Land Use Change Consistently Reduces α‐ But Not β‐ and γ‐Diversity of Bees

Toby P. N. Tsang; A. A. Amado De Santis; Gabriela Armas-Quiñonez; John S. Ascher; Eva Samanta Ávila-Gómez; András Báldi; Kimberly M. Ballare; Mario V. Balzan; Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka; Svenja Bänsch; Yves Basset; Adam J. Bates; Jessica M. Baumann; Mariana Beal-Neves; Ashley Bennett; Antonio Diego M. Bezerra; Betina Blochtein; Riccardo Bommarco; Berry Brosi; Laura A. Burkle; Luísa G. Carvalheiro; Ignacio Castellanos; Marcela Cely-Santos; Hamutahl Cohen; Drissa Coulibaly; Saul A. Cunningham; Sarah Cusser; Isabelle Dajoz; Deborah A. Delaney; Ek Del-Val; Monika Egerer; Markus P. Eichhorn; Eunice Enríquez; Martin H. Entling; Natalia Escobedo-Kenefic; Pedro Maria Abreu Ferreira; Gordon Fitch; Jessica R. K. Forrest; Valérie Fournier; Robert Fowler; Breno M. Freitas; Hannah R. Gaines-Day; Benoît Geslin; Jaboury Ghazoul; Paul Glaum; Jose L. Gonzalez-Andujar; Adrian González-Chaves; Heather Grab; Claudio Gratton; Solène Guenat; Catalina Gutiérrez-Chacón; Mark A. Hall; Mick E. Hanley; Annika Hass; Ernest Ireneusz Hennig; Martin Hermy; Juliana Hipólito; Andrea Holzschuh; Sebastian Hopfenmüller; Keng‐Lou James Hung; Kristoffer Hylander; Jordi Izquierdo; Mary A. Jamieson; Birgit Jauker; Steve Javorek; Shalene Jha; Björn K. Klatt; David Kleijn; Alexandra‐Maria Klein; Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki; Jochen Krauss; Michael Kuhlmann; Patricia Landaverde-González; Tanya Latty; Misha Leong; Susannah B. Lerman; Yunhui Liu; Ana Carolina Pereira Machado; Anson Main; Rachel Mallinger; Yael Mandelik; Bruno Ferreira Marques; Kevin Matteson; Frédéric McCune; Ling‐Zeng Meng; Jean Paul Metzger; Paula María Montoya-Pfeiffer; Carolina Morales; Lora Morandin; Jane Morrison; Sonja Mudri-Stojnić; Pakorn Nalinrachatakan; Olivia Norfolk; Mark Otieno; Mia G. Park; Stacy M. Philpott; Gideon Pisanty; Montserrat Plascencia; Simon G. Potts; Eileen F. Power; Robyn D. Quistberg; Davi Lacerda Ramos; André Rodrigo Rech; Victoria Reynolds; Miriam H. Richards; Stuart P. M. Roberts; Malena Sabatino; Ulrika Samnegård; Hillary Sardiñas; Karina Sánchez-Echeverría; Fernanda Teixeira Saturni; Jeroen Scheper; Amber R. Sciligo; C. Sheena Sidhu; Brian J. Spiesman; Tuanjit Sritongchuay; Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter; Katharina Stein; Alyssa B. Stewart; Jane C. Stout; Hisatomo Taki; Pornpimon Tangtorwongsakul; Caragh G. Threlfall; Carla Faleiro Tinoco; Teja Tscharntke; Katherine J. Turo; Chatura Vaidya; Rémy Vandame; Carlos H. Vergara; Blandina F. Viana; Eric Vides-Borrell; Natapot Warrit; Elisabeth Webb; Catrin Westphal; Jennifer B. Wickens; Neal M. Williams; Nicholas S. G. Williams; Caleb J. Wilson; Panlong Wu; Elsa Youngsteadt; Yi Zou; Lauren C. Ponisio; Kit Prendergast; Timothy C. Bonebrake

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Land Use Change Consistently Reduces α‐ But Not β‐ and γ‐Diversity of Bees

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Land Use Change Consistently Reduces α‐ But Not β‐ and γ‐Diversity of Bees

Toby P. N. Tsang, A. A. Amado De Santis, Gabriela Armas-Quiñonez, John S. Ascher, Eva Samanta Ávila-Gómez, András Báldi, Kimberly M. Ballare, Mario V. Balzan, Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka, Svenja Bänsch, …

Global Change Biology, Vol.31(1), pp.1-18

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70006

PMID: 39754379

Abstract

agriculture

bees

biodiversity decline

land uses

pollinators

urban

Land use change threatens global biodiversity and compromises ecosystem functions, including pollination and food production. Reduced taxonomic α-diversity is often reported under land use change, yet the impacts could be different at larger spatial scales (i.e., γ-diversity), either due to reduced β-diversity amplifying diversity loss or increased β-diversity dampening diversity loss. Additionally, studies often focus on taxonomic diversity, while other important biodiversity components, including phylogenetic diversity, can exhibit differential responses. Here, we evaluated how agricultural and urban land use alters the taxonomic and phylogenetic α-, β-, and γ-diversity of an important pollinator taxon—bees. Using a multicontinental dataset of 3117 bee assemblages from 157 studies, we found that taxonomic α-diversity was reduced by 16%–18% in both agricultural and urban habitats relative to natural habitats. Phylogenetic α-diversity was decreased by 11%–12% in agricultural and urban habitats. Compared with natural habitats, taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity increased by 11% and 6% in urban habitats, respectively, but exhibited no systematic change in agricultural habitats. We detected a 22% decline in taxonomic γ-diversity and a 17% decline in phylogenetic γ-diversity in agricultural habitats, but γ-diversity of urban habitats was not significantly different from natural habitats. These findings highlight the threat of agricultural expansions to large-scale bee diversity due to systematic γ-diversity decline. In addition, while both urbanization and agriculture lead to consistent declines in α-diversity, their impacts on β- or γ-diversity vary, highlighting the need to study the effects of land use change at multiple scales.

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Title: Land Use Change Consistently Reduces α‐ But Not β‐ and γ‐Diversity of Bees
Authors: Toby P. N. Tsang - University of Hong Kong
A. A. Amado De Santis - National University of Jujuy
Gabriela Armas-Quiñonez - Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
John S. Ascher - National University of Singapore
Eva Samanta Ávila-Gómez - Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
András Báldi - Centre for Ecological Research
Kimberly M. Ballare - The University of Texas at Austin
Mario V. Balzan - Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology
Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka - University of Life Sciences in Poznań
Svenja Bänsch - University of Göttingen
Yves Basset - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Adam J. Bates - Nottingham Trent University
Jessica M. Baumann - The University of Melbourne
Mariana Beal-Neves - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Ashley Bennett - Michigan State University
Antonio Diego M. Bezerra - Universidade Federal do Ceará
Betina Blochtein - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Riccardo Bommarco - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Berry Brosi - University of Washington
Laura A. Burkle - Montana State University
Luísa G. Carvalheiro - Universidade Federal de Goiás
Ignacio Castellanos - Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
Marcela Cely-Santos - University of California, Santa Cruz
Hamutahl Cohen - University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Drissa Coulibaly - Université Pelefero Gon Coulibaly
Saul A. Cunningham - Australian National University
Sarah Cusser - Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Isabelle Dajoz - Sorbonne Paris Cité
Deborah A. Delaney - University of Delaware
Ek Del-Val - Insitituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, UNAM
Monika Egerer - Technical University of Munich
Markus P. Eichhorn - University College Cork
Eunice Enríquez - Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Martin H. Entling - University of Koblenz and Landau
Natalia Escobedo-Kenefic - Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Pedro Maria Abreu Ferreira - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Gordon Fitch - York University
Jessica R. K. Forrest - University of Ottawa
Valérie Fournier - Université Laval
Robert Fowler - University of Sussex
Breno M. Freitas - Universidade Federal do Ceará
Hannah R. Gaines-Day - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Benoît Geslin - Aix-Marseille Université
Jaboury Ghazoul - ETH
Paul Glaum - University of California, Davis
Jose L. Gonzalez-Andujar - Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Adrian González-Chaves - Universidade Federal de Goiás
Heather Grab - Pennsylvania State University
Claudio Gratton - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Solène Guenat - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Catalina Gutiérrez-Chacón - Wildlife Conservation Society—Colombia Program
Mark A. Hall - Western Sydney University
Mick E. Hanley - University of Plymouth
Annika Hass - University of Göttingen
Ernest Ireneusz Hennig - Federal Statistical Office
Martin Hermy - KU Leuven
Juliana Hipólito - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Andrea Holzschuh - University of Würzburg
Sebastian Hopfenmüller - University of Würzburg
Keng‐Lou James Hung - Oklahoma Biological Survey
Kristoffer Hylander - Stockholm University
Jordi Izquierdo - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Mary A. Jamieson - Oakland University
Birgit Jauker - Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Steve Javorek - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Shalene Jha - The University of Texas at Austin
Björn K. Klatt - University of Göttingen
David Kleijn - Wageningen University & Research
Alexandra‐Maria Klein - University of Freiburg
Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki - Centre for Ecological Research
Jochen Krauss - University of Würzburg
Michael Kuhlmann - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Patricia Landaverde-González - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Tanya Latty - The University of Sydney
Misha Leong - California Academy of Sciences
Susannah B. Lerman - Northern Research Station
Yunhui Liu - China Agricultural University
Ana Carolina Pereira Machado - Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Anson Main - University of Missouri
Rachel Mallinger - University of Florida
Yael Mandelik - Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bruno Ferreira Marques - Universidade Federal de Goiás
Kevin Matteson - Miami University
Frédéric McCune - Université Laval
Ling‐Zeng Meng - Honghe University
Jean Paul Metzger - University of São Paulo
Paula María Montoya-Pfeiffer - Universidade de São Paulo
Carolina Morales - National University of Comahue
Lora Morandin - Pollinator Partnership
Jane Morrison - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Sonja Mudri-Stojnić - University of Novi Sad
Pakorn Nalinrachatakan - Chulalongkorn University
Olivia Norfolk
Mark Otieno - University of Embu
Mia G. Park - Cornell University
Stacy M. Philpott - University of California
Gideon Pisanty - Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Montserrat Plascencia - University of California, Santa Cruz
Simon G. Potts - University of Reading
Eileen F. Power - Trinity College Dublin
Robyn D. Quistberg - University of California, Santa Cruz
Davi Lacerda Ramos - University of Brasília
André Rodrigo Rech - Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
Victoria Reynolds - The University of Queensland
Miriam H. Richards - Brock University
Stuart P. M. Roberts - University of Reading
Malena Sabatino - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Ulrika Samnegård - Lund University
Hillary Sardiñas - University of California, Berkeley
Karina Sánchez-Echeverría - Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Fernanda Teixeira Saturni - Universidade de São Paulo
Jeroen Scheper - Wageningen University & Research
Amber R. Sciligo - The Organic Center
C. Sheena Sidhu - Stanford University
Brian J. Spiesman - Kansas State University
Tuanjit Sritongchuay - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter - University of Würzburg
Katharina Stein - Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
Alyssa B. Stewart - Mahidol University
Jane C. Stout - Trinity College Dublin
Hisatomo Taki - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Pornpimon Tangtorwongsakul - King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Caragh G. Threlfall - Macquarie University
Carla Faleiro Tinoco - Universidade Federal de Goiás
Teja Tscharntke - University of Göttingen
Katherine J. Turo - The Ohio State University
Chatura Vaidya - The University of Texas at Austin
Rémy Vandame - El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Carlos H. Vergara - Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Blandina F. Viana - Universidade Federal da Bahia
Eric Vides-Borrell - El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Natapot Warrit - Chulalongkorn University
Elisabeth Webb - University of Missouri
Catrin Westphal - University of Göttingen
Jennifer B. Wickens - University of Reading
Neal M. Williams - University of California, Davis
Nicholas S. G. Williams - The University of Melbourne
Caleb J. Wilson - Oakland University
Panlong Wu - China Agricultural University
Elsa Youngsteadt - North Carolina State University
Yi Zou - Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Lauren C. Ponisio - University of Oregon
Kit Prendergast - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Timothy C. Bonebrake - University of Hong Kong
Publication details: Global Change Biology, Vol.31(1), pp.1-18
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2025
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70006
ISSN: 1365-2486
PMID: 39754379
Data Availability: The data and R-scripts supporting the findings of the study are openly available in Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14302883 and on GitHub at https://github.com/tpaknok/BeeLandUse. Climate data from CHELSA v1.2 are available at https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.228.v2.1. The PREDICTS database is available at https://doi.org/10.5519/0066354.
Grant note: See article text for grant funding details.
Organisation Unit: School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991103245102621
Output Type: Journal article

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