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BEE-STEWARD: A decision-support tool for land owners, managers and advisors to support pollinator populations on farmland

BEE-STEWARD：为土地所有者、管理者和顾问提供决策支持工具，以支持农田上的授粉昆虫种群

基本信息

批准号：
NE/P016731/1
负责人：
Juliet Osborne
金额：
$ 12.84万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FP016731%2F1
关键词：
BEE STEWARD decision support tool

项目摘要

Bees are important pollinators of crops and wild flowers and, because they are totally reliant on nectar and pollen, they provide a proxy for the wider community of insect flower visitors that pollinate plants. There are many current initiatives aimed at improving the landscape to promote pollinator biodiversity, a key aim of the National Pollinator Strategy, but how do land managers predict which initiatives are likely to be most successful and thus make best use of often limited resources? In a collaborative project between Prof Juliet Osborne's team at the Environment and Sustainability Institute (Univ. Exeter in Cornwall) and partners [Natural England, the NFU (National Farmers Union), South Devon AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and Cornwall AONB] who are professionals in farming and environmentally sensitive land management, we will transform our latest systems models of bee colony dynamics into a decision-support software tool called BEE-STEWARD. It can be used to visualise how pollinator-friendly land management options might affect bee survival in any chosen landscape, thus aiding effective decision-making and resource allocation, and increasing the likelihood of land being managed to boost pollinators.WHY IS IT NEEDED? Studies have shown that increasing flower-rich habitats increases foraging bee numbers: Countryside Stewardship options have been developed with this foundation. However, practitioners have highlighted that there is a still a notable gap in understanding how these initiatives affect bee populations, and a lack of tools to inform where to best place resources.HOW WILL WE DO IT? To address the gap, we will develop the BEE-STEWARD tool to predict the relative value of adding forage to a mapped landscape by simulating bee colonies, and providing a comparison of population survival before and after implementation of changes. First, our partners will explain what they want from the tool to ensure the end product is fit for purpose and has a wide reach. With this blueprint, BEE-STEWARD will be created by integrating our current models: BEEHAVE (honeybees), BUMBLE-BEEHAVE (bumblebees) and BEE-SCOUT (landscape mapping model) with an interface that enables users to test land management scenarios. The user would upload their own maps which are then converted into maps of estimated nectar and pollen availability. The model then simulates how successful bees are likely to be in the mapped landscape, and simulates the effect of changes, such as planting flower mixtures or changing crops. We will work with the sectors below to disseminate the tool and ensure legacy.WHO WILL USE IT? Whilst based on complex models of bee biology, BEE-STEWARD itself will be designed for users with no modelling experience. It will be freely available on the web, with a step-by-step guide for:1) Individual farmers & landowners: it will provide a clear explanatory visualisation of how management scenarios may impact bees, over a range of time- and spatial scales. By building a community of Bee Stewards i.e. individuals prepared to test their ideas of environmental management in a virtual arena before putting into practice, then this will increase knowledge in the community, enable them to weigh up different options before spending money, and spread best practice, encouraging greater uptake of bee-friendly management options.2) Land managers, advisors and policy makers: BEE-STEWARD will allow them to explore what pollinator options are likely to be most successful in the landscape, and where. A key aim is to integrate this with Natural England's advice to farmers on how to implement the Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.3) The food retail sector: will be encouraged to devise incentives to encourage their suppliers to use the BEE-STEWARD tool, to boost market value of products based on their use of environmentally smart decision-making in favour of pollinators

蜜蜂是农作物和野花的重要授粉者，因为它们完全依赖花蜜和花粉，它们为更广泛的为植物授粉的昆虫访花者提供了一个代理。目前有许多旨在改善景观以促进传粉媒介生物多样性的举措，这是国家传粉媒介战略的一个关键目标，但土地管理者如何预测哪些举措可能最成功，从而最好地利用往往有限的资源？在环境与可持续发展研究所的朱丽叶·奥斯本教授团队的一个合作项目中，（康沃尔郡埃克塞特大学）和合作伙伴[自然英格兰，NFU（全国农民联盟），南德文郡AONB（杰出自然美景区）和康沃尔AONB]，他们是农业和环境敏感土地管理方面的专业人士，我们将把我们最新的蜂群动力学系统模型转换成一个名为BEE-STEWARD的决策支持软件工具。它可用于可视化传粉者友好型土地管理方案如何影响蜜蜂在任何选定景观中的生存，从而帮助有效的决策和资源分配，并增加土地管理以促进传粉者的可能性。研究表明，增加鲜花丰富的栖息地增加觅食蜜蜂的数量：农村管理选项已经开发了这个基础。然而，从业者强调，在理解这些举措如何影响蜜蜂种群方面仍然存在明显差距，并且缺乏工具来告知资源的最佳位置。我们将如何做到这一点？为了解决这一差距，我们将开发BEE-STEWARD工具，通过模拟蜂群并提供实施变更前后种群生存的比较，来预测向地图景观添加饲料的相对价值。首先，我们的合作伙伴将解释他们希望从工具中获得什么，以确保最终产品符合目的并具有广泛的影响力。有了这个蓝图，BEE-STEWARD将通过整合我们目前的模型来创建：BEEHAVE（蜜蜂），BUMBLE-BEEHAVE（大黄蜂）和BEE-SCOUT（景观映射模型），界面使用户能够测试土地管理方案。用户将上传自己的地图，然后将其转换为估计花蜜和花粉可用性的地图。然后，该模型模拟蜜蜂在映射的景观中的成功程度，并模拟变化的影响，例如种植花卉混合物或改变作物。我们将与以下部门合作，传播该工具并确保其传承。谁将使用它？虽然基于蜜蜂生物学的复杂模型，但BEE-STEWARD本身将为没有建模经验的用户设计。它将在网络上免费提供，并为以下人员提供分步指南：1）个体农民和土地所有者：它将提供管理方案如何影响蜜蜂的清晰解释性可视化，在一系列时间和空间尺度上。通过建立一个蜜蜂管理员社区，即个人准备在付诸实践之前在虚拟竞技场中测试他们的环境管理理念，这将增加社区的知识，使他们能够在花钱之前权衡不同的选择，并传播最佳实践，鼓励更多地采用蜜蜂友好型管理选项。2）土地管理者，顾问和政策制定者：BEE-STEWARD将使他们能够探索哪些授粉者选择可能在景观中最成功，以及在哪里。一个关键目标是将其与自然英格兰就如何实施农村管理计划的野生授粉者和农场野生动物一揽子计划向农民提供的建议相结合。3）鼓励食品零售部门制定激励措施，鼓励其供应商使用BEE-STEWARD工具，根据他们使用有利于授粉者的环境智能决策来提高产品的市场价值