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  1. Article ; Online: Distance and Regional Effects on the Value of Wild Bee Conservation

    Moreaux, Céline / Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl / Meyerhoff, Jürgen / Dalsgaard, Bo / Rahbek, Carsten / Strange, N.

    Environ Resource Econ. 2023 Jan., v. 84, no. 1 p.37-63

    2023  

    Abstract: Many wild bee species are threatened across Europe, and with them the pollination function they provide. While numerous studies have assessed the value of bees as pollinators of crops, little is known about the non-marked value of bees. Using a choice ... ...

    Abstract Many wild bee species are threatened across Europe, and with them the pollination function they provide. While numerous studies have assessed the value of bees as pollinators of crops, little is known about the non-marked value of bees. Using a choice modelling experiment, we examine these non-market values in Germany by identifying citizens’ willingness to pay (WTP) for wild bee conservation initiatives in four states. Effects of distance, state and regional affiliation are scrutinised, as previous research found these to affect respondents’ choices. Random parameter logit and latent class models are used to capture preference heterogeneity. Overall, we find strong support of wild bee conservation and a clear preference for improvement relative to the status quo, particularly in natural areas and for rare or endangered species. The yearly WTP for conservation initiatives ranges from 227 to 447€ per household. Our results show distance and regional effects on WTP. Initiatives in respondents’ home states are preferred, and increasing distance to initiatives in other states result in a slightly reduced WTP. Additionally, we observe regional preferences within an eastern and a western home region. These preferences are not explainable by socio-demographic characteristics, home state or distance and probably linked to social and cultural affiliations. We conclude that for widespread support in society and effective conservation initiatives, policy proposals must address this spatial heterogeneity from distance and regional effects.
    Keywords bees ; endangered species ; issues and policy ; pollination ; spatial variation ; willingness to pay ; Germany
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-01
    Size p. 37-63.
    Publishing place Springer Netherlands
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 1479788-4
    ISSN 1573-1502 ; 0924-6460
    ISSN (online) 1573-1502
    ISSN 0924-6460
    DOI 10.1007/s10640-022-00692-z
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  2. Article ; Online: The evolution, ecology, and conservation of hummingbirds and their interactions with flowering plants.

    Leimberger, Kara G / Dalsgaard, Bo / Tobias, Joseph A / Wolf, Christopher / Betts, Matthew G

    Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

    2022  Volume 97, Issue 3, Page(s) 923–959

    Abstract: The ecological co-dependency between plants and hummingbirds is a classic example of a mutualistic interaction: hummingbirds rely on floral nectar to fuel their rapid metabolisms, and more than 7000 plant species rely on hummingbirds for pollination. ... ...

    Abstract The ecological co-dependency between plants and hummingbirds is a classic example of a mutualistic interaction: hummingbirds rely on floral nectar to fuel their rapid metabolisms, and more than 7000 plant species rely on hummingbirds for pollination. However, threats to hummingbirds are mounting, with 10% of 366 species considered globally threatened and 60% in decline. Despite the important ecological implications of these population declines, no recent review has examined plant-hummingbird interactions in the wider context of their evolution, ecology, and conservation. To provide this overview, we (i) assess the extent to which plants and hummingbirds have coevolved over millions of years, (ii) examine the mechanisms underlying plant-hummingbird interaction frequencies and hummingbird specialization, (iii) explore the factors driving the decline of hummingbird populations, and (iv) map out directions for future research and conservation. We find that, despite close associations between plants and hummingbirds, acquiring evidence for coevolution (versus one-sided adaptation) is difficult because data on fitness outcomes for both partners are required. Thus, linking plant-hummingbird interactions to plant reproduction is not only a major avenue for future coevolutionary work, but also for studies of interaction networks, which rarely incorporate pollinator effectiveness. Nevertheless, over the past decade, a growing body of literature on plant-hummingbird networks suggests that hummingbirds form relationships with plants primarily based on overlapping phenologies and trait-matching between bill length and flower length. On the other hand, species-level specialization appears to depend primarily on local community context, such as hummingbird abundance and nectar availability. Finally, although hummingbirds are commonly viewed as resilient opportunists that thrive in brushy habitats, we find that range size and forest dependency are key predictors of hummingbird extinction risk. A critical direction for future research is to examine how potential stressors - such as habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, and introduction of non-native plants - may interact to affect hummingbirds and the plants they pollinate.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Birds ; Flowers ; Magnoliopsida ; Plant Nectar ; Plants ; Pollination
    Chemical Substances Plant Nectar
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1423558-4
    ISSN 1469-185X ; 0006-3231 ; 1464-7931
    ISSN (online) 1469-185X
    ISSN 0006-3231 ; 1464-7931
    DOI 10.1111/brv.12828
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  3. Article ; Online: Biodiversity cradles and museums segregating within hotspots of endemism.

    Sonne, Jesper / Dalsgaard, Bo / Borregaard, Michael K / Kennedy, Jonathan / Fjeldså, Jon / Rahbek, Carsten

    Proceedings. Biological sciences

    2022  Volume 289, Issue 1981, Page(s) 20221102

    Abstract: The immense concentrations of vertebrate species in tropical mountains remain a prominent but unexplained pattern in biogeography. A long-standing hypothesis suggests that montane biodiversity hotspots result from endemic species aggregating within ... ...

    Abstract The immense concentrations of vertebrate species in tropical mountains remain a prominent but unexplained pattern in biogeography. A long-standing hypothesis suggests that montane biodiversity hotspots result from endemic species aggregating within ecologically stable localities. Here, the persistence of ancient lineages coincides with frequent speciation events, making such areas both 'cradles' (where new species arise) and 'museums' (where old species survive). Although this hypothesis refers to processes operating at the scale of valleys, it remains supported primarily by patterns generated from coarse-scale distribution data. Using high-resolution occurrence and phylogenetic data on Andean hummingbirds, we find that old and young endemic species are not spatially aggregated. The young endemic species tend to have non-overlapping distributions scattered along the Andean treeline, a long and narrow habitat where populations easily become fragmented. By contrast, the old endemic species have more aggregated distributions, but mainly within pockets of cloud forests at lower elevations than the young endemic species. These findings contradict the premise that biogeographical cradles and museums should overlap in valley systems where pockets of stable climate persist through periods of climate change. Instead, Andean biodiversity hotspots may derive from large-scale fluctuating climate complexity in conjunction with local-scale variability in available area and habitat connectivity.
    MeSH term(s) Biodiversity ; Ecosystem ; Forests ; Museums ; Phylogeny
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209242-6
    ISSN 1471-2954 ; 0080-4649 ; 0962-8452 ; 0950-1193
    ISSN (online) 1471-2954
    ISSN 0080-4649 ; 0962-8452 ; 0950-1193
    DOI 10.1098/rspb.2022.1102
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  4. Article ; Online: Extinction, coextinction and colonization dynamics in plant-hummingbird networks under climate change.

    Sonne, Jesper / Maruyama, Pietro K / Martín González, Ana M / Rahbek, Carsten / Bascompte, Jordi / Dalsgaard, Bo

    Nature ecology & evolution

    2022  Volume 6, Issue 6, Page(s) 720–729

    Abstract: Climate-driven range shifts may cause local extinctions, while the accompanying loss of biotic interactions may trigger secondary coextinctions. At the same time, climate change may facilitate colonizations from regional source pools, balancing out local ...

    Abstract Climate-driven range shifts may cause local extinctions, while the accompanying loss of biotic interactions may trigger secondary coextinctions. At the same time, climate change may facilitate colonizations from regional source pools, balancing out local species loss. At present, how these extinction-coextinction-colonization dynamics affect biological communities under climate change is poorly understood. Using 84 communities of interacting plants and hummingbirds, we simulated patterns in climate-driven extinctions, coextinctions and colonizations under future climate change scenarios. Our simulations showed clear geographic discrepancies in the communities' vulnerability to climate change. Andean communities were the least affected by future climate change, as they experienced few climate-driven extinctions and coextinctions while having the highest colonization potential. In North America and lowland South America, communities had many climate-driven extinctions and few colonization events. Meanwhile, the pattern of coextinction was highly dependent on the configuration of networks formed by interacting hummingbirds and plants. Notably, North American communities experienced proportionally fewer coextinctions than other regions because climate-driven extinctions here primarily affected species with peripheral network roles. Moreover, coextinctions generally decreased in communities where species have few overlapping interactions, that is, communities with more complementary specialized and modular networks. Together, these results highlight that we should not expect colonizations to adequately balance out local extinctions in the most vulnerable ecoregions.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Birds ; Climate Change ; Extinction, Biological ; North America ; Plants
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-28
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2397-334X
    ISSN (online) 2397-334X
    DOI 10.1038/s41559-022-01693-3
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  5. Article: The conservation and ecology of the British Virgin Islands endemic tree, Vachellia anegadensis

    Bárrios, Sara / Dufke, Maria / Hamilton, Martin / Cowan, Robyn / Woodfield-Pascoe, Nancy / Dalsgaard, Bo / Hawkins, Julie / Clubbe, Colin

    Oryx. 2022 Jan., v. 56, no. 1

    2022  

    Abstract: Numerous island species have gone extinct and many extant, but threatened, island endemics require ongoing monitoring of their conservation status. The small tree Vachellia anegadensis was formerly thought to occur only on the limestone island of Anegada ...

    Abstract Numerous island species have gone extinct and many extant, but threatened, island endemics require ongoing monitoring of their conservation status. The small tree Vachellia anegadensis was formerly thought to occur only on the limestone island of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands and was categorized as Critically Endangered. However, in 2008 it was discovered on the volcanic island of Fallen Jerusalem, c. 35 km from Anegada, and in 2018 it was recategorized as Endangered. To inform conservation interventions, we examined the species’ distribution, genetic population structure, dependency on pollinators and preferred habitat, and documented any threats. We found V. anegadensis to be locally widespread on Anegada but uncommon on Fallen Jerusalem and established that geographical location does not predict genetic differentiation amongst populations. Vachellia anegadensis produces the highest number of seed pods when visited by animal pollinators, in particular Lepidoptera. Introduced animals and disturbance by humans appear to be the main threats to V. anegadensis, and in situ conservation is critical for the species’ long-term survival.
    Keywords Lepidoptera ; Oryx ; Vachellia ; conservation status ; genetic variation ; habitats ; indigenous species ; limestone ; population structure ; trees ; volcanic islands
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-01
    Size p. 26-33.
    Publishing place Cambridge University Press
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 417337-5
    ISSN 1365-3008 ; 0030-6053
    ISSN (online) 1365-3008
    ISSN 0030-6053
    DOI 10.1017/S0030605320001234
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  6. Article: Double Mutualism Between the Black-crowned Palm-Tanager (Passeriformes, Pheanicophilidae, Phaenicophilus palmarum) and the Beach Creeper (Rubiaceae, Ernodea littoralis) on Hispaniola, Greater Antilles, Caribbean

    Møller-Stranges, Fredrik / Hedegaard, Line Maj / Dalsgaard, Bo

    Caribbean journal of science. 2021 Apr. 21, v. 51, no. 1

    2021  

    Abstract: Double mutualism describes the situation where two species interact for the benefit of both in more than one type of interaction. For instance, if a given plant species is both pollinated and has its seeds dispersed by the same animal species. Double ... ...

    Abstract Double mutualism describes the situation where two species interact for the benefit of both in more than one type of interaction. For instance, if a given plant species is both pollinated and has its seeds dispersed by the same animal species. Double mutualism is thought to be more present in ecosystems where organisms are generalized, such as on oceanic islands. In the Caribbean islands, double mutualism has only been reported four times, of which only one involves a bird, between the widespread Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) and the plant Cordia bicolor (Boraginaceae) on the continental island of Tobago. Here, for the first time, we report an observation of double mutualistic behaviour of a bird on Caribbean oceanic islands: The Black-crowned Tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum), a bird endemic to Hispaniola, and the widespread plant Beach Creeper (Ernodea littoralis, Rubiaceae). Whereas hummingbirds and insects were more frequent visitors to the flowers of E. littoralis compared to P. palmarum, only P. palmarum was observed as a seed-disperser of E. littoralis. Based on our observations, we conclude that P. palmarum and E. littoralis show double mutualistic behaviour, though more detailed studies are needed to quantify the importance of this mutualistic behaviour, both from the bird's point of view and from the plant's point of view regarding the effectiveness of P. palmarum as pollinator and seed-disperser, respectively. We believe that double mutualism has been overlooked in the Caribbean, and, thus, we hope our observations will stimulate research into the importance of double mutualism across the Caribbean.
    Keywords Cordia ; Passeriformes ; Rubiaceae ; mutualism ; pollinators ; Caribbean ; Hispaniola ; Trinidad and Tobago
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-0421
    Size p. 86-91.
    Publishing place University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2016900-0
    ISSN 0008-6452
    ISSN 0008-6452
    DOI 10.18475/cjos.v51i1.a10
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  7. Article: Landscape-Level Effects of Forest on Pollinators and Fruit Set of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) in Orchards across Southern Thailand

    Hansen, Katrine / Sritongchuay, Tuanjit / Bumrungsri, Sara / Simmons, Benno I / Strange, Niels / Dalsgaard, Bo

    Diversity. 2020 June 25, v. 12, no. 6

    2020  

    Abstract: Pollination by wild pollinators is a key ecosystem service threatened by anthropogenic-induced land-use change. The proximity to natural habitat has previously been shown to positively affect pollinator communities and improve crop yield and quality but ... ...

    Abstract Pollination by wild pollinators is a key ecosystem service threatened by anthropogenic-induced land-use change. The proximity to natural habitat has previously been shown to positively affect pollinator communities and improve crop yield and quality but empirical evidence is limited from most parts of the World. Here, across six farms in Southern Thailand, we investigated the significance of landscape-level effects of natural habitat (proportion of and distance to evergreen forest) on both visitation rate and richness of pollinators as well as fruit set of guava (Psidium guajava L.), a local economically-important crop in the tropics. Overall, the most abundant pollinator was the Asian honey bee Apis cerana (39% of all visits) and different species of stingless bees (37%). We found that pollinator richness was unrelated to the proportion and distance to evergreen forest, however, the proportion of forest within a 1, 5 and 10 km radius had a significant positive impact on visitation rate of wild pollinators. Still, neither the various forest parameters nor pollinator visitation rate showed a significant impact on fruit set of guava, perhaps because guava self-pollinates. This illustrates that landscape-level degradation of natural habitat may negatively impact pollinator communities without diminishing the crop yield of the farmers.
    Keywords Apis cerana ; Psidium guajava ; crop yield ; ecosystem services ; evergreen forests ; farms ; fruit set ; guavas ; habitats ; land use change ; orchards ; pollination ; pollinators ; stingless bees ; tropics ; Thailand
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-0625
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2518137-3
    ISSN 1424-2818
    ISSN 1424-2818
    DOI 10.3390/d12060259
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  8. Article: High levels of phenological asynchrony between specialized pollinators and plants with short flowering phases

    Maglianesi, María A / Hanson, Paul / Brenes, Emanuel / Benadi, Gita / Schleuning, Matthias / Dalsgaard, Bo

    Ecology. 2020 Nov., v. 101, no. 11

    2020  

    Abstract: Species phenology plays a key role in determining mutualistic interactions, such as those between plants and pollinators. Notably, temporal synchrony shapes the patterns of interactions by influencing the probability of encounters between interacting ... ...

    Abstract Species phenology plays a key role in determining mutualistic interactions, such as those between plants and pollinators. Notably, temporal synchrony shapes the patterns of interactions by influencing the probability of encounters between interacting partners; thus, species phenology greatly contributes to structuring ecological communities. In these communities, specialized species are expected to show a high level of synchrony with their partners; however, the relationship between species phenology and specialization remains largely unexplored. In three localities in the tropical mountains of Costa Rica, we quantified the level of phenological synchrony in plant–pollinator networks and tested whether phenological synchrony is associated with the degree of pollinator specialization on plant partners. We also tested the relationship between pollinator specialization and the length of the flowering phase of the visited plants. Across all three studied networks, our results show a strong asynchrony between interacting plant and pollinator species. We also found that more specialized pollinators were more asynchronous with their plant partners and, moreover, that specialized pollinators preferably visited plant species with shorter flowering phases compared to generalized pollinators. These patterns suggest that specialized pollinators may be more vulnerable to mutualistic disruptions because they depend primarily on short‐lived resources and have a high risk of phenological mismatch. This discovery has important consequences for specialized species’ potential to survive and adapt to changes in the phenology of their interacting partners, which is highly relevant in a time characterized by changing climates and associated shifts in species phenology.
    Keywords phenology ; pollinators ; risk ; Costa Rica
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-11
    Publishing place John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean ; JOURNAL ARTICLE
    ZDB-ID 1797-8
    ISSN 0012-9658
    ISSN 0012-9658
    DOI 10.1002/ecy.3162
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  9. Article: Landscape-level effects on pollination networks and fruit-set of crops in tropical small-holder agroecosystems

    Sritongchuay, Tuanjit / Dalsgaard, Bo / Wayo, Kanuengnit / Zou, Yi / Simla, Pattraporn / Tanalgo, Krizler Cejuela / Orr, Michael C. / Hughes, Alice C.

    Agriculture, ecosystems & environment. 2022 July 22,

    2022  

    Abstract: There is a global concern of pollinator declines and linked ecosystem service losses. However, although land-use changes are a primary threat to biodiversity, how land-use change affects pollinator communities, pollination networks and fruit-set of food ... ...

    Abstract There is a global concern of pollinator declines and linked ecosystem service losses. However, although land-use changes are a primary threat to biodiversity, how land-use change affects pollinator communities, pollination networks and fruit-set of food crops is poorly understood. The impact of land-use changes is especially understudied in tropical systems, even though most tropical crops are highly dependent on animal pollination. Using 40 sites to investigate diurnal and nocturnal flower visitors in small-scale agroecosystems across land-use gradients in Thailand and tropical South-western China, we show that habitat structure shapes pollinator communities at local (floral species richness) and landscape level (percentage of tree plantation in a 500m radius and percentage forest in a 5km radius), influencing both the species richness of pollinators and their visitation rates. These, in turn, alter plant-pollinator network structure: community-level specialization increases with floral species richness and percentage of forest cover. However, the specialization decreases with percentage of tree plantation, illustrating that natural habitat better supports specialized species. Furthermore, fruit-sets of several crops were affected by land-use. Notably, fruit-set of mango was positively associated with the percentage of forest cover in the surrounding landscape. These findings reveal how land-use influence pollinator communities and highlight how natural habitats may safeguard ecosystem service.
    Keywords agriculture ; agroecosystems ; animals ; ecosystem services ; environment ; flowers ; forests ; fruit set ; habitats ; land use change ; landscapes ; mangoes ; plantations ; pollination ; pollinators ; species richness ; China ; Thailand
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0722
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    Note Pre-press version
    ZDB-ID 602345-9
    ISSN 1873-2305 ; 0167-8809
    ISSN (online) 1873-2305
    ISSN 0167-8809
    DOI 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108112
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  10. Article ; Online: Generalist and topologically central avian frugivores promote plant invasion unequally across land-bridge islands.

    Zhu, Chen / Dalsgaard, Bo / Li, Wande / Gonçalves, Fernando / Vollstädt, Maximilian G R / Ren, Peng / Zhang, Xue / Shao, Junjie / Ding, Ping / Si, Xingfeng

    Ecology

    2023  Volume 105, Issue 2, Page(s) e4216

    Abstract: Seed dispersal by frugivorous birds facilitates plant invasions, but it is poorly known how invasive plants integrate into native communities in fragmented landscapes. We surveyed plant-frugivore interactions, including an invasive plant (Phytolacca ... ...

    Abstract Seed dispersal by frugivorous birds facilitates plant invasions, but it is poorly known how invasive plants integrate into native communities in fragmented landscapes. We surveyed plant-frugivore interactions, including an invasive plant (Phytolacca americana), on 22 artificial land-bridge islands (fragmented forests) in the Thousand Island Lake, China. Focusing on frugivory interactions that may lead to seed dispersal, we built ecological networks of studied islands both at the local island (community) and at landscape (metacommunity) levels. On islands with P. americana, we found that P. americana impacted local avian frugivory networks more on islands with species-poor plant communities and on isolated islands. Moreover, as P. americana interacted mainly with local core birds (generalists), this indicates reduced seed dispersal of native plants on invaded islands. At the landscape level, P. americana had established strong interactions with generalist birds that largely maintain seed-dispersal functions across islands, as revealed by their topologically central roles both in the regional plant-bird trophic network and in the spatial metanetwork. This indicates that generalist frugivorous birds may have facilitated the dispersal of P. americana across islands, making P. americana well integrated into the plant-frugivore mutualistic metacommunity. Taken together, our study demonstrates that the impact of plant invasion is context-dependent and that generalist native frugivores with high dispersal potential may accelerate plant invasion in fragmented landscapes. These findings highlight the importance of taking the functional roles of animal mutualists and habitat fragmentation into account when managing plant invasions and their impact on native communities.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Fruit ; Ecosystem ; Forests ; Plants ; Birds ; Seed Dispersal ; Feeding Behavior ; Islands
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2010140-5
    ISSN 1939-9170 ; 0012-9658
    ISSN (online) 1939-9170
    ISSN 0012-9658
    DOI 10.1002/ecy.4216
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