Role of nesting resources in organising diverse bee communities in a Mediterranean landscape

By S. Potts, B. Vulliamy, Stuart P. M. Roberts, C. O'toole, A. Dafni, G. Ne’eman, P. Willmer. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

Evaluating nesting microhabitat for ground-nesting bees using emergence traps (2014, methodology): “For example, following Potts et al. 2005), we created categories for variables such as slope.”
The role of resources and risks in regulating wild bee populations. (2011, background): “(89) found a strong association between bare ground and ground-nesting bee populations.”
Wild pollination services to California almond rely on semi‐natural habitat (2012, background): “These studies argue that the benefits for pollination from natural habitat are in part a result of the nesting and food resources provided by the natural habitat, promoting the build-up and persistence of populations of wild flower-visiting insects (Potts et al. 2005).”
Relationships among ecological traits of wild bee communities along gradients of habitat amount and fragmentation (2017, background): “This pattern can be explained by the fact that above-ground nesters nest in stems or existing holes using plant materials, and native vegetation such as trees, shrubs and permanent grassy areas would have allowed them to fulfil their nesting requirements (Potts et al. 2005, Williams et al. 2010).”
Quantifying the impacts of bioenergy crops on pollinating insect abundance and diversity: a field‐scale evaluation reveals taxon‐specific responses (2013, background): “Although floral characteristics can be used as predictors for bee community structure, the diversity and availability of nesting sites is also important (Potts et al. 2005).”
Small scale additions of native plants fail to increase beneficial insect richness in urban gardens (2011, background): “First, our native plant addition did not address the nesting or overwintering needs of these insects, which may be just as limiting (or more) as floral resources (Potts et al., 2005).”
Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change. (2007, unknown): “Potts et al. (2005) showed that the composition of a diverse bee community in Israel was partially determined by the local presence of bare ground, potential nesting cavities, steeply sloping ground, plants with pithy stems and pre-existing holes.”
Restoration of Nontarget Species: Bee Communities and Pollination Function in Riparian Forests (2011, background): “These differences in turn translate to variation in the abundance of individuals among JULY 2011 Restoration Ecology 455 nesting or other guilds (Potts et al. 2005).”
Contrasting patterns in species and functional-trait diversity of bees in an agricultural landscape (2015, methodology): “To quantify nesting substrates, which change little between years, we returned to each location in a subsequent growing season and recorded nesting variables following a protocol modified from Potts et al. (2005).”
Nesting habitat of ground‐nesting bees: a review (2020, background): “Since then, studies have included more species, looking at the entire community of ground-nesting bees in the context of nesting habitat characteristics (Potts et al., 2005; Sardiñas & Kremen, 2014).”
Implications of Three Biofuel Crops for Beneficial Arthropods in Agricultural Landscapes (2010, background): “Similarly, landscape composition is a major determinant of the ability of bees to nest and locate suitable nectar and pollen resources, with greater bee abundance and reproduction in regions that have diverse flowering plant communities and a range of nesting substrates [28, 29, 32, 51].”
Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances (2010, background): “Species that nested above ground were more negatively affected by recent burns, probably because this disturbance destroys their nests and may not do so for species that nest in the ground (Potts et al., 2005).”