
Henrik Smith
Professor

Gardens benefit bees and enhance pollination in intensively managed farmland
Författare
Summary, in English
The recent loss of pollinating insects and out-crossing plants in agricultural landscapes has raised concern for the maintenance of ecosystem services. Wild bees have been shown to benefit from garden habitats in urban and suburban areas. We investigated the effects of distance from garden habitats on wild bees and seed set of a native out-crossing plant Campanula persicifolia, in intensively managed agricultural landscapes in Southern Sweden. Bee abundance and species richness, as well as plant seed set, were higher closer to gardens (<15 m) than further away (>140 m). This highlights private gardens as a landscape wide resource for pollinators but also the lack of sufficient pollination of wild plants in contemporary agricultural landscapes. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Avdelning/ar
- MEMEG
- Biodiversitet
- Biologiska institutionen
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
- Biodiversitet och bevarandevetenskap
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
2602-2606
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Biological Conservation
Volym
144
Issue
11
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Biological Sciences
Nyckelord
- Apoidea
- Bombus
- Campanula
- Pollinator
- Seed set
- Agriculture
- Landscape
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Biodiversity and Conservation Science
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1873-2917