[Pollinator] Fwd: FW: New Paper showing that restoration on islands work

[Peter Bernhardt]

 Well. this one took me by surprise and it was published in one of the most
prestigious journals.  If you accept results it is saying, take out the
invasive weeds and the native pollinators concentrate on the native,
insular, plant species.  Seems pretty logical but the Graphs and figures
make my head spin.

Peter

*From:* Island Conservation Network [mailto:ISLANDS-L at LISTSERV.BGCI.ORG] *On
Behalf Of *Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury
*Sent:* Wednesday, 1 February, 2017 8:52 PM
*To:* ISLANDS-L at LISTSERV.BGCI.ORG
*Subject:* New Paper showing that restoration on islands work



Dear Island Colleagues,

New research from the Seychelles on the effect of vegetation restoration on
pollination has shown that plant-pollinator communities and pollination
respond positively to the removal of exotic plants. Pollination networks
become more generalised, reducing the mutual dependency on a few plants and
pollinator species. Pollinators in restored plant communities change their
behaviour, resulting in increased pollination quality and quantity.
Relative and total fruit production are higher in restored communities,
which provides the foundation for the long-term viability of restored
native communities.

You can read more about the study here:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature21071.html

Kaiser-Bunbury CN, Mougal J, Whittington AE, Valentin T, Gabriel R, Olesen
JM, Blüthgen N. 2017. Ecosystem restoration strengthens pollination network
resilience and function. *Nature*, advance online publication.

If you would like to receive a pdf of the article please contact me
directly.

Best wishes,
Chris

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