Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USA
ABSTRACT To effectively protect wild bee pollinators and the services they provide, it is critical to gather data on their distributions, life histories, and interactions with plants among a diversity of habitat types. Wetlands are underrepresented in bee surveys, despite having a great diversity of...
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| author | Molly M. Jacobson Michael L. Schummer Melissa K. Fierke Paige R. Chesshire Donald J. Leopold |
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| description | ABSTRACT To effectively protect wild bee pollinators and the services they provide, it is critical to gather data on their distributions, life histories, and interactions with plants among a diversity of habitat types. Wetlands are underrepresented in bee surveys, despite having a great diversity of flowering plants and known importance to hundreds of species of wildlife. In this 2‐year survey of a restored wetland complex in Central New York, over 9000 bees were collected, representing ≥ 109 species in 25 genera. We recorded 337 unique plant–pollinator associations, including those previously undocumented for the wetland obligate masked bee, Hylaeus nelumbonis (Robertson). Floral resources and bee genera were most diverse in August, and network analyses indicated September networks were the most connected, nested, and least modular. Floral resources also shifted towards being more native over the course of the season. Results show that emergent wetlands support diverse guilds of pollinators in the latter half of the growing season, and that wetland management can produce diverse conditions conducive to wild bee habitat. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cf5cb8dac5f241cc9092974932c2a5a42025-08-20T03:51:30ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582025-02-01152n/an/a10.1002/ece3.70847Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USAMolly M. Jacobson0Michael L. Schummer1Melissa K. Fierke2Paige R. Chesshire3Donald J. Leopold4Department of Environmental Biology SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse New York USADepartment of Environmental Biology SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse New York USADepartment of Environmental Biology SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse New York USADepartment of Environmental Biology SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse New York USADepartment of Environmental Biology SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse New York USAABSTRACT To effectively protect wild bee pollinators and the services they provide, it is critical to gather data on their distributions, life histories, and interactions with plants among a diversity of habitat types. Wetlands are underrepresented in bee surveys, despite having a great diversity of flowering plants and known importance to hundreds of species of wildlife. In this 2‐year survey of a restored wetland complex in Central New York, over 9000 bees were collected, representing ≥ 109 species in 25 genera. We recorded 337 unique plant–pollinator associations, including those previously undocumented for the wetland obligate masked bee, Hylaeus nelumbonis (Robertson). Floral resources and bee genera were most diverse in August, and network analyses indicated September networks were the most connected, nested, and least modular. Floral resources also shifted towards being more native over the course of the season. Results show that emergent wetlands support diverse guilds of pollinators in the latter half of the growing season, and that wetland management can produce diverse conditions conducive to wild bee habitat.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70847New Yorkplant–pollinator networkswetland managementwetland restorationwild bees |
| spellingShingle | Molly M. Jacobson Michael L. Schummer Melissa K. Fierke Paige R. Chesshire Donald J. Leopold Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USA Ecology and Evolution New York plant–pollinator networks wetland management wetland restoration wild bees |
| title | Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USA |
| title_full | Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USA |
| title_fullStr | Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USA |
| title_short | Wild Bee Assemblages and Pollination Networks of Managed Emergent Wetlands in Central New York, USA |
| title_sort | wild bee assemblages and pollination networks of managed emergent wetlands in central new york usa |
| topic | New York plant–pollinator networks wetland management wetland restoration wild bees |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70847 |
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