Bringing population ecology back to wild bees

Ecosphere, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(9)

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Abstract In recent years, motivated by widespread declines in wild bees, ecologists have prioritized learning about patterns of bee communities across the landscape at expense population‐level mechanisms driving those patterns. this essay, we seek to revitalize tradition studying populations a way that both contributes key knowledge for conservation and builds strong conceptual understanding processes underpinning populations. We address two concerns investing research. First, studies are too conceptually narrow provide broad inference. If couched general ecological theory, then findings from single species can be generalized many. highlight how bees would make excellent candidates exploring five areas ideas population ecology, including nutritional drivers vital rates, phenology voltinism, habitat selection, movement. Second, concern methods level difficult implement. Methods conducting bees—specifically, identifying living field individuals throughout their life cycles—are feasible implement scales appropriate answering questions, example, few sites. To facilitate adoption these ideas, developed an online guide ( www.watchingbees.com ) detailed manual. More generally, emphasize value linking data‐rich pattern‐oriented approaches ecology with basic biology generate

Language: Английский

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Setting goals for pollinator gardens

Conservation Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 12, 2025

Abstract In recent years, declines in animal pollinators have stimulated tremendous interest pollinator‐friendly gardening. There is a widespread notion that pollinator gardens are beneficial, but the specific capacity of to improve biodiversity conservation and societal well‐being remains unclear. We argue setting clear ecological social goals can clarify value for both people. Effective will articulate specific, quantifiable, realistic endpoints across scales biological organization. Opportunities challenges vary landscape contexts, cultural systems, stakeholder values, geographic regions. community‐based projects, harnessing potential outcomes requires an evidence‐based, iterative process involving identifying shared defining measurable indicators, proposing straightforward interventions, monitoring progress, evaluating success, including adaptive management if success not met. These ideas provide ecologists practitioners with practical framework how channel swell enthusiasm gardening and, more generally, community‐driven efforts dynamic socioecological systems toward impacts on

Language: Английский

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Roads are partial barriers to foraging solitary bees in an urban landscape

Oecologia, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 207(1)

Published: Dec. 9, 2024

Language: Английский

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Co-Blooming Neighbor Plant Diversity and Floral Display Color Similarity Associated with Higher Flower Visitation to Focal Species

Natural Areas Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 45(1)

Published: Feb. 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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