Bee diversity and pollination services in dynamic heterogeneous landscapes

动态异质景观中的蜜蜂多样性和授粉服务

• 批准号: RGPIN-2018-05660
• 负责人: MacIvor, James(Scott)
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=712792
• 关键词: Bee; diversity; pollination; services; dynamic

Understanding key drivers that alter or enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions have profound impacts on how we manage cities for conservation, food security, and human health and well-being. Cities are unique: they are heterogeneous patchworks of landscape and infrastructure that change over time, at different spatial scales and intensities (termed dynamic' heterogeneity). Unfortunately, our knowledge of how to manage biodiversity and ecosystem functions in cities is predominantly based on studies in agricultural and natural areas. As urbanization alters the global environment, finding links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is critical if we are to ensure the long-term sustainability of cities for people and wildlife. The primary objective of my research program is to develop predictive tools for interpreting impacts of urbanization and heterogeneity on biodiversity and ecosystem functions, by linking patterns in wild bee diversity, bee-flower-microbe interactions, pollination services, and food production in cities. Bees are essential pollinators in almost all terrestrial environments, and pollination is a critical ecosystem function that sustains flowering plants, including many edible crops. We will determine: i) which bee species are present and where, across seasons and years, in Canada's largest city, ii) which bees are most effective at pollinating target urban food crops and native plants, iii) how bee communities assemble (including any underlying functional or phylogenetic patterns) across a city, and, iv) develop predictive in-city distribution models for target wild bee species, communities, and pollination services in an era of rapid urbanization and climate change. Since biodiversity generally declines with urbanization, but increases with dynamic heterogeneity, we are interested in teasing apart these effects on patterns in wild bee diversity and pollination services using a suite of experiments and surveying at 80 permanent green spaces across the city that encompass a range of environmental conditions. We hypothesize that bee diversity will i) decrease with urbanization, but ii) increase with dynamic heterogeneity, which will result in greater iii) connectance in bee-flower-microbe networks, iv) pollination service delivery, and v) crop yield. The program will kick-off what will amount to a 30+ year research plan that will make clear, verifiable connections between bee diversity, pollination, and urban agriculture. The program will provide opportunities for practitioners in cities in Canada and around the world to restore, enhance and sustain wild bee populations and pollination services. More broadly, the program will be a catalyst in demonstrating the critical role of ecologists and ecological knowledge in solving the problems that cities face today and tomorrow.

了解改变或增强生物多样性和生态系统功能的关键驱动因素对我们如何管理城市的保护，粮食安全以及人类健康和福祉产生了深远的影响。城市是独一无二的：它们是景观和基础设施的异质拼布，它们会随着时间的流逝而改变，在不同的空间尺度和强度（称为动态的异质性）。不幸的是，我们对如何管理城市生物多样性和生态系统功能的了解主要是基于农业和自然地区的研究。随着城市化的变化，如果我们要确保城市对人们和野生动植物的长期可持续性，那么寻找生物多样性与生态系统功能之间的联系至关重要。 我的研究计划的主要目的是开发预测性工具来解释城市化和异质性对生物多样性和生态系统功能的影响，通过将野生蜜蜂多样性的模式，蜜蜂 - 流动 - 微生物相互作用，授粉服务和城市的粮食生产联系起来。蜜蜂几乎是所有陆地环境中必不可少的授粉媒介，而授粉是维持开花植物的关键生态系统功能，包括许多可食用的作物。 We will determine: i) which bee species are present and where, across seasons and years, in Canada's largest city, ii) which bees are most effective at pollinating target urban food crops and native plants, iii) how bee communities assemble (including any underlying functional or phylogenetic patterns) across a city, and, iv) develop predictive in-city distribution models for target wild bee species, communities, and pollination services in an era of rapid urbanization and climate 改变。 由于生物多样性通常随城市化而下降，但随着动态异质性的增加，我们有兴趣使用一套实验和在整个城市的80个永久性绿色空间进行培训对野生蜜蜂多样性和授粉服务中的模式的影响，这些影响包括一系列环境条件。我们假设蜜蜂的多样性将i）随着城市化而降低，但ii）随着动态异质性的增加，这将导致更大的iii）在蜜蜂 - 流动 - 微生物网络中的连接，iv）授粉服务和v）作物产量。 该计划将开启30多年的研究计划，该计划将在蜜蜂多样性，授粉和城市农业之间建立清晰，可验证的联系。该计划将为加拿大和世界各地城市的从业人员提供机会，以恢复，增强和维持野生蜜蜂的种群和授粉服务。更广泛地说，该计划将是展示生态学家和生态知识在解决城市今天和明天面临的问题方面的关键作用的催化剂。