A.7. Specimen count and number of orders, families and morphospecies represented in each arthropo... more A.7. Specimen count and number of orders, families and morphospecies represented in each arthropod functional community at Oakville in year one and year two ……………………………………………………. 83 A.8. Number of families and morphospecies identified in the five orders represented by the most families and morphospecies in each arthropod functional community across years …………………………… 84 A.9. Correlations among year one Oakville arthropod functional community composition and diversity matrices ……………………………………… A.10. Correlations among year two Oakville arthropod functional community composition and diversity matrices …………….
Native bees such as bumble bees are important pollinators of wildflowers as well as many agricult... more Native bees such as bumble bees are important pollinators of wildflowers as well as many agricultural crops. However, recent evidence demonstrates that bumble bees are in decline in the United States. Bumble bees can utilize semi-natural areas such as gardens, hedgerows, and roadsides as habitat. We sought to better understand how bumble bees were using roadside prairie plantings by monitoring their movement within and between roadside habitats. At four sites, bumble bees were caught on roadside wildflowers, marked distinctly, and released. Sampling took place over subsequent days on both sides of the road to determine if bees readily crossed the road. We found that nearly 800 individual bumble bees of four species were collecting either pollen or nectar from roadside wildflowers. While some bees did move linearly within a roadside to find additional flowering resources, others visited the same patch of flowers repeatedly throughout time. This strong site fidelity suggests that road...
A.7. Specimen count and number of orders, families and morphospecies represented in each arthropo... more A.7. Specimen count and number of orders, families and morphospecies represented in each arthropod functional community at Oakville in year one and year two ……………………………………………………. 83 A.8. Number of families and morphospecies identified in the five orders represented by the most families and morphospecies in each arthropod functional community across years …………………………… 84 A.9. Correlations among year one Oakville arthropod functional community composition and diversity matrices ……………………………………… A.10. Correlations among year two Oakville arthropod functional community composition and diversity matrices …………….
Native bees such as bumble bees are important pollinators of wildflowers as well as many agricult... more Native bees such as bumble bees are important pollinators of wildflowers as well as many agricultural crops. However, recent evidence demonstrates that bumble bees are in decline in the United States. Bumble bees can utilize semi-natural areas such as gardens, hedgerows, and roadsides as habitat. We sought to better understand how bumble bees were using roadside prairie plantings by monitoring their movement within and between roadside habitats. At four sites, bumble bees were caught on roadside wildflowers, marked distinctly, and released. Sampling took place over subsequent days on both sides of the road to determine if bees readily crossed the road. We found that nearly 800 individual bumble bees of four species were collecting either pollen or nectar from roadside wildflowers. While some bees did move linearly within a roadside to find additional flowering resources, others visited the same patch of flowers repeatedly throughout time. This strong site fidelity suggests that road...
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