Urbanization as a driver of changes in mutualistic networks between bees and plants
Urban Ecosystems,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
28(1), P. 1 - 9
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
Language: Английский
Urbanization as a causal agent of changes in mutualistic networks between bees and plants
Research Square (Research Square),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 14, 2024
Abstract
Urbanization
is
a
major
driver
of
species
declines,
which
consequently
also
depletes
the
ecological
interactions
in
they
participate.
Plant-pollinator
networks
are
basis
ecosystem
productivity,
so
breakdown
these
relationships
has
far-reaching
implications
across
multiple
levels.
Given
considerable
potential
network
studies
to
enhance
our
understanding
community
ecology,
here
we
aim
understand
how
urbanization
affects
plant-bee
and
topological
structure
its
network.
Our
study
focused
on
database
ten
sites
within
an
urban
gradient
southern
Brazil.
Data
was
collected
by
sampling
bees
flowers
with
entomological
net
over
period
months
between
2017
2018.
We
examined
two
landscape
variables
associated
urbanization,
vegetation
cover
diversity,
assess
their
influence
some
metrics
(specialization
–
d';
among
module
connectivity
c
and
z)
H2';
modularity
Δ
Q;
nestedness
NODF).
found
no
relationship
metrics.
On
other
hand,
lower
diversity
presented
more
specialized,
modular
nestedness
networks.
In
sites,
shared
fewer
resources,
showed
compartmentalized
networks,
had
specialized
species.
This
highlights
importance
considering
role
shaping
particularly
urbanized
environments.
Language: Английский
Urbanization Effects on Orchid Bee Diversity and Pollination Services in the Neotropical Cloud Forest
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
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Bee–plant interactions identified by pollen analysis of honey from the stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Schwarz, 1938) in southern Brazil
Palynology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 30, 2024
Language: Английский