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A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem
Much of the once-dominant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem has been lost from the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States and only a few scattered remnants of primary forest remain. Despite much interest in understanding and restoring this ecosystem, relatively few studies hav...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32076067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59878-4 |
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author | Ulyshen, Michael D. Pokswinski, Scott Hiers, J. Kevin |
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description | Much of the once-dominant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem has been lost from the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States and only a few scattered remnants of primary forest remain. Despite much interest in understanding and restoring this ecosystem, relatively few studies have attempted to characterize or assess the conservation status of the longleaf bee fauna. The objective of this study was to compare the diversity and composition of bee communities between primary and mature secondary (>100 years old) fire-maintained forests in Georgia and Florida. We used colored pan traps to sample bees at three primary and four secondary locations divided between two regions characterized by sandy (Eglin Air Force Base) or clayey (Red Hills) soils. There were no overall differences between primary and secondary forests in bee richness, diversity, evenness or abundance. Community composition differed among locations but we found no evidence that primary remnants provide critical habitat to sensitive bee species. |
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spelling | pubmed-70315312020-02-27 A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem Ulyshen, Michael D. Pokswinski, Scott Hiers, J. Kevin Sci Rep Article Much of the once-dominant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem has been lost from the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States and only a few scattered remnants of primary forest remain. Despite much interest in understanding and restoring this ecosystem, relatively few studies have attempted to characterize or assess the conservation status of the longleaf bee fauna. The objective of this study was to compare the diversity and composition of bee communities between primary and mature secondary (>100 years old) fire-maintained forests in Georgia and Florida. We used colored pan traps to sample bees at three primary and four secondary locations divided between two regions characterized by sandy (Eglin Air Force Base) or clayey (Red Hills) soils. There were no overall differences between primary and secondary forests in bee richness, diversity, evenness or abundance. Community composition differed among locations but we found no evidence that primary remnants provide critical habitat to sensitive bee species. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7031531/ /pubmed/32076067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59878-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Ulyshen, Michael D. Pokswinski, Scott Hiers, J. Kevin A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem |
title | A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem |
title_full | A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem |
title_fullStr | A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem |
title_full_unstemmed | A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem |
title_short | A comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem |
title_sort | comparison of bee communities between primary and mature secondary forests in the longleaf pine ecosystem |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32076067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59878-4 |
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