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SUBMITTER: Doyle T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7287354 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Doyle Toby T Hawkes Will L S WLS Massy Richard R Powney Gary D GD Menz Myles H M MHM Wotton Karl R KR
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20200520 1927
Pollinator declines, changes in land use and climate-induced shifts in phenology have the potential to seriously affect ecosystem function and food security by disrupting pollination services provided by insects. Much of the current research focuses on bees, or groups other insects together as 'non-bee pollinators', obscuring the relative contribution of this diverse group of organisms. Prominent among the 'non-bee pollinators' are the hoverflies, known to visit at least 72% of global food crops ...[more]