NDLI: Wild bees along an urban gradient: winners and losers

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Author	Banaszak Cibicka, Weronika Żmihorski, Michał
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The variability of bee communities along an urban gradient has a potentially strong impact on pollinator-plant interactions. We investigated changes in bee species richness and community composition in the city centre and suburbs of Poznań, Poland. During 2006–2008 we recorded 2,495 individuals from 104 species. The most abundant species was Andrena haemmorhoa. Other abundant species were Bombus pascuorum, Andrena vaga, Andrena nitida, Bombus terrestris. Several species appeared to be more abundant in the city centre whereas others showed an opposite tendency. We have found that the urbanized landscape can act as a filter for the bee community since some specific ecological traits facilitate colonization of the city centre. Small-bodied species that start their activity later in the season and are not solitary preferred the city centre. However, bee species diversity and richness remained stable across the urban gradient indicating some advantages of being a city dwelling bee. We suggest that a city can be a very important habitat for a diverse bee fauna and that conservation of a wide range of habitats of different urbanization levels seems to be the most suitable strategy for conservation of bee diversity in cities.
Starting Page	331
Ending Page	343
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1366638X
Journal	Journal of Insect Conservation
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15729753
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-07-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Hymenoptera Apoidea Bees Urbanization City Poznań Biodiversity Entomology Conservation Biology/Ecology Life Sciences Animal Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Animal Science and Zoology Nature and Landscape Conservation Insect Science

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