Effects of urbanization on orchid bee diversity and orchid pollination: From neotropical cloud forests to urban cores

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 954; p. 176553
• Main Authors: Hernández-Rivera, Álvaro, Dáttilo, Wesley, Montoya, Bibiana, Villegas-Patraca, Rafael, González-Tokman, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Abundance; bees; ecological function; ecosystems; environment; Euglossa; Euglossini; Fruit set; indigenous species; land use change; Mutualism; Neotropics; Orchidaceae; pollination; pollinators; reproductive success; Specialist interaction; species; species diversity; Threatened species; Urban landscape; urbanization; Urban landscape; Fruit set; Threatened species; Abundance; Euglossini; Specialist interaction; Mutualism

Urbanization is a significant driver of land use change, profoundly impacting biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. However, its effects in the tropics, which host some of the planet's highest biodiversity, remain inadequately understood. Orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini) are key pollin...