Exploring connections between pollinator health and human health

Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Carella, Dulce Sol Gómez; Jodar, Diego N. Nabaes; Smith, Merritt Roe; Timberlake, Thomas P.; Myers, Samuel S.

doi:10.1098/rstb.2021.0158

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“…Furthermore, the different pollinator guilds might show distinct changes in the same type of traits under plant invasion (Grass et al, 2014). In addition, a less degraded, more natural and genuinely heterogeneous landscape could be a substantial source of pollinators (Garibaldi et al, 2022; Gill et al, 2016; but see also Lázaro & Gómez‐Martínez, 2022), which may also be the case for adjacent invaded sites (Charlebois & Sargent, 2017), and so mask the local effect of invasion. Furthermore, if the alien plant species differs markedly from the native species, its presence may increase functional diversity initially.…”

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Trait‐based effects of plant invasion on floral resources, hoverflies and bees

Szigeti

Fenesi

Botta‐Dukát

et al. 2023

Insect Conserv Diversity

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Plant invasions can lead to homogeneous communities with decreased functional diversity. However, invasive plants, with various morphological and phenological traits, may drive pollinator communities in a less predictable, more complex way. They can promote pollinators compatible with their floral traits, while leaving others without foraging resources. Our observational study on 10 invasive herbaceous species applied a traitbased approach to investigate plant invasion-driven changes in floral resources, hoverfly and bee communities. We sampled invaded and non-invaded (control) sites before and during the flowering of the invasive plants. We analysed the differences in floral traits between invasive and native plants, functional diversity and trait distributions of flower and pollinator communities between the invaded and control sites. Five invasive plant species differed from natives in floral traits. Plant invasion caused species-specific changes in functional diversity and trait distributions of communities. For instance, invaded sites had a decreased functional diversity of hoverflies before flowering of invasive species, and larger hoverflies during flowering of invasive species compared with control sites. Smaller bees were associated with invasive plants with shallow flowers, while larger and long-tongued bees were associated with two invasive species with restricted floral access. Similar to previous studies, pollinator traits showed mixed or neutral responses to plant invasion. This is probably due to the high integration capability of invasive plants into plant-pollinator systems, or limitations in sampling, trait resolution, and unrevealed environmental factors. We provide recommendations for future studies to better understand the trait-based community composition of flowering plants and pollinators.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trait‐based effects of plant invasion on floral resources, hoverflies and bees

Szigeti

Fenesi

Botta‐Dukát

et al. 2023

Insect Conserv Diversity

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“…A beporzók az emberi egészség megőrzésében többrétű szerepet játszanak (Garibaldi et al 2022). A megfelelő, egészséges táplálkozás egyrészt nemcsak a kellő kalóriabevitelt, hanem a változatos tápanyagkínálatot is jelenti.…”

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“…A beporzók nemcsak az ember fizikai, hanem a mentális egészségéhez is hozzájárulnak. A zöld környezet, a természettel való kapcsolat, vagy a virágok esztétikai értéke mind fontos szerepet játszanak a lelki és így a testi egészség fenntartásában, városokban és vidéken élők számára egyaránt (Garibaldi et al 2022). A természetben eltöltött pihenés, sportolás, kirándulás, bármilyen formájú kikapcsolódás számos módon segíti az emberi szervezet egyensúlyban tartását (Mihók et al 2021).…”

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Beporzók mint fontos ökológiai és gazdasági biztonsági tényezők

Kovács‐Hostyánszki

2023

ScientSec

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Összefoglalás. A növényi beporzást sok esetben segítik a beporzók, hozzájárulva a termés- és magképzéshez, szaporodáshoz. Ezzel a beporzók ökológiai és gazdasági értelemben is kiemelt fontosságú szerepet játszanak az emberek életében, környezeti, élelmezési, anyagi és egészségi biztonságuk vonatkozásában egyaránt. Az állati beporzás a zárvatermő virágos növények 87%-át érinti, ami a szárazföldi vegetációt alapjaiban meghatározza. Ebbe a körbe tartozik a termesztett növények háromnegyede is, így a mezőgazdasági termelésben játszott szerepük mind mennyiségi, mind minőségi értelemben kiemelkedő. Közvetlen kihatással vannak az emberi egészségre, létfontosságú vitaminok, ásványi anyagok biztosításával. A beporzók megőrzése, hanyatló trendjeik megállítása ezért az emberiség elemi érdeke, mind hazai, mind globális vonatkozásban. Summary. Pollinators, including wild and managed bees, hoverflies, diurnal and nocturnal butterflies, wasps, bugs, other insects, birds and mammals play an important role in the reproduction, seed and fruit production of most dicotyledonous plant species, including three-quarters of the cultivated plants. Through their pollination as an ecosystem service their ecological and economical importance is enormous, and has a key role in human safety regarding food, health, finances and the environment. Animal pollination can be only partially or essentially needed by a plant species to reach its optimal fruit or seed quality and quantity. The pollinator related wild plants are important elements of the terrestrial ecosystems, providing our environment safety through elemental material circles. However, the foraging and nesting resources they need are limited in managed ecosystems, such as intensive agricultural or industrial landscapes. Pollinators contribute to the production of the majority of cultivated plants at a certain extent, including such economically important crops like sunflower, oilseed rape, apple, cherry, water melon, etc. Their direct contribution to global food production seems to be low, only 5-8%, but this share in human diet ensures such nutrients, vitamins and minerals that are essential for health development and life. Furthermore, besides the physical health, pollinators play a key role in mental health as well by the provision of diverse and flowering environment, enjoyed by any outdoor activities. Unfortunately, populations of many wild pollinator species decline worldwide and high proportion of honeybee colonies are lost from time to time in several regions. The main drivers behind these declines are habitat loss and change caused mainly by agricultural intensification and urbanisation, climate change, invasion, pests and pathogens and pesticide use. To halt these declines overwhelming strategies are needed at local, national, regional and global level. The EU Pollinator Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets ambitious targets for pollinator conservation, initiating among others an EU level pollinator monitoring program, that is under test phase. These actions might have the chance to reverse the pollinator decline and maintain pollinators and pollination services, however, only in the case of real actions with joint effort of scientists, decision makers and the public.

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“…The direct link between pollinator health and human health could help highlight the importance of healthy pollinator communities and pollination services. In this issue Garibaldi et al [79] show that very few studies have evaluated aspects of pollinator health and human health together, and these contributions were limited to the fields of nutrition, medicine provisioning, mental health and environmental quality. Benefits are provided through more nutritious food, an estimated 28 000 animal-pollinated medicinal plants, products such as honey, the maintenance of green landscapes that enhance mental well-being, and sustainable practices associated with pollinators.…”

Section: Landscape Society and Pollinator Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Natural processes influencing pollinator health

Stevenson

Koch

Nicolson

et al. 2022

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Evidence from the last few decades indicates that pollinator abundance and diversity are at risk, with many species in decline. Anthropogenic impacts have been the focus of much recent work on the causes of these declines. However, natural processes, from plant chemistry, nutrition and microbial associations to landscape and habitat change, can also profoundly influence pollinator health. Here, we argue that these natural processes require greater attention and may even provide solutions to the deteriorating outlook for pollinators. Existing studies also focus on the decline of individuals and colonies and only occasionally at population levels. In the light of this we redefine pollinator health and argue that a top-down approach is required focusing at the ecological level of communities. We use examples from the primary research, opinion and review articles published in this special issue to illustrate how natural processes influence pollinator health, from community to individuals, and highlight where some of these processes could mitigate the challenges of anthropogenic and natural drivers of change. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Natural processes influencing pollinator health: from chemistry to landscapes’.

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Exploring connections between pollinator health and human health

Cited by 27 publications

References 85 publications

Trait‐based effects of plant invasion on floral resources, hoverflies and bees

Trait‐based effects of plant invasion on floral resources, hoverflies and bees

Beporzók mint fontos ökológiai és gazdasági biztonsági tényezők

Natural processes influencing pollinator health

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