A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

Dainese, M; Martin, EA; Aizen, MA; Albrecht, M; Bartomeus, I; Bommarco, R; Carvalheiro, LG; Chaplin-Kramer, R; Gagic, V; Garibaldi, LA; Ghazoul, J; Grab, H; Jonsson, M; Karp, DS; Kennedy, CM; Kleijn, D; Kremen, C; Landis, DA; Letourneau, DK; Marini, L; Poveda, K; Rader, R; Smith, HG; Tscharntke, T; Andersson, GKS; Badenhausser, I; Baensch, S; Bezerra, ADM; Bianchi, FJJA; Boreux, V; Bretagnolle, V; Caballero-Lopez, B; Cavigliasso, P; Ćetković, A; Chacoff, NP; Classen, A; Cusser, S; Da Silva E Silva, FD; de Groot, GA; Dudenhöffer, JH; Ekroos, J; Fijen, T; Franck, P; Freitas, BM; Garratt, MPD; Gratton, C; Hipólito, J; Holzschuh, A; Hunt, L; Iverson, AL; Jha, S; Keasar, T; Kim, TN; Kishinevsky, M; Klatt, BK; Klein, AM; Krewenka, KM; Krishnan, Smitha; Larsen, AE; Lavigne, C; Liere, H; Maas, B; Mallinger, RE; Pachon, EM; Martínez-Salinas, A; Meehan, TD; Mitchell, MGE; Molina, GAR; Nesper, M; Nilsson, L; O'Rourke, ME; Peters, MK; Plećaš, M; Potts, SG; Ramos, DDL; Rosenheim, JA; Rundlöf, M; Rusch, A; Sáez, A; Scheper, J; Schleuning, M; Schmack, JM; Sciligo, AR; Seymour, Colleen; Stanley, DA; Stewart, R; Stout, JC; Sutter, L; Takada, MB; Taki, H; Tamburini, G; Tschumi, M; Viana, BF; Westphal, C; Willcox, BK; Wratten, SD; Yoshioka, A; Zaragoza-Trello, C; Zhang, Wei; Zou, Yi; Steffan-Dewenter, I

Publication

A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

Authors

Dainese, M, Martin, EA, Aizen, MA, Albrecht, M, Bartomeus, I, Bommarco, R, Carvalheiro, LG, Chaplin-Kramer, R, Gagic, V, Garibaldi, LA, Ghazoul, J, Grab, H, Jonsson, M, Karp, DS, Kennedy, CM, Kleijn, D, Kremen, C, Landis, DA, Letourneau, DK, Marini, L, Poveda, K, Rader, R, Smith, HG, Tscharntke, T, Andersson, GKS, Badenhausser, I, Baensch, S, Bezerra, ADM, Bianchi, FJJA, Boreux, V, Bretagnolle, V, Caballero-Lopez, B, Cavigliasso, P, Ćetković, A, Chacoff, NP, Classen, A, Cusser, S, Da Silva E Silva, FD, de Groot, GA, Dudenhöffer, JH, Ekroos, J, Fijen, T, Franck, P, Freitas, BM, Garratt, MPD, Gratton, C, Hipólito, J, Holzschuh, A, Hunt, L, Iverson, AL, Jha, S, Keasar, T, Kim, TN, Kishinevsky, M, Klatt, BK, Klein, AM, Krewenka, KM, Krishnan, Smitha, Larsen, AE, Lavigne, C, Liere, H, Maas, B, Mallinger, RE, Pachon, EM, Martínez-Salinas, A, Meehan, TD, Mitchell, MGE, Molina, GAR, Nesper, M, Nilsson, L, O'Rourke, ME, Peters, MK, Plećaš, M, Potts, SG, Ramos, DDL, Rosenheim, JA, Rundlöf, M, Rusch, A, Sáez, A, Scheper, J, Schleuning, M, Schmack, JM, Sciligo, AR, Seymour, Colleen, Stanley, DA, Stewart, R, Stout, JC, Sutter, L, Takada, MB, Taki, H, Tamburini, G, Tschumi, M, Viana, BF, Westphal, C, Willcox, BK, Wratten, SD, Yoshioka, A, Zaragoza-Trello, C, Zhang, Wei, Zou, Yi, Steffan-Dewenter, I

Date

2019-10-16

Type

Journal Article

Abstract

Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem functions critical to food production. Whether crop yield-related ecosystem services can be maintained by a few dominant species or rely on high richness remains unclear. Using a global database from 89 studies (with 1475 locations), we partition the relative importance of species richness, abundance, and dominance for pollination; biological pest control; and final yields in the context of ongoing land-use change. Pollinator and enemy richness directly supported ecosystem services in addition to and independent of abundance and dominance. Up to 50% of the negative effects of landscape simplification on ecosystem services was due to richness losses of service-providing organisms, with negative consequences for crop yields. Maintaining the biodiversity of ecosystem service providers is therefore vital to sustain the flow of key agroecosystem benefits to society.