A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 4; p. e2249
• Main Authors: Brown, Mark J.F., Dicks, Lynn V., Paxton, Robert J., Baldock, Katherine C.R., Barron, Andrew B., Chauzat, Marie-Pierre, Freitas, Breno M., Goulson, Dave, Jepsen, Sarina, Kremen, Claire, Li, Jilian, Neumann, Peter, Pattemore, David E., Potts, Simon G., Schweiger, Oliver, Seymour, Colleen L., Stout, Jane C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States PeerJ. Ltd 09.08.2016; PeerJ, Inc; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Agriculture; Biodiversity; Climate change; Conservation; Conservation Biology; Ecology; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Global temperature changes; Horizon scanning; Insecticides; Introduced species; Invasive species; Legislation; Nonnative species; Parasites; Pathogens; Pesticides; Plant reproduction; Pollination; Pollinator; Pollinators; RNA viruses; Pollinator; Ecosystem services; Conservation; Horizon scanning; Pollination

Background. Pollinators, which provide the agriculturally and ecologically essential service of pollination, are under threat at a global scale. Habitat loss and homogenisation, pesticides, parasites and pathogens, invasive species, and climate change have been identified as past and current threats...