Habitat quality and surrounding landscape structures influence wild bee occurrence in perennial wildflower strips

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 60; pp. 76 - 86
• Main Authors: Schubert, Lea F., Hellwig, Niels, Kirmer, Anita, Schmid-Egger, Christian, Schmidt, Annika, Dieker, Petra, Tischew, Sabine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.05.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: agri-environmental policy; Agri-environmental schemes; applied ecology; bees; flowers; forbs; Germany; habitats; Landscape heterogeneity; Landscape structures; landscapes; pollen; pollinators; species; species richness; Wild bees; wild flowers; Wildflower strips; Germany; Landscape heterogeneity; Landscape structures; Wild bees; Agri-environmental schemes; Wildflower strips

Perennial wildflower strips (WFS) are known to have positive effects on wild bees in intensively used agricultural landscapes. Little knowledge exists, however, about the drivers of wild bee occurrence and if Red List species also profit from this agri-environmental scheme (AES). Therefore, we studi...