The Interplay Between Visual Traits and Forest in Bumblebee Communities Across Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how ecological communities assemble in relation to natural and human-induced environmental changes is critical, particularly for communities of pollinators that deliver essential ecosystem services. Despite widespread attention to interactions between functional traits and community responses to environmental changes, the importance of sensory traits has received little attention. To address this, we asked whether visual traits of bumblebee communities varied at large geographical scales along a habitat gradient of increased tree cover. Because trees generate challenging light conditions for flying insects, in particular a reduced light intensity, we hypothesised that differences in tree cover would correlate with shifts in the visual and taxonomical composition of bumblebee

SUBMITTER: Tichit P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664236 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature