Adding a mosaic mowing regime to urban lawns is the key to city biodiversity management for pollinators

P Rada, P Bogusch, J Rom, J Horák - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2024‏ - Elsevier
City populations are growing rapidly, with built-up areas occupying ever-larger areas within
the cities. One of the last green places in a city is urban lawns. Our study aimed to …

Biodiversity of most dead wood-dependent organisms in thermophilic temperate oak woodlands thrives on diversity of open landscape structures

J Horak, S Vodka, J Kout, JP Halda, P Bogusch… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Oak and mixed deciduous forests with oaks are the most widespread woodland types in the
central European lowlands. The aim of this study was to analyse how the biodiversity of …

Pollen specialists are more endangered than non-specialised bees even though they collect pollen on flowers of non-endangered plants

P Bogusch, E Bláhová, J Horák - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2020‏ - Springer
Non-parasitic bees differ in the degree of their taxonomic specialisation for pollen collection
to feed their brood. Surveys of published data on pollen specialisation by bees of central …

[PDF][PDF] Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes)

P Bogusch, J Straka - Zootaxa, 2012‏ - researchgate.net
We reviewed nomenclature, biology, hosts, geographical distribution and compiled an
identification key for all 33 Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 species known from central Europe …

Larvae and Nests of Six Aculeate Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) Nesting in Reed Galls Induced by Lipara spp. (Diptera: Chloropidae) with a Review of …

P Bogusch, A Astapenková, P Heneberg - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Wetland species of aculeate Hymenoptera are poorly known, even though many of them
may serve as diagnostic or flagship species in nature conservation. Here we examined …

Biodiversity responses to land use in traditional fruit orchards of a rural agricultural landscape

J Horak, A Peltanova, A Podavkova, L Safarova… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Ecologists and land managers are becoming increasingly aware that the landscape context
within which a habitat fragment exists could be as important as the habitat fragment itself …

Sandpits provide critical refuge for bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita)

P Heneberg, P Bogusch, J Řehounek - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2013‏ - Springer
Evidence-based conservation allows the evaluation of both the collateral benefits and the
drawbacks of a wide range of human activities, like quarrying. In this study, the community …

Canopy openness as the main driver of aculeate Hymenoptera and saproxylic beetle diversity following natural disturbances and salvage logging

M Perlík, D Kraus, H Bußler, L Neudam… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Forests are increasingly affected by natural disturbances like fires, insect outbreaks, and
windstorms. Such disturbances are commonly followed by salvage logging. Disturbance and …

Larvae and Nests of Aculeate Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) Nesting in Reed Galls Induced by Lipara spp. (Diptera: Chloropidae) with a Review of Species …

A Astapenková, P Heneberg, P Bogusch - PLoS One, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
The ability of aculeate Hymenoptera to utilize wetlands is poorly understood, and
descriptions of their nests and developmental stages are largely absent. Here we present …

Roadside verges can support spontaneous establishment of steppe-like habitats hosting diverse assemblages of bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) in an …

P Heneberg, P Bogusch, M Řezáč - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2017‏ - Springer
Anthropogenic habitats, which are frequently occupied by otherwise endangered species of
the open landscape, suffer from a lack of sustainability. Here, we analyzed one of the few …