Towards a better understanding of the relationships between pollinators, human well‐being, and medicine plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America

Shelby D. Gibson; Sheila R. Colla

doi:10.1002/ppp3.10398

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Towards a better understanding of the relationships between pollinators, human well‐being, and medicine plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America

Shelby D. Gibson

Sheila R. Colla

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET Vol. 5 No. 6 pp. 842-851 · Wiley

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Abstract

Societal Impact StatementA diversity of values is needed to maximize the effectiveness of conservation planning, including policies and programs. The results of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal, Canada, highlight the importance of a shift towards recognizing multiple ways of knowing in ecology and conservation. This review aims to provide a baseline of what is known about culturally significant plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America. The results of this research provide insight into the ways in which ecology has been conducted in the past and the importance of changing the way ecology is conducted in the future.SummaryBiocultural conservation theory allows for an examination of complex problems using systems thinking and conserving biological and cultural diversity together. In the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America, wild medicine plants are an important part of what Anishinaabe people understand as Mini bimaadizi, or the good life, and of aki miijim, or traditional food systems. Given the various threats facing wild plant populations and continued global change, this review aims to investigate what is known about the pollination and breeding systems of culturally significant plants in the Great Lakes Region. The overall goal is to determine what proportion of these plants have had basic ecological studies done and the degree to which culturally significant plants in this region rely on insect pollination. A systematic review of the literature was conducted on breeding systems and pollination of culturally significant plants. Half of all the culturally significant plants included lacked specific information related to reproduction. Most plants that have been studied relied on outcrossing, and the most commonly reported pollinators were in the Apidae family. With the complex interactions between plants and pollinators and many insect pollinators experiencing population declines, it is important to determine the dependence of culturally significant plants on animal pollination. These findings will be relevant to conservation planning and policy in the future.

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Published: Jun 25, 2023
Vol/Issue: 5(6)
Pages: 842-851
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Authors

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Shelby D. Gibson

Department of Biology, 102 Life Sciences Building York University Toronto Ontario Canada

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Sheila R. Colla

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Health, Nursing, and Environmental Sciences Building York University Toronto Ontario Canada

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Award: PGSD3 ‐ 547190‐2020]

Government of Canada Award: NFRFE‐2018‐00485

Cite This Article

Shelby D. Gibson, Sheila R. Colla (2023). Towards a better understanding of the relationships between pollinators, human well‐being, and medicine plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, 5(6), 842-851. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10398

Towards a better understanding of the relationships between pollinators, human well‐being, and medicine plants in the Great Lakes Region of Eastern North America

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