Ecosystem Services Provided by Hymenoptera
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 624
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
With over 150,000 described species, Hymenoptera are well-known, extremely diverse provisioners of ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are simply described as natural processes that benefit people. These can include key processes like pollination, biological control, and nutrient cycling. This issue explores and synthesizes knowledge of Hymenoptera-mediated ecosystem services with special focus on understudied or under-described services provided by any group within Hymenoptera. We encourage synthesis papers detailing the services within hyper diverse groups of ants, wild bees, and wasps. Quantitative experimental and observational studies on ecosystem services are encouraged, as are multidisciplinary efforts to estimate the monetary value of such ecosystem services. All submissions must clearly define the ecosystem service that is being described and have direct applied implications.
Prof. Israel Del Toro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ants
- bees
- wasps
- sawflies
- ecosystem services
- pollination
- nutrient cycling
- decomposition
- bioturbation
- biological control
- food provisioning
- seed dispersal
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