Toward a Functional Trait Approach to Bee Ecology.

ABSTRACT: Functional traits offer an informative framework for understanding ecosystem functioning and responses to global change. Trait data are abundant in the literature, yet many communities of practice lack data standards for trait measurement and data sharing, hindering data reuse that could reveal large-scale patterns in functional and evolutionary ecology. Here, we present a roadmap toward community data standards for trait-based research on bees, including a protocol for effective trait data sharing. We also review the state of bee functional trait research, highlighting common measurement approaches and knowledge gaps. These studies were overwhelmingly situated in agroecosystems and focused predominantly on morphological and behavioral traits, while phenological and physiological traits we

SUBMITTER: Ostwald MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11487340 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature