Pollinator species richness: Are the declines slowing down?

By

Van Dooren, Tom

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

Nature conservation

Volume

15

Pages

11--22

Subjects

diversity decline , pollinators , Rarefaction , species accumulation curve , species richness

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2012-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.15.9616

 

Abstract

Changes in pollinator abundances and diversity are of major concern. A recent study inferred that pollinator species richnesses are decreasing more slowly in recent decades in several taxa and European countries. A more careful interpretation of these results reveals that this conclusion cannot be drawn and that we can only infer that declines decelerate for bees (Anthophila) in the Netherlands.