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09393-6
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author Woodcock, B. A.
Garratt, M. P. D.
Powney, G. D.
Shaw, R. F.
Osborne, J. L.
Soroka, J.
Lindström, S. A. M.
Stanley, D.
Ouvrard, P.
Edwards, M. E.
Jauker, F.
McCracken, M. E.
Zou, Y.
Potts, S. G.
Rundlöf, M.
Noriega, J. A.
Greenop, A.
Smith, H. G.
Bommarco, R.
van der Werf, W.
Stout, J. C.
Steffan-Dewenter, I.
Morandin, L.
Bullock, J. M.
Pywell, R. F.
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Garratt, M. P. D.
Powney, G. D.
Shaw, R. F.
Osborne, J. L.
Soroka, J.
Lindström, S. A. M.
Stanley, D.
Ouvrard, P.
Edwards, M. E.
Jauker, F.
McCracken, M. E.
Zou, Y.
Potts, S. G.
Rundlöf, M.
Noriega, J. A.
Greenop, A.
Smith, H. G.
Bommarco, R.
van der Werf, W.
Stout, J. C.
Steffan-Dewenter, I.
Morandin, L.
Bullock, J. M.
Pywell, R. F.
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description How insects promote crop pollination remains poorly understood in terms of the contribution of functional trait differences between species. We used meta-analyses to test for correlations between community abundance, species richness and functional trait metrics with oilseed rape yield, a globally important crop. While overall abundance is consistently important in predicting yield, functional divergence between species traits also showed a positive correlation. This result supports the complementarity hypothesis that pollination function is maintained by non-overlapping trait distributions. In artificially constructed communities (mesocosms), species richness is positively correlated with yield, although this effect is not seen under field conditions. As traits of the dominant species do not predict yield above that attributed to the effect of abundance alone, we find no evidence in support of the mass ratio hypothesis. Management practices increasing not just pollinator abundance, but also functional divergence, could benefit oilseed rape agriculture.
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spelling pubmed-64437072019-04-03 Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield Woodcock, B. A. Garratt, M. P. D. Powney, G. D. Shaw, R. F. Osborne, J. L. Soroka, J. Lindström, S. A. M. Stanley, D. Ouvrard, P. Edwards, M. E. Jauker, F. McCracken, M. E. Zou, Y. Potts, S. G. Rundlöf, M. Noriega, J. A. Greenop, A. Smith, H. G. Bommarco, R. van der Werf, W. Stout, J. C. Steffan-Dewenter, I. Morandin, L. Bullock, J. M. Pywell, R. F. Nat Commun Article How insects promote crop pollination remains poorly understood in terms of the contribution of functional trait differences between species. We used meta-analyses to test for correlations between community abundance, species richness and functional trait metrics with oilseed rape yield, a globally important crop. While overall abundance is consistently important in predicting yield, functional divergence between species traits also showed a positive correlation. This result supports the complementarity hypothesis that pollination function is maintained by non-overlapping trait distributions. In artificially constructed communities (mesocosms), species richness is positively correlated with yield, although this effect is not seen under field conditions. As traits of the dominant species do not predict yield above that attributed to the effect of abundance alone, we find no evidence in support of the mass ratio hypothesis. Management practices increasing not just pollinator abundance, but also functional divergence, could benefit oilseed rape agriculture. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6443707/ /pubmed/30931943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09393-6 Text en © Crown 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Woodcock, B. A.
Garratt, M. P. D.
Powney, G. D.
Shaw, R. F.
Osborne, J. L.
Soroka, J.
Lindström, S. A. M.
Stanley, D.
Ouvrard, P.
Edwards, M. E.
Jauker, F.
McCracken, M. E.
Zou, Y.
Potts, S. G.
Rundlöf, M.
Noriega, J. A.
Greenop, A.
Smith, H. G.
Bommarco, R.
van der Werf, W.
Stout, J. C.
Steffan-Dewenter, I.
Morandin, L.
Bullock, J. M.
Pywell, R. F.
Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield
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title_fullStr Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield
title_full_unstemmed Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield
title_short Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield
title_sort meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30931943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09393-6
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