Bumble Bee (Bombus spp.) Abundance in New York Highway Roadsides across Levels of Roadside Mowing and Road Traffic

IF 0.5 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Northeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-02-21 DOI:10.1656/045.029.0105

Alyssa Schoenfeldt, K. Whitney

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Abstract

Abstract - Bombus spp. (Bumble bees) face population declines, in part due to habitat loss. Roadside rights-of-way (ROWs) are potential habitats; however, they are highly disturbed due to roadside mowing and on-road traffic. We investigated whether these factors are associated with variation in abundance of bumble bees in highway roadside ROWs across New York State. We used sweep netting and photography along 30 highways with different mowing pattern (control, reduced) and traffic level (low, medium, high) treatments in 2019 and 2020. Very few bumble bees were observed (98% of n = 916 observations found 0). This result was potentially due to insufficient foraging plants or nesting areas. Further investigation is needed to understand how highway roadside ROWs can be high quality habitat for bumble bees.

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纽约高速公路两侧的大黄蜂(Bombus spp.)在路边修剪和道路交通水平上的丰度

摘要:大黄蜂(Bombus spp.)面临着种群数量下降的问题，部分原因是栖息地的丧失。路边通行权是潜在的生境;然而，由于路边的割草和道路上的交通，它们受到了很大的干扰。我们调查了这些因素是否与纽约州高速公路路边大黄蜂数量的变化有关。我们在2019年和2020年对30条不同刈割模式(控制、减少)和交通水平(低、中、高)处理的高速公路进行了扫网和摄影。观察到的大黄蜂很少(n = 916个观察中有98%没有发现大黄蜂)。这一结果可能是由于觅食植物或筑巢区域不足。需要进一步的调查来了解高速公路路旁的排是如何成为大黄蜂的高质量栖息地的。

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Northeastern Naturalist 环境科学-生态学

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1.10

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18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Northeastern Naturalist covers all aspects of the natural history sciences of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and the environments of the northeastern portion of North America, roughly bounded from Virginia to Missouri, north to Minnesota and Nunavut, east to Newfoundland, and south back to Virginia. Manuscripts based on field studies outside of this region that provide information on species within this region may be considered at the Editor’s discretion. The journal welcomes manuscripts based on observations and research focused on the biology of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms and communities as it relates to their life histories and their function within, use of, and adaptation to the environment and the habitats in which they are found, as well as on the ecology and conservation of species and habitats. Such studies may encompass measurements, surveys, and/or experiments in the field, under lab conditions, or utilizing museum and herbarium specimens. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, anatomy, behavior, biogeography, biology, conservation, evolution, ecology, genetics, parasitology, physiology, population biology, and taxonomy. Strict lab, modeling, and simulation studies on natural history aspects of the region, without any field component, will be considered for publication as long as the research has direct and clear significance to field naturalists and the manuscript discusses these implications.