Succession influences wild bees in a temperate forest landscape: the value of early successional stages in naturally regenerated and planted forests.

In many temperate terrestrial forest ecosystems, both natural human disturbances drive the reestablishment of forests. Succession in plant communities, in addition to reforestation following the creation of open sites through harvesting or natural disturbances, can affect forest faunal assemblages....

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Main Authors: Hisatomo Taki, Isamu Okochi, Kimiko Okabe, Takenari Inoue, Hideaki Goto, Takeshi Matsumura, Shun'ichi Makino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3574003?pdf=render