Parallel declines in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands

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作者
Biesmeijer, J. C. [1 ]
Roberts, S. P. M.
Reemer, M.
Ohlemueller, R.
Edwards, M.
Peeters, T.
Schaffers, A. P.
Potts, S. G.
Kleukers, R.
Thomas, C. D.
Settele, J.
Kunin, W. E.
机构
[1] Univ Leeds, Inst Integrat & Comparat Biol, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
[2] Univ Leeds, Earth & Biosphere Inst, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
[3] Univ Reading, Ctr Agrienvironm Res, Reading RG6 6AR, Berks, England
[4] Natl Museum Nat Hist Naturalis, European Invertebrate Survey Netherlands, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
[5] Univ York, Dept Biol, York YO10 5YW, N Yorkshire, England
[6] Lea Side, Midhurst GU29 9LB, W Sussex, England
[7] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Bargerveen Fdn, Dept Anim Ecol, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
[8] Univ Wageningen & Res Ctr, Nat Conservat & Plant Ecol Grp, NL-6708 PD Wageningen, Netherlands
[9] Umweltforschungszentrum Ctr Environm Res Leipzig, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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10.1126/science.1127863
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Despite widespread concern about declines in pollination services, little is known about the patterns of change in most pollinator assemblages. By studying bee and hoverfly assemblages in Britain and the Netherlands, we found evidence of declines (pre- versus post-1980) in local bee diversity in both countries; however, divergent trends were observed in hoverflies. Depending on the assemblage and location, pollinator declines were most frequent in habitat and flower specialists, in univoltine species, and/or in nonmigrants. In conjunction with this evidence, outcrossing plant species that are reliant on the declining pollinators have themselves declined relative to other plant species. Taken together, these findings strongly suggest a causal connection between local extinctions of functionally linked plant and pollinator species.
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