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Landscape distribution of food and nesting sites affect larval diet and nest size, but not abundance of Osmia bicornis

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Habitat fragmentation is a major threat for beneficial organisms and the ecosystem services they provide. Multiple-habitat users such as wild bees depend on both nesting and foraging habitat. Thus, they may be affected by the fragmentation of at least two habitat types. We investigate the effects of landscape-scale amount of and patchisolation fromboth nesting habitat (woody plants) and foraging habitats (specific pollen sources) on the abundance and diet of Osmia bicornis L. Trap-nests of O. bicornis were studied in 30 agricultural landscapes of the Swiss Plateau. Nesting and foraging habitats were mapped in a radius of 500 m around the sites. Pollen composition of larval diet changed as isolation to the main pollen source, Ranunculus, increased, suggesting that O. bicornis adapted its foraging strategy in function of the nest proximity to mainpollensources.Abundance of O. bicornis was neither related to isolation or amount of nesting habitat nor to isolation or abundance of food plants. Surprisingly, nests of O. bicornis contained fewer larvae in sites at forest edge compared to isolated sites, possibly due to higher parasitism risk. This study indicates that O. bicornis can nest in a variety of situations by compensatingscarcity of its main larval food by exploiting alternative food sources.

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hal-02640777 , version 1 (28-05-2020)

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Valérie Coudrain, Sarah Rittiner, Felix Herzog, Willy Tinner, Martin H. Entling. Landscape distribution of food and nesting sites affect larval diet and nest size, but not abundance of Osmia bicornis. Insect Science, 2016, 23 (5), pp.746-753. ⟨10.1111/1744-7917.12238⟩. ⟨hal-02640777⟩
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