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BBSRC CASE studentship: Do insect pollinators affect hedgerow fruit set and consequent bird feeding behaviour on farmland?

Reference	BBS/E/C/00004705
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Ian Denholm
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Juliet Osborne
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	5,127
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/10/2004
End date	30/09/2008
Duration	48 months

Abstract

Many hedgerow species, such as blackthorn, bramble and wild cherry, benefit from insect pollination and many winter-feeding birds (e.g. winter thrushes), some of which are in decline, eat the fruit from these plant species. This project aims to quantify the service provided by insects in the pollination of particular hedgerow plants in agro-ecosystems; and quantify the consequent resource provided for fruit-feeding birds. The two central questions are 1) Is a strong and diverse population of insect pollinators, particularly bees, required to provide a plentiful and diverse resource of fruit for winter fruit-feeding birds on farmland? 2) If this is the case, are current populations of pollinators on farmland likely to be limiting the fruit resource available to birds? The results will provide information pertinent to wildlife management plans on farmland.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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