The need for weeds : man-made, non-cropped habitats complement crops and natural habitats in providing honey bees and bumble bees with pollen resources

2022
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dc.abstract.enIn Europe, honey bees and bumble bees are among the most important pollinators, and there is a growing interest in understanding the effects of floral resource availability on their survival. Yet, to date, data on nectar and pollen supplies available to bees in agricultural landscapes are still scarce. In this paper, we quantify species-, habitat- and landscape-scale pollen production in the Lublin Upland, SE Poland. The production per unit area was highest (mean = 2.2–2.6 g/m$^{2}$) in non-forest woody vegetation, field margins and fallows, whilst significantly lower pollen amounts were shown to be available in road verges and railway embankments (mean = 1.3–1.6 g/m$^{2}$). At landscape scale, natural and semi-natural areas (forests and meadows/pastures) offered ca. 44% of the total pollen resources during the year. Relatively high amounts of pollen (ca. 35% of the year-round total pollen resources) were from winter rape, but this resource was short-term. Man-made, non-cropped habitats added only ca. 18% of the total pollen mass offered for pollinators during flowering season. However, they provided 66–99% of pollen resources available from July to October. There exists an imbalance in the availability of pollen resources throughout the year. Hence, a diversity of natural, semi-natural and man-made, non-cropped areas is required to support the seasonal continuity of pollen resources for pollinators in an agricultural landscape. Efforts should be made to secure habitat heterogeneity to enhance the flower diversity and continual pollen availability for pollinators.
dc.affiliationWydział Biologii : Instytut Nauk o Środowisku
dc.contributor.authorJachuła, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorDenisow, Bożena
dc.contributor.authorWrzesień, Małgorzata
dc.contributor.authorZiółkowska, Elżbieta - 142854
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dc.date.createdat2025-04-10T05:59:36Zen
dc.date.issued2022
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dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
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dc.identifier.articleid156551
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156551
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/551366
dc.languageeng
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dc.subject.enman-made habitats
dc.subject.enpollen
dc.subject.enresource gaps
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dc.titleThe need for weeds : man-made, non-cropped habitats complement crops and natural habitats in providing honey bees and bumble bees with pollen resources
dc.title.journalScience of the Total Environment
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In Europe, honey bees and bumble bees are among the most important pollinators, and there is a growing interest in understanding the effects of floral resource availability on their survival. Yet, to date, data on nectar and pollen supplies available to bees in agricultural landscapes are still scarce. In this paper, we quantify species-, habitat- and landscape-scale pollen production in the Lublin Upland, SE Poland. The production per unit area was highest (mean = 2.2–2.6 g/m$^{2}$) in non-forest woody vegetation, field margins and fallows, whilst significantly lower pollen amounts were shown to be available in road verges and railway embankments (mean = 1.3–1.6 g/m$^{2}$). At landscape scale, natural and semi-natural areas (forests and meadows/pastures) offered ca. 44% of the total pollen resources during the year. Relatively high amounts of pollen (ca. 35% of the year-round total pollen resources) were from winter rape, but this resource was short-term. Man-made, non-cropped habitats added only ca. 18% of the total pollen mass offered for pollinators during flowering season. However, they provided 66–99% of pollen resources available from July to October. There exists an imbalance in the availability of pollen resources throughout the year. Hence, a diversity of natural, semi-natural and man-made, non-cropped areas is required to support the seasonal continuity of pollen resources for pollinators in an agricultural landscape. Efforts should be made to secure habitat heterogeneity to enhance the flower diversity and continual pollen availability for pollinators.
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Wydział Biologii : Instytut Nauk o Środowisku
dc.contributor.author
Jachuła, Jacek
dc.contributor.author
Denisow, Bożena
dc.contributor.author
Wrzesień, Małgorzata
dc.contributor.author
Ziółkowska, Elżbieta - 142854
dc.date.accessioned
2025-04-10T10:54:40Z
dc.date.available
2025-04-10T10:54:40Z
dc.date.createdaten
2025-04-10T05:59:36Z
dc.date.issued
2022
dc.date.openaccess
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w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume
840
dc.identifier.articleid
156551
dc.identifier.doi
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156551
dc.identifier.issn
0048-9697
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https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/551366
dc.language
eng
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eng
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
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insect pollinators
dc.subject.en
agricultural landscape
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man-made habitats
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pollen
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resource gaps
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The need for weeds : man-made, non-cropped habitats complement crops and natural habitats in providing honey bees and bumble bees with pollen resources
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Science of the Total Environment
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