Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security

Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity, conservation status, and role of bee and non-bee pollinators in 83 different crops described either a...

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Published in:Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 196 - 205
Main Authors: Requier, Fabrice, Pérez-Méndez, Nestor, Andersson, Georg K.S., Blareau, Elsa, Merle, Isabelle, Garibaldi, Lucas A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2023
Elsevier
Subjects:
Agricultural and Veterinary sciences
Agricultural Science
Agriculture
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Animals
Bees
biodiversity
Biologi
Biological Sciences
crop yield
Crops, Agricultural
Ecology (including Biodiversity Conservation)
Ecosystem
ecosystem services
Ekologi
Food Security
Insecta
Jordbruk, skogsbruk och fiske
Jordbruksvetenskap
Lantbruksvetenskap och veterinärmedicin
Life Sciences
local food production
Natural Sciences
Naturvetenskap
Pollination
agriculture
biodiversity
pollination
ecosystem services
local food production
crop yield
ISSN:0169-5347, 1872-8383, 1872-8383
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Summary:Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity, conservation status, and role of bee and non-bee pollinators in 83 different crops described either as important for the global food market or of local importance. Bees are the most commonly recorded crop floral visitors. However, non-bee pollinators are frequently recorded visitors to crops of local importance. Non-bee pollinators in tropical ecosystems include nocturnal insects, bats, and birds. Importantly, nocturnal pollinators are neglected in current diurnal-oriented research and are experiencing declines. The integration of non-bee pollinators into scientific studies and conservation agenda is urgently required for more sustainable agriculture and safeguarding food security for both globally and locally important crops. One-third of pollination studies focus exclusively on bees, introducing a potential bias in their importance for crop yield.Non-bee pollinators can have relatively high importance for local crops with cultural and food values.Nocturnal pollinators were commonly cited as critical pollinators of locally important tropical crops; however, their contribution is neglected in crop pollination studies.The general decline of non-bee pollinators calls for an urgent conservation agenda for not only buffering the alarming global loss of biodiversity, but also safeguarding food security and local livelihoods.
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ISSN:0169-5347
1872-8383
1872-8383
DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.006