Exploring Climate-Driven Mismatches Between Pollinator-Dependent Crops and Honeybees in Asia.

IF 3.6 3区 生物学 Q1 BIOLOGY
Ehsan Rahimi, Chuleui Jung
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Abstract

In Asia, Apis cerana (native) and Apis mellifera (introduced) are the primary managed honeybee species, vital for pollination and honey production. However, climate change and other threats are driving pollinator declines, while research on their ecology in Asia remains limited. Bridging these knowledge gaps is crucial for developing conservation strategies to sustain pollination services and agricultural systems in the region. In this study, we evaluated the potential impacts of climate change on the spatial interactions between two honeybee species (A. cerana and A. mellifera) and 20 pollinator-dependent crops across 23 countries in Asia. We used species distribution models (SDMs) to generate habitat suitability maps for both honeybees and crops under current and future climate scenarios (SSP585 for 2070). Schoener's D statistic was employed to quantify the spatial overlap, and a novel spatial approach was applied to create mismatch maps that identified areas of increased or decreased interactions. We found that, on average, A. cerana demonstrated higher overlap with 12 crops compared to 8 for A. mellifera in future projections. Key crops like sesame, eggplant, and mango retained strong overlaps with both pollinators, while mismatches were more pronounced for A. cerana, particularly with watermelon, strawberry, and buckwheat. In contrast, A. mellifera showed greater stability and resilience in spatial overlaps with crops such as soybean and sunflower. Overall, A. cerana is expected to face more significant spatial mismatches, highlighting its vulnerability to climate-induced changes and the critical need for targeted conservation efforts. This study highlights the urgent need for region-specific conservation strategies by identifying areas at risk of losing critical pollination services. Our results provide a crucial framework for informed management and policy interventions to safeguard pollination-dependent agricultural systems and biodiversity in Asia amidst accelerating environmental challenges.

探索气候驱动的亚洲传粉作物与蜜蜂之间的不匹配。
在亚洲,原生蜜蜂(Apis cerana)和引进蜜蜂(Apis mellifera)是主要的管理蜜蜂品种,对授粉和蜂蜜生产至关重要。然而,气候变化和其他威胁正在推动传粉媒介的减少,而对它们在亚洲的生态学研究仍然有限。弥合这些知识差距对于制定保护战略以维持该地区的授粉服务和农业系统至关重要。在本研究中,我们评估了气候变化对亚洲23个国家的两种蜜蜂(A. cerana和A. mellifera)与20种依赖传粉媒介的作物之间空间相互作用的潜在影响。我们利用物种分布模型(SDMs)生成了当前和未来气候情景下蜜蜂和作物的栖息地适宜性图(SSP585 for 2070)。采用Schoener's D统计量来量化空间重叠,并采用一种新的空间方法来创建错配图,以确定相互作用增加或减少的区域。我们发现,在未来的预测中,平均而言,蜜蜂与12种作物有较高的重叠,而蜜蜂与8种作物有较高的重叠。芝麻、茄子和芒果等关键作物与这两种传粉媒介保持着强烈的重叠,而蜜蜂的不匹配更为明显,尤其是与西瓜、草莓和荞麦的不匹配。相比之下,蜜蜂在与大豆、向日葵等作物重叠的空间上表现出更强的稳定性和抗逆性。综上所述,中国蜜蜂将面临更严重的空间错配,这凸显了其对气候变化的脆弱性和有针对性的保护工作的迫切需要。这项研究强调了迫切需要通过确定面临失去关键授粉服务风险的地区来制定特定区域的保护战略。我们的研究结果为在日益加剧的环境挑战中保护依赖授粉的农业系统和亚洲生物多样性的知情管理和政策干预提供了重要框架。
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Biology-Basel
Biology-Basel Biological Science-Biological Science
CiteScore
5.70
自引率
4.80%
发文量
1618
审稿时长
11 weeks
期刊介绍: Biology (ISSN 2079-7737) is an international, peer-reviewed, quick-refereeing open access journal of Biological Science published by MDPI online. It publishes reviews, research papers and communications in all areas of biology and at the interface of related disciplines. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Electronic files regarding the full details of the experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material.
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