Air pollution disproportionately impairs beneficial invertebrates: a meta-analysis
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Article Title | Air pollution disproportionately impairs beneficial invertebrates: a meta-analysis |
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ERA Journal ID | 122966 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ryalls, James M. W, Bishop, Jacob, Mofikoya, Adedayo O., Bromfield, Lisa M., Nakagawa, Shinichi and Girling, Robbie D. |
Journal Title | Nature Communications |
Journal Citation | 15 |
Article Number | 5447 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2041-1723 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49729-5 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49729-5 |
Abstract | Air pollution has the potential to disrupt ecologically- and economically- beneficial services provided by invertebrates, including pollination and natural pest regulation. To effectively predict and mitigate this disruption requires an understanding of how the impacts of air pollution vary between invertebrate groups. Here we conduct a global meta-analysis of 120 publications comparing the performance of different invertebrate functional groups in unpolluted and polluted atmospheres. We focus on the pollutants ozone, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter. We show that beneficial invertebrate performance is reduced by air pollution, whereas the performance of plant pest invertebrates is not significantly affected. Ozone pollution has the most detrimental impacts, and these occur at concentrations below national and international air quality standards. Changes in invertebrate performance are not dependent on air pollutant concentrations, indicating that even low levels of pollution are damaging. Predicted increases in tropospheric ozone could result in unintended consequences to global invertebrate populations and their valuable ecological services. |
Article Publishing Charge (APC) Funding | Other |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370102. Air pollution processes and air quality measurement |
310301. Behavioural ecology | |
410204. Ecosystem services (incl. pollination) | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Reading, United Kingdom |
University of New South Wales | |
University of Alberta, Canada | |
Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems | |
Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z8826/air-pollution-disproportionately-impairs-beneficial-invertebrates-a-meta-analysis
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