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Who can pass the urban filter? A multi-taxon approach to disentangle pollinator trait–environmental relationships

Anika Kristin Gathof; Anita Judit Grossmann; Johann Herrmann; Sascha Buchholz
Oecologia · Vol. 199, Issue 1 · pp. 165-179 · 2022

Abstract

Cities are considered important refuges for insect pollinators. This has been shown repeatedly for wild bees, but may also be true for other diverse taxa such as hoverflies. However, our understanding of how urban environmental filters shape pollinator species communities and their traits is still limited. Here, we used wild bee and hoverfly species, communities and their functional traits to illustrate how environmental filters on the landscape and local scale shape urban species pools. The multi-taxon approach revealed that environmental filtering predominantly occurred at the landscape scale as urbanisation and 3D connectivity significantly structured the taxonomic and functional composition of wild bee (sociality, nesting, diet, body size) and hoverfly (larval food type, migratory status) communities. We identified urban winners and losers attributed to taxon-specific responses to urban filters. Our results suggest that insect pollinator conservation needs to take place primarily at the landscape level while considering species traits, especially by increasing habitat connectivity.

Bibliographic Information

JournalOecologia
PublisherSpringer
Publication Date2022-05-01
Publication Year2022
Volume199
Issue1
Pages165-179
Document TypeJournal Article
Print ISSN0029-8549
eISSN1432-1939
DOI10.1007/s00442-022-05174-z

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