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ReviewAmbio2017

A review of ecosystem service benefits from wild bees across social contexts.

Denise Margaret S Matias, Julia Leventon, Anna-Lena Rau, Christian Borgemeister, Henrik von Wehrden

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Review in Ambio, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Denise Margaret S MatiasDepartment of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113, Bonn, Germany. denise.matias@uni-bonn.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6047-1176
Julia LeventonFaculty of Sustainability, Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Leuphana University, Scharnhorstr. 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany.
Anna-Lena RauFaculty of Sustainability, Center for Methods, Leuphana University, Scharnhorstr. 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany.
Christian BorgemeisterDepartment of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113, Bonn, Germany.
Henrik von WehrdenFaculty of Sustainability, Center for Methods, Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University, Scharnhorstr. 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to understand the role of wild bees in both social and ecological systems, we conducted a quantitative and qualitative review of publications dealing with wild bees and the benefits they provide in social contexts. We classified publications according to several attributes such as services and benefits derived from wild bees, types of bee-human interactions, recipients of direct benefits, social contexts where wild bees are found, and sources of changes to the bee-human system. We found that most of the services and benefits from wild bees are related to food, medicine, and pollination. We also found that wild bees directly provide benefits to communities to a greater extent than individuals. In the social contexts where they are found, wild bees occupy a central role. Several drivers of change affect bee-human systems, ranging from environmental to political drivers. These are the areas where we recommend making interventions for conserving the bee-human system.

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BeesCrops, AgriculturalEcosystemPollinationAgricultureAnimalsConservation of Natural ResourcesEcologyCommunityEcosystem cascade frameworkLivelihoods frameworkSocial–ecological systems

Identifiers

PMID27878448
PMCPMC5385664

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