Pollination Migrates to Top of Conservation Agenda: efforts of biologists bring to public attention the vital role played by migratory pollinators
Withgott J. Pollination Migrates to Top of Conservation Agenda: efforts of biologists bring to public attention the vital role played by migratory pollinators. :857 (5 pages in reprint)
Report of a conference in Tucson, AZ in May 1991 entitled "Migratory Pollinators and Their Corridors: Conservation Across Borders" which initiated a 5-year project of research, stewardship, education and conservation with collaboration across national boundaries (U.S. and Mexico). The project focused on the migrating species monarch butterflies, lesser long-nosed bats, rufous hummingbirds and white-winged doves. These pollinators are important to pollination of plants of the Southwest, including the saguaro. Migration puts many stressors on the pollinators which are under threat from many human-caused elements such as use of pesticides, loss of habitat and decline in available water. Examples of conservation monitoring, education and habitat restoration programs are described.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Withgott, Jay
- Keywords
- conservation, lesser long-nosed bats, migrating pollinators, monarch butterflies, pollination, rufous hummingbirds, saguaro, white winged doves
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Desert Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals , NPS.gov Subject Site: Deserts , NPS.gov Subject Site: Migratory Species , NPS.gov Subject Site: Pollinators