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Design and Planning of a Transdisciplinary Investigation into Farmland Pollinators: Rationale, Co-Design, and Lessons Learned
Hodge, Simon; Schweiger, Oliver; Klein, Alexandra-Maria et al.
2022In Sustainability, 14 (17), p. 10549
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Keywords :
bee pathogens; bees; insect declines; landscape ecology; pan-European; pesticides; pollinators; Computer Science (miscellaneous); Geography, Planning and Development; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Building and Construction; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Hardware and Architecture; Computer Networks and Communications; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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[en] To provide a complete portrayal of the multiple factors negatively impacting insects in agricultural landscapes it is necessary to assess the concurrent incidence, magnitude, and interactions among multiple stressors over substantial biogeographical scales. Trans-national ecological field investigations with wide-ranging stakeholders typically encounter numerous challenges during the design planning stages, not least that the scientific soundness of a spatially replicated study design must account for the substantial geographic and climatic variation among distant sites. ‘PoshBee’ (Pan-European assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of Stressors on the Health of Bees) is a multi-partner transdisciplinary agroecological project established to investigate the suite of stressors typically encountered by pollinating insects in European agricultural landscapes. To do this, PoshBee established a network of 128 study sites across eight European countries and collected over 50 measurements and samples relating to the nutritional, toxicological, pathogenic, and landscape components of the bees’ environment. This paper describes the development process, rationale, and end-result of each aspect of the of the PoshBee field investigation. We describe the main issues and challenges encountered during the design stages and highlight a number of actions or processes that may benefit other multi-partner research consortia planning similar large-scale studies. It was soon identified that in a multi-component study design process, the development of interaction and communication networks involving all collaborators and stakeholders requires considerable time and resources. It was also necessary at each planning stage to be mindful of the needs and objectives of all stakeholders and partners, and further challenges inevitably arose when practical limitations, such as time restrictions and labour constraints, were superimposed upon prototype study designs. To promote clarity for all stakeholders, for each sub-component of the study, there should be a clear record of the rationale and reasoning that outlines how the final design transpired, what compromises were made, and how the requirements of different stakeholders were accomplished. Ultimately, multi-national agroecological field studies such as PoshBee benefit greatly from the involvement of diverse stakeholders and partners, ranging from field ecologists, project managers, policy legislators, mathematical modelers, and farmer organisations. While the execution of the study highlighted the advantages and benefits of large-scale transdisciplinary projects, the long planning period emphasized the need to formally describe a design framework that could facilitate the design process of future multi-partner collaborations.
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Hodge, Simon ;  School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Schweiger, Oliver ;  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, Germany
Klein, Alexandra-Maria;  Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Potts, Simon G. ;  Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom
Costa, Cecilia;  CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
Albrecht, Matthias;  Agroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland
de Miranda, Joachim R. ;  Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Mand, Marika;  Department of Plant Protection, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
De la Rúa, Pilar ;  Dpto. Zoología y Antropología Física, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Rundlöf, Maj ;  Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Attridge, Eleanor;  The Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Associations, Tullamore, Ireland
Dean, Robin;  Red Beehive, Bishops Waltham, United Kingdom
Bulet, Philippe ;  Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France
Michez, Denis  ;  Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Zoologie
Paxton, Robert J. ;  Department of General Zoology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Babin, Aurélie ;  Unit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, France
Cougoule, Nicolas;  Unit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, France
Laurent, Marion;  Unit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, France
Martel, Anne-Claire;  Unit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, France
Paris, Laurianne;  Unit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, France
Rivière, Marie-Pierre;  Unit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, France
Dubois, Eric ;  Unit of Honey Bee Pathology, Sophia Antipolis Laboratory, ANSES, France
Chauzat, Marie-Pierre;  Laboratory for Animal Health, ANSES, Paris-Est University, Maisons-Alfort, France
Arafah, Karim;  BioPark Platform, Archamps, France
Askri, Dalel ;  BioPark Platform, Archamps, France
Voisin, Sebastien N. ;  BioPark Platform, Archamps, France
Kiljanek, Tomasz ;  Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
Bottero, Irene;  School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Dominik, Christophe ;  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, Germany
Tamburini, Giovanni;  Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Pereira-Peixoto, Maria Helena;  Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Wintermantel, Dimitry ;  Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Breeze, Tom D. ;  Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom
Cini, Elena;  Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom
Senapathi, Deepa ;  Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom
Di Prisco, Gennaro;  CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
Medrzycki, Piotr;  CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
Hagenbucher, Steffen;  Agroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland ; Institute of Agroecology, Agroecology Science, Aarau, Switzerland
Knauer, Anina;  Agroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland
Schwarz, Janine M. ;  Agroscope, Agroecology and Environment, Zurich, Switzerland
Raimets, Risto;  Department of Plant Protection, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
Martínez-López, Vicente;  Dpto. Zoología y Antropología Física, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Ivarsson, Kjell;  Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), Stockholm, Sweden
Hartfield, Chris;  National Farmers Union, United Kingdom
Hunter, Pamela;  British Beekeepers Association, The National Beekeeping Centre, United Kingdom
Brown, Mark J. F.;  Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
Stout, Jane C. ;  School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Language :
English
Title :
Design and Planning of a Transdisciplinary Investigation into Farmland Pollinators: Rationale, Co-Design, and Lessons Learned
Publication date :
September 2022
Journal title :
Sustainability
ISSN :
2071-1050
eISSN :
2071-1050
Publisher :
MDPI
Volume :
14
Issue :
17
Pages :
10549
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Research unit :
S869 - Zoologie
Research institute :
R100 - Institut des Biosciences
European Projects :
H2020 - 773921 - PoshBee - Pan-european assessment, monitoring, and mitigation Of Stressors on the Health of BEEs
Name of the research project :
3729 - POSHBEE - Pan-European Assessment, Monitoring, and Mitigation of Of Stressors on the Health of BEEs - Sources publiques européennes
Funders :
European Union
Union Européenne
Funding number :
773921
Funding text :
This project received funding from the European Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 773921.
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