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DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions.

Nicholas J Balfour¹, Maria Clara Castellanos¹, Dave Goulson¹

¹School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

|June 26, 2022

Summary

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A new online database, the Database of Pollinator Interactions (DoPI), centralizes plant-pollinator data. This resource aids ecological research and conservation efforts by providing searchable records of insect-plant interactions.

Keywords:

bipartite networks conservation database flower visitors interactions phenology plants pollination pollinators

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity Informatics

Background:

Pollinating insects are crucial for ecosystems and agriculture.
Existing plant-pollinator interaction data are fragmented across various sources.
A unified, accessible database is needed to synthesize this information.

Purpose of the Study:

To create the world's first online, open-access, searchable database of pollinator-plant interactions.
To consolidate data from scientific literature and unpublished sources into a common format.
To facilitate research on pollination dynamics and inform conservation strategies.

Main Methods:

Conducted a systematic review of scientific literature.
Solicited unpublished datasets from researchers and organizations.
Collated interaction records, including metadata like date, location, and habitat, for British plant and insect flower-visitor species.

Main Results:

Established the Database of Pollinator Interactions (DoPI), containing 101,539 records as of December 2021.
Detailed over 320,000 interactions involving 1888 pollinator species and 1241 plant species.
The database encompasses over 17,000 unique pairwise species interactions.

Conclusions:

DoPI provides a valuable resource for addressing fundamental ecological and applied conservation questions regarding pollination.
The database serves diverse stakeholders including researchers, conservationists, and policymakers.
DoPI is a dynamic, open-access platform encouraging future data contributions and collaborative research.