Climate change, tree pollination and conservation in the tropics: a research agenda beyond IPBES

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Fernando Ramírez, Jose Kallarackal

Published Online: Nov 10 2017

DOI: 10.1002/wcc.502

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Tree‐pollinator interactions are important ecosystem services that are threatened by global warming and climate change. Very few investigations have focused on fruit‐tree pollination interactions in the tropics. In this paper, we analyze knowledge gaps proposed by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) with special reference to the tropics and associated with (1) the effects of climate change on plant‐pollinator interactions and (2) pollinator diversity and population attributes within the context of nature conservation. WIREs Clim Change 2018, 9:e502. doi: 10.1002/wcc.502 This article is categorized under: Climate, Ecology, and Conservation > Observed Ecological Changes

Insect pollinators among trees in Chipaque, Cundinamamarca, Colombia. On flowers of the capuli cherry—Prunus serotina subsp. capuli (a, b) Diptera—flies, (c) Coleoptera—beetle, (d) Lepidoptera—moth; Pomarosa tree (e) Hymenoptera—Apis, (f) Diptera—fly, (g) Hymenoptera—wasp; on lemon tree (h) Diptera—fly, (i) Hymenoptera—Apis; on an orange tree (j) Diptera—fly; on orange tree (k) Hymenoptera—Apis; on tree tomato (l) Diptera—flies on Cordia lanata. Photos by Fernando Ramirez. Reproduced with permission.

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Flowers among fruit trees which require more pollination research (a) Tree tomato from the Colombian Andes, (b) wild ‘grape,’ (c) lemon, (d) Cordia lanata, (e) capui cherry tree, and (f) Delonix regia from the Cancun, Mexico. Photos by Fernando Ramirez. Reproduced with permission.

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