Effect of conservation management on bees and insect-pollinated grassland plant communities in three European countries

Batáry, Péter; Báldi, András; Sárospataki, Miklós; Köhler, Florian; Verhulst, J.; Knop, Eva; Herzog, Félix; Kleijn, David

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2009.11.004

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“…3), evidencing therefore a low performance of pollination services, as observed in previous studies (e.g. Batary 2010;Sjödin 2007). Indeed, this land-use, subject to frequent and intense grazing events does not foster the occurrence of abundant pollinator populations.…”

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Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Picanço¹,

Gil²,

Rigal³

et al. 2017

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Insect pollinators provide vital ecosystem services through its maintenance of plant biological diversity and its role in food production. Indeed, adequate pollination services can increase the production and quality of fruit and vegetable crops. This service is currently challenged by land use intensification and expanding human population growth. Hence, this study aims: (1) to assess the pollination services in different land uses with different levels of disturbance through GIS mapping technique using insect pollinators abundance and richness as indicators, and (2) estimate the economic value of pollination by insects in agricultural crops. Our study takes place in a small oceanic island, Terceira (Azores, Portugal). Our results showed, remarkably, that not only the pristine vegetation areas, but also the orchards and agricultural areas have relatively high values of pollination services, even though both land uses have opposite disturbance levels. For the economic valuation, we analyzed 24 crops in the island and found that 18 depend on pollinators with one-third of these crops having 65% or 95% dependence on pollinators. The economic contribution of pollinators totals 36.2% of the total mean annual agricultural income of the dependent crops, highlighting the importance of insect pollinators in agricultural production and consequent economic gain productions. RESEARCH ARTICLE Launched to accelerate biodiversity conservation A peer-reviewed open-access journalAna Picanço et al. / Nature Conservation 18: 1-25 (2017) 2

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Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Picanço¹,

Gil²,

Rigal³

et al. 2017

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“…Beside those mentioned in the Introduction, occurrence records may support nature conservation and are basis for research to link with zoological data (Batáry et al 2010, Biesmeijer et al 2006. Whenever Hungary decides to join the Global Biodiversity Facility (www.gbif.org) or the LifeWatch European Research In- Fig.…”

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“…Inland sand dunes, sand steppes, loess grasslands, saline-sodic grasslands and steppe forests are parts of a unique landscape configuration that does not occur in either Western or Northern Europe. The high proportion of endemic species contributes to its natural values, still outstanding compared to other parts of Europe (Batáry et al 2010). A significant proportion of this variable and rich flora was planned to be sampled and stored by the PSB.…”

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Seed collection data encompassing half of the vascular flora of the Pannonian Ecoregion stored by the Pannon Seed Bank

Török

Szilágyi

Halász

et al. 2016

Acta Botanica Hungarica

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Seed bank collections have multiple benefits: store genetic material for conservation and research, and their data can also provide valuable scientific information. The Pannon Seed Bank was established during an EU LIFE+ project between 2010 and 2014 with the target to collect and store seeds of approx. 50% of the wild native vascular flora of the Pannonian Biogeographic Region, seed accessions of at least 800 storable species. This task was fully achieved by the end of the project, as altogether 1,853 seed accessions of 910 species are stored. The aim of the present paper is to provide access to the collection data and metadata of the Pannon Seed Bank as it was completed by the end of the project. The collection campaign involved about 40 experts and covered the whole country. Collection and storing applied standard methodology, based on the ENSCONET project. The collection data published in this paper can be used manifold. Geographical data on species occurrences are major input for nature conservation and research. Seed collection date is valuable for ecological studies of phytophagous insects, frugivorous birds and mammals, etc. The database can be partner to international databases (like GBIF) or research infrastructures (e.g. LifeWatch). Hopefully, this data paper will contribute to further motivate the development of native seed collections and their use for conservation and research in Hungary.

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“…Abundance of flower visiting honeybees depends on the distance from the nearest apiary in agricultural landscapes Bee and insect-pollinated plant species richness was highest in Hungary when compared to Switzerland and the Netherlands. The richness of insect-pollinated plants is a good predictor of bee species richness across large geographic scales (Batáry et al, 2010).…”

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Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Mediated Increased Reproductive Success of a Rare Deceptive Orchid

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Georgikon Faculty, Festetics u. 7., Hungary,Abstract. Honeybees are the most numerous and significant among insect pollinators, but despite their significance their potential role in increasing the reproductive success of threatened European orchids remains largely unexplored. In this study we aim to evaluate the effect of apiary proximity on the fructification rate of the rare and endangered Adriatic Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum adriaticum H. Baumann). To do so, first we quantified the reproductive success (fruit set) of the Adriatic Lizard Orchids in a Hungarian population in close proximity to a honeybee apiary at Nagytevel. Then we compared the reproductive success in this population to the reproductive success in 3 other Hungarian, 4 Croatian populations (observed during the same year, 2013) and further 4 populations from Hungary (studied in previous years, 1992-2011) with no apiaries in the close proximity of these. The realised 61.7 % fruit set at Nagytevel is the highest reproductive success ever recorded for this species. The importance of apiaries is further emphasised by the fact that the reproductive success of Lizard Orchid individuals decreased significantly with increasing distance from the apiary. Our results provide empirical support for the conservation importance of apiculture and suggest promising results for practical application of apiaries in the conservation of of deceptively pollinated orchids characterised by lower fruit set (e.g. Orchis, Anacamptis, Himantoglossum).

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Effect of conservation management on bees and insect-pollinated grassland plant communities in three European countries

Cited by 131 publications

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Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Pollination services mapping and economic valuation from insect communities: a case study in the Azores (Terceira Island)

Seed collection data encompassing half of the vascular flora of the Pannonian Ecoregion stored by the Pannon Seed Bank

Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Mediated Increased Reproductive Success of a Rare Deceptive Orchid

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