Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 1062 - 1072
• Main Authors: Garibaldi, Lucas A., Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Kremen, Claire, Morales, Juan M., Bommarco, Riccardo, Cunningham, Saul A., Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Chacoff, Natacha P., Dudenhöffer, Jan H., Greenleaf, Sarah S., Holzschuh, Andrea, Isaacs, Rufus, Krewenka, Kristin, Mandelik, Yael, Mayfield, Margaret M., Morandin, Lora A., Potts, Simon G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Szentgyörgyi, Hajnalka, Viana, Blandina F., Westphal, Catrin, Winfree, Rachael, Klein, Alexandra M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2011; Blackwell
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural Science; Agriculture; Animal and plant ecology; Animal populations; Animal productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Apiculture; Apis mellifera; Bees; Bees - physiology; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Bombus spp; Crop fields; Crop production; Ecosystem; Ecosystem services; ecosystems; Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use; flower visitors; Flowers; fruit set; Fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Honey; honey bees; Insecta; Invertebrates; issues and policy; Jordbruksvetenskap; Land use; landscape management; landscapes; Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap; physiology; Plant reproduction; Pollination; Pollination - physiology; pollinator services; Pollinators; richness; spatial stability; sustainable agricultural landscapes; Sustainable agriculture; temporal stability; Terrestrial animal productions; Terrestrial ecosystems; Visitor; Insecta; temporal stability; Apidae; Rural landscape; pollinator services; Environmental management; Bombus; Apis mellifera; Apoidea; Ecosystem services; Bombus spp; sustainable agricultural landscapes; Aculeata; Flower; richness; Rural environment; Stability; Social insect; Environmental design; Pollination; Pollinator; Arthropoda; landscape management; flower visitors; Hymenoptera; Invertebrata; spatial stability

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1062–1072 Sustainable agricultural landscapes by definition provide high magnitude and stability of ecosystem services, biodiversity and crop productivity. However, few studies have considered landscape effects on the stability of ecosystem services. We tested whether isol...