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Fragmented grasslands in different landscape structures provide different opportunities for cavity‐nesting Hymenoptera

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Grassland fragmentation effects on cavity‐nesting Hymenoptera are habitat‐specific. Isolated sand steppe fragments are associated with higher brood‐cell abundance. In loess steppes, higher flower frequency increases bee brood‐cell production and parasitoid activity. Abstract The global decline in insects threatens ecosystem functioning, but the drivers
Edina Török, Róbert Gallé, Dávid Korányi, Zsolt Józan, Tamás Lakatos, Katalin Szitár, Péter Batáry   +6 more
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Floral dynamics in the protandrous flowers of Bauhinia variegata (Fabaceae): phase-specific morphology, scent, and nectar production. [PDF]

Planta
da Silva AVS, de Freitas Mansano V, Veloso DG, Amaral ACF, da Cruz JD, de Oliveira Silva F, Neto WSMF, de Andrade Silva JR, Bergamo PJ, Freitas L, Paulino JV.   +10 more
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Environmental and seasonal filtering of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns of mountain butterflies in a prime butterfly area, Greece

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Forest clearings support butterfly communities comparable to mountainous grasslands in alpha‐diversity and conservation value, yet remain compositionally distinct. Generalized linear models (GLMs) showed three key habitat predictors shaping multifaceted diversity and community composition: herb/grass height, flowerhead abundance and elevation.
Konstantina Nasiou, Konstantina Zografou, Andreja Radović, Apostolis Stefanidis, Vassiliki Kati   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extrafloral Nectaries in Woody Plants: Toward an Integrated Framework for Ant-Mediated Plant Defense. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Liu F, Cai Q, Busov V, Liu Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mapping wild bee diversity and flower use for an effective conservation of the Doñana biodiversity hotspot

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We compiled the first checklist of wild bees in Doñana Protected Area, documenting 385 species, including three vulnerable and one endangered species listed in the Red List. Bee species exhibit diverse floral preferences, highlighting the need to incorporate plant–pollinator interactions and the role of plants in conservation and management strategies ...
Francisco P. Molina, Nerea Montes‐Pérez, Luis Villagarcía, Ignasi Bartomeus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protection status and environmental gradients shape butterfly assemblages in an East African tropical ecosystem

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Observed butterfly richness was highest in moderately protected areas. During the dry season, vegetation productivity increased butterfly richness while human population density reduced it. Moderately protected areas supported high butterfly abundance and a high proportion of host‐specialist species.
Richard Alphonce Giliba, Jacqueline Loos, Konrad Fiedler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herbaria unlock tripartite pollination responses to anthropogenic change. [PDF]

Trends Ecol Evol
Puleo LH, Fukami T, Daru BH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Local habitat, not landscape diversity, drives richness and reproduction of cavity‐nesting bees and wasps in agricultural landscapes

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Local habitat type and hedgerow cover strongly shape bee and wasp richness, but only weakly their reproductive output, outweighing the landscape diversity effects at the 1‐km2 scale. Forests host more wasp but fewer bee species, whereas orchards support high richness of both; bee reproduction patterns are driven by one dominant species, while wasp ...
Sara Tassoni, Marit Kinga Kasten, Thomas Hiller, Michael Staab, Frank M. Schurr, Ingo Grass   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungal Community Composition Varies Across Floral and Extrafloral Nectaries. [PDF]

J Basic Microbiol
Reis JBAD, Schirmer SC, Vale HMMD.
europepmc   +1 more source

Food resources are more important than nesting resources for explaining wild bee diversity in urban gardens Nahrungsressourcen haben einen größeren Einfluss auf die Wildbienendiversität in urbanen Gärten als das Nistangebot

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Urban community gardens showed a high wild bee diversity with 168 recorded species, representing roughly 30% of Germany's wild bees, including threatened species like Osmia mitis and Coelioxys lanceolata. Floral resources, not nesting resources or habitat availability, were the main drivers for wild bee taxonomic and functional diversity.
Astrid E. Neumann, Joan Casanelles‐Abella, Felix Conitz, Susan Karlebowski, Stuart Roberts, Julia M. Schmack, Ulrike Sturm, Aaron N. Sexton, Monika Egerer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source