Heterogeneous agroecosystems support high diversity and abundance of trap‐nesting bees and wasps among tropical crops

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 991 - 1004
• Main Authors: Coutinho, Jeferson G. E., Angel‐Coca, Catalina, Boscolo, Danilo, Viana, Blandina F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2020
• Subjects: Abundance; administrative management; Agricultural ecosystems; Agricultural land; Agricultural management; Agriculture; agroecosystems; Bees; Brazil; Community structure; Complexity; Composition; compositional heterogeneity; configurational heterogeneity; empirical research; habitats; Heterogeneity; Hymenoptera; indigenous species; information; Land use; Landscape; landscape diversity; Landscape preservation; landscapes; local vegetation structure; Natural environment; Nesting; nests; sampling; solitary bees; solitary wasps; Specificity; tropical agroecosystem; tropical and subtropical crops; Tropical climate; Vegetation; wasps; Brazil

Land‐use intensification for agricultural purposes modifies the structure of natural environments in various ways and at different spatial scales. These modifications can affect ecological processes and the community structure of multi‐environment users such as solitary bees and wasps. Understanding...