Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.

The contribution of nutrients from animal pollinated world crops has not previously been evaluated as a biophysical measure for the value of pollination services. This study evaluates the nutritional composition of animal-pollinated world crops. We calculated pollinator dependent and independent pro...

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Autores principales:	Elisabeth J Eilers, Claire Kremen, Sarah Smith Greenleaf, Andrea K Garber, Alexandra-Maria Klein
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:49e0c04bb40e461c9ab1e7b917d6f38f2021-11-18T06:51:31ZContribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0021363https://doaj.org/article/49e0c04bb40e461c9ab1e7b917d6f38f2011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21731717/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The contribution of nutrients from animal pollinated world crops has not previously been evaluated as a biophysical measure for the value of pollination services. This study evaluates the nutritional composition of animal-pollinated world crops. We calculated pollinator dependent and independent proportions of different nutrients of world crops, employing FAO data for crop production, USDA data for nutritional composition, and pollinator dependency data according to Klein et al. (2007). Crop plants that depend fully or partially on animal pollinators contain more than 90% of vitamin C, the whole quantity of Lycopene and almost the full quantity of the antioxidants β-cryptoxanthin and β-tocopherol, the majority of the lipid, vitamin A and related carotenoids, calcium and fluoride, and a large portion of folic acid. Ongoing pollinator decline may thus exacerbate current difficulties of providing a nutritionally adequate diet for the global human population.Elisabeth J EilersClaire KremenSarah Smith GreenleafAndrea K GarberAlexandra-Maria KleinPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 6, p e21363 (2011)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Elisabeth J Eilers Claire Kremen Sarah Smith Greenleaf Andrea K Garber Alexandra-Maria Klein Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.
description	The contribution of nutrients from animal pollinated world crops has not previously been evaluated as a biophysical measure for the value of pollination services. This study evaluates the nutritional composition of animal-pollinated world crops. We calculated pollinator dependent and independent proportions of different nutrients of world crops, employing FAO data for crop production, USDA data for nutritional composition, and pollinator dependency data according to Klein et al. (2007). Crop plants that depend fully or partially on animal pollinators contain more than 90% of vitamin C, the whole quantity of Lycopene and almost the full quantity of the antioxidants β-cryptoxanthin and β-tocopherol, the majority of the lipid, vitamin A and related carotenoids, calcium and fluoride, and a large portion of folic acid. Ongoing pollinator decline may thus exacerbate current difficulties of providing a nutritionally adequate diet for the global human population.
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author	Elisabeth J Eilers Claire Kremen Sarah Smith Greenleaf Andrea K Garber Alexandra-Maria Klein
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title	Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.
title_short	Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.
title_full	Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.
title_fullStr	Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.
title_full_unstemmed	Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.
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Contribution of pollinator-mediated crops to nutrients in the human food supply.

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