Roads may act as barriers to flying insects: species composition of bees and wasps differs on two sides of a large highway

Roads may act as barriers to animal movements, but direct barrier effects on insects have rarely been studied. In this study we collected data on bees and wasps along two sides of a large road in Sweden using yellow pan traps. We then analyzed if the species composition differed between the two side...

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Main Authors: Petter Andersson, Anna Koffman, N. Erik Sjödin, Victor Johansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Conservation
Online Access:https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12314