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Global Perspectives on Pollination Disruptions

Global Perspectives on Pollination Disruptions Note: This month's “Issues in International Conservation” was guest edited by Claire Kremen and Taylor Ricketts, who provide an overview of global trends in pollination disruption. Introduction In 1998 two key articles pointed to a major global pollination crisis and called for new research to elucidate both the factors leading to pollinator decline and the consequences of altered plant‐pollinator interactions for natural ecosystems and crop productivity ( Allen‐Wardell et al. 1998 ; Kearns et al. 1998 ). For this series, we asked leading researchers to identify and describe the key threats to pollination systems in Europe, Australia, the Neotropics, and the oceanic islands of the Pacific in order to identify common stressors and begin assessing the vulnerability of plant‐pollinator systems around the globe. We briefly highlight the main points made in each of the articles and discuss the situation in North America. Not surprisingly, habitat disturbance, loss, and fragmentation are cited by each author as major forces leading to the disruption of pollination systems. Yet each article elucidates a different subtlety of how habitat change influences pollination systems, and each develops different but complementary suggestions for prioritizing among conservation and restoration actions. Similarly, non‐native honeybees and other invasive http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Conservation Biology Wiley

Global Perspectives on Pollination Disruptions

Kremen, Claire; Ricketts, Taylor
Conservation Biology , Volume 14 (5) – Oct 18, 2000
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Copyright © 2000 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0888-8892
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1523-1739
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10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.00013.x
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Note: This month's “Issues in International Conservation” was guest edited by Claire Kremen and Taylor Ricketts, who provide an overview of global trends in pollination disruption. Introduction In 1998 two key articles pointed to a major global pollination crisis and called for new research to elucidate both the factors leading to pollinator decline and the consequences of altered plant‐pollinator interactions for natural ecosystems and crop productivity ( Allen‐Wardell et al. 1998 ; Kearns et al. 1998 ). For this series, we asked leading researchers to identify and describe the key threats to pollination systems in Europe, Australia, the Neotropics, and the oceanic islands of the Pacific in order to identify common stressors and begin assessing the vulnerability of plant‐pollinator systems around the globe. We briefly highlight the main points made in each of the articles and discuss the situation in North America. Not surprisingly, habitat disturbance, loss, and fragmentation are cited by each author as major forces leading to the disruption of pollination systems. Yet each article elucidates a different subtlety of how habitat change influences pollination systems, and each develops different but complementary suggestions for prioritizing among conservation and restoration actions. Similarly, non‐native honeybees and other invasive

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Published: Oct 18, 2000

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