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Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

2015; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 113; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.1517092112

1091-6490

Romina Rader, Ígnasi Bartomeus, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Michael P. D. Garratt, Brad G. Howlett, Rachael Winfree, Saul A. Cunningham, Margaret M. Mayfield, Anthony D. Arthur, Georg K.S. Andersson, Riccardo Bommarco, Claire Brittain, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Natacha P. Chacoff, Martin H. Entling, Benjamin Foully, Breno Magalhães Freitas, Barbara Gemmill‐Herren, Jaboury Ghazoul, Sean R. Griffin, C. L. Gross, Lina Herbertsson, Félix Herzog, Juliana Hipólito, Sue Jaggar, Frank Jauker, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, David Kleijn, Smitha Krishnan, Camila Queiroz Lemos, Sandra Lindström, Yael Mandelik, Victor Magalhães Monteiro, Warrick Nelson, L. Anders Nilsson, David E. Pattemore, Natália de Oliveira Pereira, Gideon Pisanty, Simon G. Potts, Menno Reemer, Maj Rundlöf, Cory S. Sheffield, Jeroen Scheper, Christof Schüepp, Henrik G. Smith, Dara A. Stanley, Jane C. Stout, Hajnalka Szentgyörgyi, Hisatomo Taki, Carlos Vergara, Blandina Felipe Viana, Michał Woyciechowski,

Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Significance Many of the world’s crops are pollinated by insects, and bees are often assumed to be the most important pollinators. To our knowledge, our study is the first quantitative evaluation of the relative contribution of non-bee pollinators to global pollinator-dependent crops. Across 39 studies we show that insects other than bees are efficient pollinators providing 39% of visits to crop flowers. A shift in perspective from a bee-only focus is needed for assessments of crop pollinator biodiversity and the economic value of pollination. These studies should also consider the services provided by other types of insects, such as flies, wasps, beetles, and butterflies—important pollinators that are currently overlooked.