@article{89176b2749a44d61ab7273d2c9429412,
title = "Reflections on, and visions for, the changing field of pollination ecology",
abstract = "Since the launch of Ecology Letters in 1998, the field of Pollination Ecology has changed considerably in its focus. In this review, we discuss the major discoveries across the past two decades. We quantitatively synthesise the frequency by which different concepts and topics appeared in the peer-reviewed literature, as well as the connections between these topics. We then look forward to identify pressing research frontiers and opportunities for additional integration in the future. We find that there has been a shift towards viewing plant–pollinator interactions as networks and towards understanding how global drivers influence the plants, pollinators and the ecosystem service of pollination. Future frontiers include moving towards a macroecological view of plant–pollinator interactions, understanding how ecological intensification and urbanisation will influence pollination, considering other interactions, such as plant–microbe–pollinator networks, and understanding the causes and consequences of extinctions. Pollination Ecology is poised to advance our basic understanding of the ecological and evolutionary factors that shape plant–animal interactions and to create applied knowledge that informs conservation decision making.",
keywords = "Biological invasions, climate change, ecological intensification, habitat fragmentation, literature review, macroecology, networks, pollen limitation, pollinator declines, urbanisation",
author = "Knight, {T. M.} and Ashman, {T. L.} and Bennett, {J. M.} and Burns, {J. H.} and S. Passonneau and Steets, {J. A.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank V. {\c S}tefan for assistance preparing figures and T. Coulson for the invitation to write on this topic. We thank Jeff Ollerton and one anonymous reviewer for helpful comments. Funding was provided by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as part of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship of TMK, by the Helmholtz Association through the Helmholtz Recruitment Initiative to TMK and the Helmholtz International Fellow Award to TLA, and NSF DEB1452386 to TLA. Funding Information: We thank V. S{\textcopyright}tefan for assistance preparing figures and T. Coulson for the invitation to write on this topic. We thank Jeff Ollerton and one anonymous reviewer for helpful comments. Funding was provided by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as part of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship of TMK, by the Helmholtz Association through the Helmholtz Recruitment Initiative to TMK and the Helmholtz International Fellow Award to TLA, and NSF DEB1452386 to TLA. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1111/ele.13094",
language = "English",
volume = "21",
pages = "1282--1295",
journal = "Ecology Letters",
issn = "1461-023X",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "8",
}
