discovery day: ballantyne
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Mpala Research Centre Discovery Day 2014
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Pollination in Plant Communities: Who Does it Best?
Dr Gavin Ballantyne
Pollination Crisis
● Threats to pollinators
– Habitat Loss
– Pesticides
– Disease
● Threat to pollinators = threat to food security
● Kenyan honeybees doing well, but for how long?
● Understanding of how pollinator communities operate essential
● Aims of the project:
– Identify which are the key pollinator species in the environment
– Determine how vulnerable the plant community is to pollinator loss
● Prof Pat Willmer, Dr Katherine Baldock, Joanna Robins King, Stephen Ekale Ekuam
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