Urbanization and landscape effects on taxonomic and functional wild bee diversity in small towns and rural areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Planning and managing urban landscapes for greater biodiversity and creating effective conservation strategies requires understanding the relationships between biodiversity and different types of urbanization. Here, we described the variation between small-town and rural areas in two dimensions of biodiversity - taxonomic and functional. We compared community composition and alpha and beta diversity levels of bees between small town and rural sites. We also analyzed the impact of landscape composition on bee communities.

Results

Our results showed that bee abundance, species richness, Shannon-Wiener diversity index, and functional alpha diversity parameters did not differ between small towns and rural areas. Taxonomical overall beta diversity also did not show sig

SUBMITTER: Banaszak-Cibicka W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12805769 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature