Urbanisation drives biodiversity loss, fitness decline and community shifts in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera
Atilla Çelikgil, Lars Henzschel, Jonathan Sänger, Pascal Dennis Krause, Adrian Nemetschek, Martin Husemann, Panagiotis Theodorou
This study shows urbanisation reduces species richness, reproductive success, and offspring survival in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera, with taxon-specific responses to environmental factors.
bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2025 · PreprintEcology