Social wasps (Vespinae) in urban gardens and woods
Publiceringsår
2020
Upphovspersoner
Komonen, Atte; Nirhamo, Aleksi; Torniainen, Jyrki
Abstrakt
Global change, including urbanization, affects species ecology. Social wasps (Vespinae) are ubiquitous in urban areas, which increases their encounters with humans. We studied social wasps in urban gardens and nearby urban woods in central Finland, using beer traps. Social wasps were common in gardens and woods, and overall wasp abundance was higher in the woods. Also, the most abundant and frequent species Vespula vulgaris was more abundant in the woods than in the gardens. Variation in the overall abundance and the abundance of V. vulgaris was great among trap locations, which likely results from wasps’ social nesting habits. Neither the abundance of all social wasps nor that of V. vulgaris differed between July and August. Our study suggests that urban woods might increase wasp abundance in adjacent gardens. Vespula germanica — a species expanding its range northwards in Finland — was documented for the first time from central Finland. The ongoing global change is likely to change wasp communities and their encounters with humans in urban environments.
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Publikationsform
Artikel
Moderpublikationens typ
Tidning
Artikelstyp
En originalartikel
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Journal
Volym
57
Nummer
1
Sidor
41-46
ISSN
Publikationsforum
Publikationsforumsnivå
1
Öppen tillgång
Öppen tillgänglighet i förläggarens tjänst
Ja
Öppen tillgång till publikationskanalen
Delvis öppen publikationskanal
Parallellsparad
Ja
Övriga uppgifter
Vetenskapsområden
Ekologi, evolutionsbiologi
Nyckelord
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Publiceringsland
Finland
Förlagets internationalitet
Inhemsk
Språk
engelska
Internationell sampublikation
Nej
Sampublikation med ett företag
Nej
DOI
10.5735/086.057.0105
Publikationen ingår i undervisnings- och kulturministeriets datainsamling
Ja