Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective
Abstract In an agricultural landscape, production and conservation ideally go hand in hand. In a win‐win scenario, conservation measures, such as hedges and flower strips, provide support for biodiversity and crop production for example by increased pollination and pollinator diversity. However, the...
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| author | Anne‐Christine Mupepele Vivien vonKönigslöw Anna‐Maria Bleile Felix Fornoff Jochen Fründ Alexandra‐Maria Klein |
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| description | Abstract In an agricultural landscape, production and conservation ideally go hand in hand. In a win‐win scenario, conservation measures, such as hedges and flower strips, provide support for biodiversity and crop production for example by increased pollination and pollinator diversity. However, these conservation measures may also decrease pollination by attracting pollinators and competing with crop flower visits. Here, we studied plant–pollinator interactions from two different perspectives. First, we looked at the production perspective investigating whether plant–pollinator networks differed between apple orchards with and without adjacent flower strips and hedges. With help of the Bayes factor, we investigated similarity and conclude that there are no differences between pollination networks with or without adjacent flower strips and hedges. Second, we looked at the conservation perspective and analyzed the impact of hedges and flower strips on pollinators and their interactions with plants before and after apple bloom in April. We showed that apple pollinators used more flower resources in flower strips and hedges across the whole season compared to isolated orchards. In orchards with flower strips and hedges, interactions were more constant over time. We conclude that flower strips and hedges are beneficial for conservation of apple pollinators without being harmful for apple flower pollination. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-13e831b1a6c24d298dc56a27d28469e22025-01-12T03:57:29ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542025-01-0171n/an/a10.1111/csp2.13280Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspectiveAnne‐Christine Mupepele0Vivien vonKönigslöw1Anna‐Maria Bleile2Felix Fornoff3Jochen Fründ4Alexandra‐Maria Klein5Department of Biology, Animal Ecology University of Marburg Marburg GermanyChair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyChair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyChair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyDepartment of Biology, Animal Network Ecology University of Hamburg Hamburg GermanyChair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology University of Freiburg Freiburg GermanyAbstract In an agricultural landscape, production and conservation ideally go hand in hand. In a win‐win scenario, conservation measures, such as hedges and flower strips, provide support for biodiversity and crop production for example by increased pollination and pollinator diversity. However, these conservation measures may also decrease pollination by attracting pollinators and competing with crop flower visits. Here, we studied plant–pollinator interactions from two different perspectives. First, we looked at the production perspective investigating whether plant–pollinator networks differed between apple orchards with and without adjacent flower strips and hedges. With help of the Bayes factor, we investigated similarity and conclude that there are no differences between pollination networks with or without adjacent flower strips and hedges. Second, we looked at the conservation perspective and analyzed the impact of hedges and flower strips on pollinators and their interactions with plants before and after apple bloom in April. We showed that apple pollinators used more flower resources in flower strips and hedges across the whole season compared to isolated orchards. In orchards with flower strips and hedges, interactions were more constant over time. We conclude that flower strips and hedges are beneficial for conservation of apple pollinators without being harmful for apple flower pollination.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13280ecosystem serviceshoverfliesmass floweringpollinationsyrphidwild bees |
| spellingShingle | Anne‐Christine Mupepele Vivien vonKönigslöw Anna‐Maria Bleile Felix Fornoff Jochen Fründ Alexandra‐Maria Klein Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective Conservation Science and Practice ecosystem services hoverflies mass flowering pollination syrphid wild bees |
| title | Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective |
| title_full | Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective |
| title_fullStr | Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective |
| title_short | Plant–pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective |
| title_sort | plant pollinator interactions in apple orchards from a production and conservation perspective |
| topic | ecosystem services hoverflies mass flowering pollination syrphid wild bees |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13280 |
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