How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals

By J. Ollerton, R. Winfree, S. Tarrant. 2011

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Measuring the economic value of pollination services: principles, evidence and knowledge gaps. (2015, background): “Animal pollination, usually via insects, birds or bats, influences the reproductive success of 87% of flowering plants world-wide (Ollerton et al., 2011).”
Local habitat characteristics but not landscape urbanization drive pollinator visitation and native plant pollination in forest remnants (2013, background): “An estimated 85% of angiosperm species depend on animal pollination (Ollerton et al., 2011) making it fundamental to the persistence of natural plant populations as well as to crop production.”
Global Trends in the Status of Bird and Mammal Pollinators (2015, background): “Over 87% of flowering plant species are pollinated by animals, and humans use many of these plant species for food, livestock forage, medicine, materials, and other purposes (Potts et al. 2010; Ollerton et al. 2011).”
Differences of floral resource use between honey bees and wild bees in an intensive farming system (2013, background): “Introduction Flower-visiting animals provide substantial pollination services or a wide range of wild plants and crops worldwide (Klein et al., 007; Ollerton et al., 2011).”
Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services (2017, background): “368 369 In terrestrial ecosystems other than agricultural systems, it is estimated that over 85% of wild flowering 370 plants globally are reliant to some degree on animals to transfer pollen (Ollerton et al. 2011).”
More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas (2017, background): “For example, 80% of wild plants are estimated to depend on insects for pollination [2], while 60% of birds rely on insects as a food source [5].”
Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species—A meta‐analysis (2020, background): “There is an increasing recognition of the contribution to pollination made by wild bees and other insect groups (e.g. flies, beetles, butterflies) as pollinators within natural and agro-ecosystems (Garibaldi et al., 2013; Ollerton et al., 2011; Rader et al., 2016).”
Quantifying nectar production by flowering plants in urban and rural landscapes (2021, neutral): “Given the key role pollinators play in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and their contribution to agricultural productivity (Klein et al., 2007; Ollerton et al., 2011), there is a need to quantify their food supply across entire landscapes.”
Landscape structure influences pollinator movements and directly affects plant reproductive success (2012, background): “Biotic pollination of plants is fundamental to the continued functioning of most terrestrial ecosystems (Kearns et al., 1998; Waser and Ollerton 2006; Ollerton et al. 2011).”
Larger patches of diverse floral resources increase insect pollinator density, diversity, and their pollination of native wildflowers (2014, background): “…ither vertebrates or arthropods (Buchmann & Nabhan 1996), or sufficient pollen dispersal as their main mode of reprouction (Ashman et al. 2004; Ollerton et al. 2011), and thus d Appl d r 2 ( e t t w g i c s h a n p h m p a e v w s a o w p a t v m c i & s t v i 2 n p fl v o w f ( s r t t e…”