Responses of bees to habitat loss in fragmented landscapes of Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

• Published in: Landscape ecology Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 2067 - 2078
• Main Authors: Ferreira, Patrícia A, Boscolo, Danilo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Biesmeijer, Jacobus C, Rocha, Pedro L. B, Viana, Blandina F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Angiospermae; Angiosperms; Apoidea; Bees; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brazil; Conservation practices; Ecology; Environmental Management; Forests; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Habitats; Heterogeneity; Landscape architecture; Landscape Ecology; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; landscapes; Life Sciences; Magnoliophyta; Nature Conservation; Nesting; nests; planning; Pollinators; rain forests; Rainforests; Regional analysis; Research Article; Sexual reproduction; social behavior; Sustainable Development; uncertainty; Understory; Brazil; Atlantic Forest; Multiscalar approach; Pollinators; Landscape changes; Brazil; Tropical; Bahia; Forest understory

CONTEXT: Loss of natural habitat can isolate pollinator populations and negatively affect sexual reproduction of animal-pollinated plants. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated how the loss of natural forest affects pollinator diversity in the understory of the Atlantic Rainforest in Northeastern Brazil. METHODS:...