DNA metabarcoding identifies urban foraging patterns of oligolectic and polylectic cavity-nesting bees.

ABSTRACT: Urbanisation modifies natural landscapes resulting in built-up space that is covered by buildings or hard surfaces and managed green spaces that often substitute native plant species with exotics. Some native bee species have been able to adapt to urban environments, foraging and reproducing in these highly modified areas. However, little is known on how the foraging ecology of native bees is affected by urbanised environments, and whether impacts vary among species with different degrees of specialisation for pollen collection. Here, we aim to investigate the responses of native bee foraging behaviour to urbanisation, using DNA metabarcoding to identify the resources within nesting tubes. We targeted oligolectic (specialist) and polylectic (generalist) cavity-nesting bee species in reside

SUBMITTER: Fernandes K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675668 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature