2019
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12619
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Successional dynamics of the bee community in a tropical dry forest: Insights from taxonomy and functional ecology

Abstract: Despite the recent rapid growth of tropical dry forest succession ecology, most studies on this topic have focused on plant community attribute recovery, whereas animal community successional dynamics has been largely overlooked, and the few existing studies have used taxonomic approaches. Here, we analyze the successional changes in the bee community in a Mexican tropical dry forest, by integrating taxonomic (species, genus, and family diversity) and functional (sociability, nesting strategy, and body size) i… Show more

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“…However, the responses varied significantly among taxonomic groups, and while many groups benefited from disturbance, several others were negatively impacted, possibly due to different disturbance response strategies (Moretti & Legg, 2009; Pausas, 2019). For example, flower‐visiting hymenopterans and flies were among the taxa that benefited from natural disturbance, possibly because of the increased availability of nectar and pollen resources and warmer microclimatic conditions caused by enhanced canopy openness at early successional stages (Proctor et al ., 2012; Rodríguez & Kouki, 2017; Ramos‐Fabiel et al ., 2018). Our finding is consistent with a meta‐analysis on the effect of fire on pollinators that revealed positive responses of this group to wildfire (Carbone et al ., 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the responses varied significantly among taxonomic groups, and while many groups benefited from disturbance, several others were negatively impacted, possibly due to different disturbance response strategies (Moretti & Legg, 2009; Pausas, 2019). For example, flower‐visiting hymenopterans and flies were among the taxa that benefited from natural disturbance, possibly because of the increased availability of nectar and pollen resources and warmer microclimatic conditions caused by enhanced canopy openness at early successional stages (Proctor et al ., 2012; Rodríguez & Kouki, 2017; Ramos‐Fabiel et al ., 2018). Our finding is consistent with a meta‐analysis on the effect of fire on pollinators that revealed positive responses of this group to wildfire (Carbone et al ., 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, our study represents, as far as we know, the first bee community record for a Mexical-type scrubland (S3 Appendix), which undoubtedly is the least studied ecosystem in Mexico [3,6]. Some other studies have focused on bee communities in nearby areas, but under different climates and vegetation types and at lower elevations (below 1800 m asl) [11,72].…”
Section: Plos Onementioning
confidence: 97%
“…Successional changes in the vegetation are associated with successional changes in the biotic environment (animal community, microbial community, red boxes) and the abiotic environment (soil, microclimate, blue boxes) (Figure 3, arrows 23). For example, during succession, the animal community (Figure 3, box 5) changes generally from a few, early‐successional generalists to a diversity of later successional specialists (Ramos‐Fabiel et al, 2019), although biodiversity may peak during succession when early‐ and late‐successional species coexist (Connell, 1978). The direction or shape of successional patterns may vary with taxonomic or functional group where some prefer open, disturbed environments (e.g., geese, bats, ungulate grazers), whereas others prefer a later successional, closed environment (e.g., ungulate browsers) (van Andel et al, 1993).…”
Section: Successional Changes In the Biotic And Abiotic Environment C...mentioning
confidence: 99%