Natural Enemy communities are more abundant and diverse in heterogeneous landscapes, but not their interactions
Abstract
Context
Land
use
changes
have
become
a
major
driver
of
biodiversity
loss,
impacting
natural
ecosystems
and
the
species
that
depend
on
them.
As
result,
many
isolated
from
their
habitats
cannot
interact
with
other
as
they
would
in
ecosystems.
Ecological
interactions
are
crucial
for
functioning
stability
Objectives
Here,
we
aimed
to
evaluate
effects
landscape
structure
enemy
community
antagonistic
networks
consisting
enemies
solitary
trap-nesting
bees
wasps,
at
two
scales.
Methods
Trap-nests
were
installed
forest
edges
Cantareira-Mantiqueira
Corridor
(CCM),
Atlantic
Forest
biome
located
São
Paulo
state,
Brazil.
Natural
was
described
using
richness,
abundance
(number
attacked
brood
cells),
parasitism
rate,
taxonomic
diversity.
While
describe
host-natural
network
used
robustness
metric,
enemy’s
niche
overlap,
linkage
density.
Results
The
is
richer
when
there
high
connectivity
local
scale,
while
heterogeneity
increases
abundance,
diversity,
rate.
High
similarity
between
species’
trophic
niches
occurs
antagonist
dominated
by
generalist
enemies.
Conclusions
Our
study
presents
one
first
results
about
functional
communities
interactions,
highlighting
importance
its
conservation
not
just
insects
respond
only
presence
hosts
region.
specialist
networks,
both
bee
wasp
hosts,
may
occur
through
increased
patches
landscapes
restored
fragments.

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Июнь 29, 2023
Язык: Английский