Pollinator Diversity
What is the largest known pollinator?
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
How does noise pollution directly affect pollinator populations?
Noise levels can drive away certain pollinators such as bats, moths, and bees.
Pollinator diversity, abundance, and services increase when ____ is/are present?
Native Plant Species
Which city is the subject of the researcher’s study?
Edinburgh, UK (Scotland)
Pollinators are considered _______ species.
indicator
What species is heavily relied on to pollinate the cacao flower?
The Midge Fly
How does noise pollution impact pollinator populations indirectly?
Foxes, scrub jays, and other seed dispersing animal species are dispersed leading to transformations from forests to grasslands.
______ of human crops rely on pollinator services
3/4 (or 75%)
What is the name of the larger research project that this study falls under?
GREEN SURGE, a collaborative EU project concerning green infrastructure
What ratio of terrestrial animals are understood to be pollinators?
1/10
Which geographic region are lizards top pollinators?
Oceanic Islands
How can agricultural land uses be damaging to pollinators?
Pesticide applications to field crops can end up killing insects and pollinators alike
__% of pollination globally is carried out by honeybees
39%
What is the name of the stakeholder group that participated in the study?
The Edinburgh Living Landscape Project
How many known species of pollinators are there?
350,000
What is the most diverse species of all pollinators?
Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies)
How do humans contribute to disease vulnerability of pollinators?
Low species biodiversity in both pollinators and the plants they feed on leads to greater risk of succumbing to disease.
Roughly how much food relies on pollinator services each year, in USD?
Between $235-577 billion USD
What is a Habitat Suitability Model (HSM)?
Identifying relationships between a species’ known distribution and environmental factors over space to deliver spatial predictions of habitat suitability from which species distributions can be inferred
___% of all plant species rely on pollination?
80%
What flowers do the Honey Possums of Australia pollinate?
Banksia and Eucalyptus
How does paving and development of natural areas lead to lower density of pollinators?
Pollinators prefer unfilled inland water bodies and wild diverse spaces with low levels of pollution and disturbance
Green Infrastructure (GI) greatly benefits pollinator service output. Of the five main types of GI, which two are the least studied/explored?
Roadside ecology and wetland retention basins
What was the overall habitat suitability indices values for bumble bees and hoverflies within the studied area?
21% for bumble bees, 5% for hoverflies
What is the most diverse group of vertebrate pollinators?
Birds