Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 113; no. 1; pp. 146 - 151
• Main Authors: Rader, Romina, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Garratt, Michael P. D., Howlett, Brad G., Winfree, Rachael, Cunningham, Saul A., Mayfield, Margaret M., Arthur, Anthony D., Andersson, Georg K. S., Bommarco, Riccardo, Brittain, Claire, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Chacoff, Natacha P., Entling, Martin H., Foully, Benjamin, Freitas, Breno M., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Griffin, Sean R., Gross, Caroline L., Herbertsson, Lina, Herzog, Felix, Hipólito, Juliana, Jaggar, Sue, Jauker, Frank, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Kleijn, David, Krishnan, Smitha, Lemos, Camila Q., Lindström, Sandra A. M., Mandelik, Yael, Monteiro, Victor M., Nelson, Warrick, Nilsson, Lovisa, Pattemore, David E., de O. Pereira, Natália, Pisanty, Gideon, Potts, Simon G., Reemer, Menno, Rundlöf, Maj, Sheffield, Cory S., Scheper, Jeroen, Schüepp, Christof, Smith, Henrik G., Stanley, Dara A., Stout, Jane C., Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka, Taki, Hisatomo, Vergara, Carlos H., Viana, Blandina F., Woyciechowski, Michal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 05.01.2016; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Agricultural and Veterinary sciences; Agricultural Science; Agricultural Science, Forestry and Fisheries; Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Animals; Ants - physiology; Apis mellifera; Bees; Bees - physiology; Biological Sciences; Butterflies & moths; Crop production; Crops; Crops, Agricultural - growth & development; Ecology; Economic importance; Ecosystem; Ekologi; Environmental changes; Flowers; Flowers - growth & development; Formicidae; Fruit - growth & development; Fruits; Hymenoptera; Insecta - physiology; Insects; Jordbruk, skogsbruk och fiske; Jordbruksvetenskap; Land use; Lantbruksvetenskap och veterinärmedicin; Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske; Leerstoelgroep Resource Ecology; Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology; Natuurbeheer en Plantenecologie; PE&RC; Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation; Plant reproduction; Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer; Pollination; Pollinators; Population decline; Resource Ecology; Wasps - physiology; beetle; fly; unmanaged pollinator; bee; insect pollinator

Wild and managed bees are well documented as effective pollinators of global crops of economic importance. However, the contributions by pollinators other than bees have been little explored despite their potential to contribute to crop production and stability in the face of environmental change. N...