Functional ecology of wild bees in cities: towards a better understanding of trait-urbanization relationships

S Buchholz, MH Egerer - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020 - Springer
A functional ecological understanding of urban wild bee communities is of growing
importance especially in regard to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service …

Circuitscape in Julia: empowering dynamic approaches to connectivity assessment

KR Hall, R Anantharaman, VA Landau, M Clark… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The conservation field is experiencing a rapid increase in the amount, variety, and quality of
spatial data that can help us understand species movement and landscape connectivity …

Carabid beetles (Coleoptera) as indicators of sustainability in agroecosystems: A systematic review

MM Makwela, R Slotow, TC Munyai - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The sustainability of agroecosystems is at risk owing to continuous anthropogenic
disturbance. As such, there is a need to evaluate indicator taxa that may be used to monitor …

Landscape configuration, organic management, and within‐field position drive functional diversity of spiders and carabids

R Gallé, AK Happe, AB Baillod… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural management intensity and landscape heterogeneity act as the main drivers of
biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes while also determining ecosystem services. The …

Land‐use change in the past 40 years explains shifts in arthropod community traits

C Martínez‐Núñez, MM Gossner… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how anthropogenic activities induce changes in the functional traits of
arthropod communities is critical to assessing their ecological consequences. However, we …

Wild bees in urban grasslands: Urbanisation, functional diversity and species traits

S Buchholz, AK Gathof, AJ Grossmann… - Landscape and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
While cities are known as important habitats for wild bees, a conceptual understanding of
how assemblages of wild bee species are shaped by urban environments is limited. We …

Distance functions of carabids in crop fields depend on functional traits, crop type and adjacent habitat: a synthesis

FA Boetzl, D Sponsler, M Albrecht… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Natural pest and weed regulation are essential for agricultural production, but the spatial
distribution of natural enemies within crop fields and its drivers are mostly unknown. Using …

Landscape complexity promotes hoverflies across different types of semi‐natural habitats in farmland

J Schirmel, M Albrecht, PM Bauer… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐natural habitats (SNH) provide essential resources for many organisms in agricultural
landscapes and can increase biodiversity at the local and landscape scale. For the …