Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

Kleijn, David; Winfree, Rachael; Bartomeus, Ígnasi; G. Carvalheiro, Luísa; Henry, Mickaël; Isaacs, Rufus; Klein, Alexandra‐Maria; Kremen, Claire; K. M’Gonigle, Leithen; Rader, Romina; H. Ricketts, Taylor; M. Williams, Neal; Lee Adamson, Nancy; S. Ascher, John; Báldí, Andràs; Batáry, Péter; Benjamin, Faye; C. Biesmeijer, Jacobus; J. Blitzer, Eleanor; Bommarco, Riccardo; Brand, Mariette; Bretagnolle, Vincent; Button, Lindsey; P. Cariveau, Daniel; Chifflet, Rémy; F. Colville, Jonathan; N. Danforth, Bryan; Elle, Elizabeth; P. D. Garratt, Michael; Herzog, Félix; Holzschuh, Andrea; G. Howlett, Brad; Jauker, Frank; Jha, Shalene; Knop, Eva; M. Krewenka, Kristin; Le Féon, Violette; Mandelik, Yael; A. May, Emily; Park, Mia; Pisanty, Gideon; Reemer, Menno; Riedinger, Verena; Rollin, Orianne; Rundlöf, Maj; Sardiñas, Hillary; Scheper, Jeroen; R. Sciligo, Amber; G. Smith, Henrik; Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf; W. Thorp, Robbin; Tscharntke, Teja; Verhulst, Jort; Felipe Viana, Blandina; Vaissière, Bernard; Veldtman, Ruan; L. Ward, Kimiora; Westphal, Catrin; G. Potts, Simon

doi:10.1038/ncomms8414

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Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

Published in Nature Communications • Jun 16, 2015

Authors:

David Kleijn

Rachael Winfree

Ígnasi Bartomeus

Abstract

There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and these ecosystem services have become a key argument for biodiversity conservation. However, it is unclear how much biodiversity is needed to deliver ecosystem services in a cost-effective way. Here we s...

Subject

Pollinator

Pollination

Crop

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