The STEP project will take major strides towards filling current knowledge gaps regarding pollinators. The proposed work will document recent trends in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants, assess the role of different drivers in causing such trends, assess the ecological and economic impacts of these changes and of potential mitigation actions that may be taken, and integrate and disseminate our findings to a wide range of stakeholders. STEP will take an inclusive approach by considering the widest range of pollinator taxa including both managed pollinators (honeybees and some bumblebee and solitary bee species) and wild pollinators (bumblebees, solitary bees, hoverflies and butterflies) as all these groups contribute to different aspects of pollination services of Europe’s crops and wild flowers.
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