Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use
The transformation of natural landscapes for agricultural purposes may severely affect wild bee and wasp reproduction. In this study, we located trap-nests on 18 natural Mediterranean communities within agricultural areas to study the effects of landscape (% natural areas and heterogeneity) and loca...
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| author | Marrero, Hugo Javier Gómez-Martínez, Carmelo Allasino, Mariana Laura Haedo, Joana P. González-Estévez, Miguel A. Lázaro, Amparo |
| author_browse | Allasino, Mariana Laura González-Estévez, Miguel A. Gómez-Martínez, Carmelo Haedo, Joana P. Lázaro, Amparo Marrero, Hugo Javier |
| author_facet | Marrero, Hugo Javier Gómez-Martínez, Carmelo Allasino, Mariana Laura Haedo, Joana P. González-Estévez, Miguel A. Lázaro, Amparo |
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| description | The transformation of natural landscapes for agricultural purposes may severely affect wild bee and wasp reproduction. In this study, we located trap-nests on 18 natural Mediterranean communities within agricultural areas to study the effects of landscape (% natural areas and heterogeneity) and local flowering communities (flower abundance and richness) on the total abundance and richness of solitary bees and wasps that nest within cavities. We also estimated several reproductive variables (number of nests, number of cells per nest, sex ratio, parasitoidism and survival) of the two most common species in the study system: the bee Osmia caerulescens and the wasp Ancistrocerus longispinosus. We found that total bee abundance increased with flower richness and landscape heterogeneity, while it decreased with flower abundance. Furthermore, our results indicated local and landscape effects on the focal species reproductive success, being stronger those at the local than at the landscape scale overall. Floral richness and abundance influenced the number of cells per nest. However, while the effect of flower abundance was positive in both cases, the effect of flower richness differed, being positive for O. caerulescens and negative for A. longispinosus. The percentage of natural habitats in the landscape had a positive additional effect on the number of cells per nest only in A. longispinosus. Besides, flower richness was positively related to the proportion of females in both species and increased O. caerulescens survival.
Our findings stress the importance of considering different spatial scales for an effective conservation management that takes into account Hymenoptera reproduction. |
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| spelling | INTA209342025-01-10T10:58:25Z Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use Marrero, Hugo Javier Gómez-Martínez, Carmelo Allasino, Mariana Laura Haedo, Joana P. González-Estévez, Miguel A. Lázaro, Amparo Apidae Wild Pollinators Vespidae Reproduction Land Use Landscape Polinizador Salvaje Reproducción Utilización de la Tierra Paisaje Abejas Avispas Bees Wasps The transformation of natural landscapes for agricultural purposes may severely affect wild bee and wasp reproduction. In this study, we located trap-nests on 18 natural Mediterranean communities within agricultural areas to study the effects of landscape (% natural areas and heterogeneity) and local flowering communities (flower abundance and richness) on the total abundance and richness of solitary bees and wasps that nest within cavities. We also estimated several reproductive variables (number of nests, number of cells per nest, sex ratio, parasitoidism and survival) of the two most common species in the study system: the bee Osmia caerulescens and the wasp Ancistrocerus longispinosus. We found that total bee abundance increased with flower richness and landscape heterogeneity, while it decreased with flower abundance. Furthermore, our results indicated local and landscape effects on the focal species reproductive success, being stronger those at the local than at the landscape scale overall. Floral richness and abundance influenced the number of cells per nest. However, while the effect of flower abundance was positive in both cases, the effect of flower richness differed, being positive for O. caerulescens and negative for A. longispinosus. The percentage of natural habitats in the landscape had a positive additional effect on the number of cells per nest only in A. longispinosus. Besides, flower richness was positively related to the proportion of females in both species and increased O. caerulescens survival. Our findings stress the importance of considering different spatial scales for an effective conservation management that takes into account Hymenoptera reproduction. IPAF Región Cuyo Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas; Argentina Fil: Marrero, Hugo Javier. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas (LIBA); Argentina. Fil: Gómez-Martínez, Carmelo. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados; España Fil: Allasino, Mariana Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas; Argentina Fil: Allasino, Mariana Laura. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas (LIBA); Argentina. Fil: Allasino, Mariana Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Agricultura Familiar Región Cuyo; Argentina Fil: Haedo, Joana P. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina. Fil: Haedo, Joana P. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida; Argentina Fil: Haedo, Joana P. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas; Argentina Fil: Haedo, Joana P. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Agroecosistemas (LIBA); Argentina. Fil: González-Estévez, Miguel A. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados; España Fil: Lázaro, Amparo. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados; España Fil: Lázaro, Amparo. Universidad de las Islas Baleares. Departamento de Biología. Grupo de Investigación de Cambio Global; España 2025-01-10T10:53:53Z 2025-01-10T10:53:53Z 2025-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20934 https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.13417 0307-6946 1365-2311 https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13417 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Ecological Entomology : 1-12. (First published: 03 January 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Apidae Wild Pollinators Vespidae Reproduction Land Use Landscape Polinizador Salvaje Reproducción Utilización de la Tierra Paisaje Abejas Avispas Bees Wasps Marrero, Hugo Javier Gómez-Martínez, Carmelo Allasino, Mariana Laura Haedo, Joana P. González-Estévez, Miguel A. Lázaro, Amparo Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use |
| title | Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use |
| title_full | Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use |
| title_fullStr | Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use |
| title_short | Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land-use |
| title_sort | local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in mediterranean communities along a gradient of land use |
| topic | Apidae Wild Pollinators Vespidae Reproduction Land Use Landscape Polinizador Salvaje Reproducción Utilización de la Tierra Paisaje Abejas Avispas Bees Wasps |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/20934 https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.13417 https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13417 |
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