Response of plant-pollinator communities to fire: changes in diversity, abundance and floral reward structure

By S. Potts, B. Vulliamy, A. Dafni, G. Ne’eman, C. O'toole, Stuart P. M. Roberts, P. Willmer. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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A land for flowers and bees: studying pollination ecology in Mediterranean communities (2005, background): “…points of plant evolution (Proctor et al., 1996), displaying high levels of plant endemism, and are now considered by international conservation groups as five of the twenty-five global biodiversity hotspots (Cowling et al., 1996; Rundel et al., 1998; Mittermeier et al., 1999; Potts et al., 2003a).”
A global synthesis of fire effects on pollinators (2019, background): “…like the fre‐ quency of fires (Lazarina et al., 2017; Moretti, Obrist, & Duelli, 2004), the time since fire (Brown, York, Christie, & McCarthy, 2016; Potts et al., 2003; Swengel & Swengel, 2007) and the spatial variability of these parameters (Brown, York, & Christie, 2016; Ponisio et al., 2016).”
Predicted fates of ground-nesting bees in soil heated by wildfire: Thermal tolerances of life stages and a survey of nesting depths (2011, background): “Indirectly, fire changes the availability of resources for bees, often for the better (e.g., Potts et al., 2003).”
Post‐fire recovery of Mediterranean ground ant communities follows vegetation and dryness gradients (2006, background): “3), it is known that fire also increases the presence of plant species with entomophilous flowers (Potts et al., 2003).”
Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change. (2007, unknown): “Bee abundance and species richness (B OX C ) is positively associated with the abundance and richness of ﬂowering plant species (B OX D ) (Banaszak 1996; Steffan-Dewenter & Tscharntke 2001; Potts et al. 2003a).”
The role of resources and risks in regulating wild bee populations. (2011, background): “Instead, the impact on bees has been most clearly related to floral resources, which tend to flush in the first years after fire and then decline, along with bees, several years later (75, 87).”
Effects of prescribed fire and fire surrogates on floral visiting insects of the blue ridge province in North Carolina (2007, background): “Potts et al. (2003) showed bee communities sharply decline immediately after a fire but rebound quickly and become very diverse during the first two years post fire in a chaparral biome.”
Plant-pollinator biodiversity and pollination services in a complex mediterranean landscape (2006, background): “The biodiversity value of these habitats for pollinators has received some attention (Petanidou and Ellis, 1993, 1996; Potts et al., 2003a), but the services that pollinators provide to flowering plants is still relatively unexplored despite the fact it is known that many wild plants experience…”
Diversity patterns of wild bees and wasps in managed boreal forests: Effects of spatial structure, local habitat and surrounding landscape (2015, background): “High local flower species richness increased the species richness of bees and wasps, as has been shown previously (Potts et al. 2003).”
Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances (2010, background): “…were more negatively affected by older burns than above-ground-nesting species, perhaps because flushes of new vegetation following fires lead to dense herbaceous and shrub growth (Potts et al., 2003a, 2005) that in older burned areas may reduce access to unvegetated patches used by ground-nesters.”
Role of nesting resources in organising diverse bee communities in a Mediterranean landscape (2005, background): “…for single species (e.g. Potts & Willmer, 1997; Wuellner, 1999), yet only two studies to date have provided quantitative evidence showing that nesting resources may have an important role in the structuring of entire communities (Potts et al., 2003a) or key guilds within communities (Cane, 1991).”
LINKING BEES AND FLOWERS: HOW DO FLORAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURE POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES? (2003, background): “Fire and grazing are important disturbance factors influencing floral community structure; both of these factors deserve further study (Potts et al. 2003).”