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Using Non-bee and Bee Pollinator-plant Species Interactions to Design Diverse Plantings Benefiting Crop Pollination Services by B.G. Howlett; J.H. Todd; B.K. Willcox; R. Rader; W.R. Nelson; M. Gee; F.G. Schmidlin; S.F.J. Read; M.K. Walker; D. Gibson; M.M. Davidson is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Protecting, establishing and managing biodiverse semi-natural habitats is one strategy within the concept of ecological intensification of agriculture that supports insect pollinator abundance and diversity in agroecosystems. However, without accounting for species-level relationships between insects, crops and non-crop vegetation, diverse semi-natural habitats may not lead to improved crop pollination, and could create pest reservoirs. Possibly thousands of non-bee insect species contribute to global crop pollination, but research has largely focussed on bees. Thus, key information to best manage habitats that target wider crop pollinator diversity and abundance is lacking. We demonstrate the concept of designing mixed species native plantings (a type of semi-natural habitat) based on plant-insect interactions to increase abundance and diversity of non-bee and bee crop pollinators in an intensively managed agricultural landscape. We used existing refereed and grey literature to identify and anticipate interactions between pollinators, natural enemies and pests with native plants and crop species to design and establish plantings on three farms. We anticipated the designed planting

Author

B.G. Howlett; J.H. Todd; B.K. Willcox; R. Rader; W.R. Nelson; M. Gee; F.G. Schmidlin; S.F.J. Read; M.K. Walker; D. Gibson; M.M. Davidson

Publisher

AP, Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780128229798

Subjects

Science, Management, Biology