Forest conservation maximises açaí palm pollination services and yield in the Brazilian Amazon

Agricultural expansion is one of the main drivers of global pollinator loss. Paradoxically, this occurs while agriculture is becoming increasingly dependent on biotic pollination, raising concerns about food production. Integrated Crop Pollination (ICP), the use of both wild and managed pollinators in crop fields, can help conserve pollinator diversity while ensuring effective pollination services for growers. However, given the context-dependent nature of this approach, there is an urgent need to evaluate its application across different landscapes and crops.
We apply the ICP approach to açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) production in the eastern Brazilian Amazon to explore effects of a native stingless bee, Scaptotrigona aff. postica (Apidae: Meliponini), and landscape-level forest conservation on yield and socioeconomic outcomes for açaí fruit growers. We assessed flower visitor assemblages and fruit production on 18 plantations across a landscape forest cover gradient, with bee co..., Data was collected in 2019 from plantations of açaí palm in the Brazilian state of Pará. Field data include observations of flower visitors on palm inflorescences (10 min surveys), richness counts from active sampling of flower visitors, and palm fruit yield data at two distinct time points (initial fruit set and final harvest). All collected insects were identified by specialists (see acknowledgements in the main manuscript).
Data were collated in spreadsheets with columns identifying characteristics and measured variables.  , Microsoft Excel, R statistical environment ver. 4.1.0, and R Studio.

农业扩张是全球传粉者多样性丧失的主要驱动因素之一。矛盾的是，在农业愈发依赖生物传粉的当下，粮食生产的潜在风险引发了广泛担忧。作物整合传粉（Integrated Crop Pollination, ICP）指在农田中同时利用野生与人工管理的传粉者，既能保护传粉者多样性，又可为种植者提供高效的传粉服务。然而，由于该方法的效果依赖于具体情境，亟需针对不同景观与作物类型评估其应用效果。

本研究将ICP方法应用于巴西亚马逊东部的巴西莓棕榈（Euterpe oleracea Mart.）种植体系，以探究本土无刺蜂拟postica无刺蜂（Scaptotrigona aff. postica，隶属于蜜蜂科Apidae: 麦蜂族Meliponini）以及景观尺度森林保护对巴西莓种植者的产量与社会经济产出的影响。我们在沿森林覆盖梯度分布的18个种植园中评估了访花昆虫类群组成与果实产量，相关研究涉及蜂类共[原文内容截断]。本研究数据采集自2019年巴西帕拉州的巴西莓棕榈种植园。野外数据包括：对棕榈花序上的访花昆虫进行10分钟定点观测、通过主动采样统计访花昆虫物种丰富度，以及在两个关键时间点（坐果初期与最终收获期）采集的棕榈果实产量数据。所有采集到的昆虫均由专业分类学者完成鉴定（详见主论文致谢部分）。

研究数据已整理至电子表格中，表格列项涵盖样本特征与实测变量。数据处理与分析使用了Microsoft Excel、R统计软件（版本4.1.0）及R Studio工具。