Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

Rader, Romina; Bartomeus, Ignasi; A. Garibaldi, Lucas; P. D. Garratt, Michael; G. Howlett, Brad; Winfree, Rachael; A. Cunningham, Saul; M. Mayfield, Margaret; D. Arthur, Anthony; K. S. Andersson, Georg; Bommarco, Riccardo; Brittain, Claire; G. Carvalheiro, Luísa; P. Chacoff, Natacha; H. Entling, Martin; Foully, Benjamin; M. Freitas, Breno; Gemmill-Herren, Barbara; Ghazoul, Jaboury; R. Griffin, Sean; L. Gross, Caroline; Herbertsson, Lina; Herzog, Felix; Hipólito, Juliana; Jaggar, Sue; Jauker, Frank; Klein, Alexandra-Maria; Kleijn, David; Krishnan, Smitha; Q. Lemos, Camila; A. M. Lindström, Sandra; Mandelik, Yael; M. Monteiro, Victor; Nelson, Warrick; Nilsson, Lovisa; E. Pattemore, David; de O. Pereira, Natália; Pisanty, Gideon; G. Potts, Simon; Reemer, Menno; Rundlöf, Maj; S. Sheffield, Cory; Scheper, Jeroen; Schüepp, Christof; G. Smith, Henrik; A. Stanley, Dara; C. Stout, Jane; Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka; Taki, Hisatomo; H. Vergara, Carlos; F. Viana, Blandina; Woyciechowski, Michal

doi:10.1073/pnas.1517092112

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Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

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Authors:

Romina Rader

Ignasi Bartomeus

Lucas A. Garibaldi

Abstract

Significance Many of the world’s crops are pollinated by insects, and bees are often assumed to be the most important pollinators. To our knowledge, our study is the first quantitative evaluation of the relative contribution of non-bee pollinators to global pollinator-dependent crops. Across 39 stud...

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