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The influence of lanscape on nest preferences and behavior of twig nesting Hymenoptera

The influence of lanscape on nest preferences and behavior of twig nesting Hymenoptera

The occurrence and behavior of insects is significantly affected by the environment they live in. In this thesis, I dealt with the influence of structure of landscape on nesting preferences of Hymenoptera. For this comparison I had chosen to work with twig-nesting Hymenoptera, for which I have placed artificial nest opportunities into four biotopes – heath, edge of a heath, country lanes between fields and field. The studied location is located south of Znojmo near Podyjí national park. Particularly, I have focused on small carpenter bees of genus Ceratina. My results show that there is a big difference in the species distribution between the habitates of field and heath. The habitats of edge of a heath and country lanes make up a gradient between these two biotopes.

Jitka Waldhauserová

19 years

Stand4
ProjectBiology-04
CountryCzechia

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