The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production
1. The alarming loss of pollinator diversity world-wide can reduce the productivity of pollinator-dependent crops, which could have economic impacts. However, it is unclear to what extent the loss of a key native pollinator species affects crop production and farmer's profits. 2. By experimentally m...
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| author | Pérez-Méndez, Néstor Andersson, Georg K.S. Requier, Fabrice Hipólito, Juliana Aizen, Marcelo Adrian Morales, Carolina Laura García, Nancy Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro |
| author_browse | Aizen, Marcelo Adrian Andersson, Georg K.S. García, Nancy Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Hipólito, Juliana Morales, Carolina Laura Pérez-Méndez, Néstor Requier, Fabrice |
| author_facet | Pérez-Méndez, Néstor Andersson, Georg K.S. Requier, Fabrice Hipólito, Juliana Aizen, Marcelo Adrian Morales, Carolina Laura García, Nancy Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro |
| author_sort | Pérez-Méndez, Néstor |
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| description | 1. The alarming loss of pollinator diversity world-wide can reduce the productivity of pollinator-dependent crops, which could have economic impacts. However, it is unclear to what extent the loss of a key native pollinator species affects crop production and farmer's profits. 2. By experimentally manipulating the presence of colonies of a native bumblebee species Bombus pauloensis in eight apple orchards in South Argentina, we evaluated the impact of losing natural populations of a key native pollinator group on (a) crop yield, (b) pollination quality, and (c) farmer's profit. To do so, we performed a factorial experiment of pollinator exclusion (yes/no) and hand pollination (yes/no). 3. Our results showed that biotic pollination increased ripe fruit set by 13% when compared to non-biotic pollination. Additionally, fruit set and the number of fruits per apple tree was reduced by less than a half in those orchards where bumblebees were absent, even when honeybees were present at high densities. Consequently, farmer's profit was 2.4-fold lower in farms lacking bumblebees than in farms hosting both pollinator species. The pollination experiment further suggested that the benefits of bumblebees could be mediated by improved pollen quality rather than quantity. 4. Synthesis and applications. This study highlights the pervasive consequences of losing key pollinator functional groups, such as bumblebees, for apple production and local economies. Adopting pollinator-friendly practices such as minimizing the use of synthetic inputs or restoring/maintaining semi-natural habitats at farm and landscape scales, will have the double advantage of promoting biodiversity conservation, and increasing crop productivity and profitability for local farmers. Yet because the implementation of these practices can take time to deliver results, the management of native pollinator species can be a provisional complementary strategy to increase economic profitability of apple growers in the short term. |
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| spelling | INTA67632022-08-09T11:54:54Z The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production Pérez-Méndez, Néstor Andersson, Georg K.S. Requier, Fabrice Hipólito, Juliana Aizen, Marcelo Adrian Morales, Carolina Laura García, Nancy Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro Apicultura Polinizadores Cultivos Bombus Rendimiento de Cultivos Sostenibilidad Apiculture Pollinators Crops Crop Yield Sustainability Abejorros Bumblebees 1. The alarming loss of pollinator diversity world-wide can reduce the productivity of pollinator-dependent crops, which could have economic impacts. However, it is unclear to what extent the loss of a key native pollinator species affects crop production and farmer's profits. 2. By experimentally manipulating the presence of colonies of a native bumblebee species Bombus pauloensis in eight apple orchards in South Argentina, we evaluated the impact of losing natural populations of a key native pollinator group on (a) crop yield, (b) pollination quality, and (c) farmer's profit. To do so, we performed a factorial experiment of pollinator exclusion (yes/no) and hand pollination (yes/no). 3. Our results showed that biotic pollination increased ripe fruit set by 13% when compared to non-biotic pollination. Additionally, fruit set and the number of fruits per apple tree was reduced by less than a half in those orchards where bumblebees were absent, even when honeybees were present at high densities. Consequently, farmer's profit was 2.4-fold lower in farms lacking bumblebees than in farms hosting both pollinator species. The pollination experiment further suggested that the benefits of bumblebees could be mediated by improved pollen quality rather than quantity. 4. Synthesis and applications. This study highlights the pervasive consequences of losing key pollinator functional groups, such as bumblebees, for apple production and local economies. Adopting pollinator-friendly practices such as minimizing the use of synthetic inputs or restoring/maintaining semi-natural habitats at farm and landscape scales, will have the double advantage of promoting biodiversity conservation, and increasing crop productivity and profitability for local farmers. Yet because the implementation of these practices can take time to deliver results, the management of native pollinator species can be a provisional complementary strategy to increase economic profitability of apple growers in the short term. EEA Famaillá Fil: Pérez-Méndez, Néstor. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina. IRTA. Estació Experimental de l'Ebre, Tarragona; España Fil: Andersson, Georg K.S. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina. Lund University. Centre for Environmental and Climate Research; Suecia Fil: Requier, Fabrice . Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina Fil: Requier, Fabrice. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina. CNRS, IRD, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay. Evolution Génome Comportement et Ecologie; Francia Fil: Hipólito, Juliana. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Brasil Fil: Aizen, Marcelo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina Fil: Morales, Carolina L. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina Fil: García, Nancy. Agencia de desarrollo económico del Neuquén. Centro Pyme Adeneu; Argentina Fil: Gennari, Gerardo Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Famaillá; Argentina Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones de Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2020-02-14T12:12:52Z 2020-02-14T12:12:52Z 2020 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6763 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2664.13561 0021-8901 1365-2664 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13561 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Wiley Journal of Applied Ecology : 1-10 (2020) |
| spellingShingle | Apicultura Polinizadores Cultivos Bombus Rendimiento de Cultivos Sostenibilidad Apiculture Pollinators Crops Crop Yield Sustainability Abejorros Bumblebees Pérez-Méndez, Néstor Andersson, Georg K.S. Requier, Fabrice Hipólito, Juliana Aizen, Marcelo Adrian Morales, Carolina Laura García, Nancy Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production |
| title | The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production |
| title_full | The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production |
| title_fullStr | The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production |
| title_full_unstemmed | The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production |
| title_short | The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production |
| title_sort | economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production |
| topic | Apicultura Polinizadores Cultivos Bombus Rendimiento de Cultivos Sostenibilidad Apiculture Pollinators Crops Crop Yield Sustainability Abejorros Bumblebees |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6763 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2664.13561 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13561 |
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