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Importance of Habitat Area and Landscape Context for Species Richness of Bees and Wasps in Fragmented Orchard Meadows

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Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf·2003·Conservation Biology
DOI 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01575.x
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Abstract: I investigated how habitat area, habitat connectivity, and landscape context affect the species richness and abundance of trap‐nesting bees, wasps, and their natural enemies. The research was done on 45 orchard meadows ranging in size from 0.08 to 5.8 ha and differing in habitat connectivity and the surrounding landscape matrix. Effects of the surrounding landscape matrix were restricted to circles with a radius of 250 m. Only the species richness of natural enemies increased with landscape diversity in the surrounding matrix. Population densities of bees increased with habitat connectivity. Total species richness and species richness of bees, eumenid wasps, and natural enemies significantly increased with habitat area. Significant species‐area relationships existed for insect groups but not for plants, thereby confirming the hypothesis that higher trophic levels are more affected by habitat fragmentation than lower trophic levels. The slope of species‐area relationships was steeper for mutualistic bees than for predatory wasps and natural enemies. In contrast to expectations, the rate of parasitism did not depend on habitat area but only on the local and regional abundance of hosts. My results suggest that the area and connectivity of habitat fragments is most important for the conservation of habitat specialists, whereas generalists may profit from a diverse surrounding landscape matrix.

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Authors
Steffan‐Dewenter, I.
Venue
Conservation Biology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2003-07-16
Volume
17
Issue
4
Pages
1036-1044
ISSN
  • 0888-8892 (ISSN-L)
  • 1523-1739
DOI
10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01575.x
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386
References
46
FWCI
11.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Steffan‐Dewenter, I. (2003). Importance of Habitat Area and Landscape Context for Species Richness of Bees and Wasps in Fragmented Orchard Meadows. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01575.x

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