Landscape-Level Effects of Forest on Pollinators and Fruit Set of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) in Orchards across Southern Thailand

• Published in: Diversity (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 6; p. 259
• Main Authors: Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, Bumrungsri, Sara, Simmons, Benno I., Strange, Niels, Dalsgaard, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Anthropogenic factors; Apis cerana; Bees; Coniferous forests; crop pollination; Crop yield; Crops; Economic importance; Ecosystem services; evergreen forests; Farms; Flowers & plants; Forests; Fruit set; Fruits; Guava; guavas; Habitats; Human influences; Land use; land use change; Landscape; Orchards; Plant reproduction; plant-pollinator interactions; Pollination; Pollinators; Psidium guajava; stingless bees; Thailand; Trees; Tropical environments; tropics; Thailand; Asia

Pollination by wild pollinators is a key ecosystem service threatened by anthropogenic-induced land-use change. The proximity to natural habitat has previously been shown to positively affect pollinator communities and improve crop yield and quality but empirical evidence is limited from most parts...