Effects of patch size and density on flower visitation and seed set of wild plants: a pan‐European approach

By J. Dauber, J. Biesmeijer, Doreen Gabriel, W. Kunin, E. Lamborn, Birgit Meyer, Anders Nielsen, S. Potts, Stuart P. M. Roberts, Virve Sõber and 7 more. 2010

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1. Habitat fragmentation can affect pollinator and plant population structure in terms of species composition, abundance, area covered and density of flowering plants. This, in turn, may affect pollinator visitation frequency, pollen deposition, seed set and plant fitness.

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

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Pollination reservoirs for wild bee habitat enhancement in cropping systems: a review (2017, background): “Some researchers found that patch size and density of flowers was more strongly correlated with visitation than flower species (Dauber et al. 2010; Isaacs et al. 2009; Tuell et al. 2008).”
Gardens benefit bees and enhance pollination in intensively managed farmland (2011, background): “Also factors related to plant population size and density may affect both pollinator visitation frequencies and seed set (Dauber et al., 2010).”
The outcome of shared pollination services is affected by the density and spatial pattern of an attractive neighbour (2014, background): “…density of the patch, which is often positively correlated with increase in pollinator visitation rate (e.g. Ghazoul 2005; Hegland & Boeke 2006; Dauber et al. 2010), probably due to an increase in patch attractiveness (e.g. Sih & Baltus 1987) and a minimization of foraging costs (Hegland &…”
The tolerance of island plant–pollinator networks to alien plants (2011, background): “This may partly be explained by the ability of pollinators to react quickly to resource availability on different spatial scales (Steffan-Dewenter et al. 2002; Dauber et al. 2009).”
Larger patches of diverse floral resources increase insect pollinator density, diversity, and their pollination of native wildflowers (2014, background): “Decreased isitation rates from a compromised pollinator community r fragmented habitat result in reduced pollen dispersal Wilcock & Neiland 2002), adversely affecting seed set Dauber et al. 2010).”
Insect pollinators collect pollen from wind‐pollinated plants: implications for pollination ecology and sustainable agriculture (2018, background): “Plant density is also known to influence pollinator visitation and seed set in many plants (e.g. Kunin, 1993; Steven et al., 2003; Dauber et al., 2010), but no published studies have tested whether wind-pollinated plants are more likely to be visited by pollinators when cultivated in high densities…”