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Data on wild bee taxonomic and functional diversity in Switzerland
Raw data supporting the paper "Countrywide wild bee taxonomic and functional diversity reveal a spatial mismatch between alpha and beta-diversity facets across multiple... -
Arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness trends over 32 years in the...
Recent publications about declines in arthropod biomass, abundance and species diversity raise concerns and call for measures. Agricultural intensification is likely one cause... -
Challenging the sustainability of urban beekeeping: evidence from Swiss cities
Data on: (1) spatial distribution of urban beekeeping (number of hives and number of beekeeping locations) in 14 Swiss cities (Geneva, Lausanne, Biel, Neuchatel, Basel, Zurich,... -
LiDAR metrics predict suitable forest foraging areas of endangered Mouse-eare...
Habitat shift caused by human impact on vegetation structure poses a great threat to species which are special- ized on unique habitats. Single layered beech forests, the main... -
Bats and nocturnal insects in urban green areas
Animal biodiversity in cities is generally expected to be uniformly reduced, but recent studies show that this is modulated by the composition and configuration of Urban Green... -
Larval food composition of four wild bee species in five European cities
Urbanization poses threats and opportunities for the biodiversity of wild bees. A main gap relates to the food preferences of wild bees in urban ecosystems, which usually... -
Niche partitioning between wild bees and honeybees
Cities are socio-ecological systems that filter and select species, thus establishing unique species assemblages and biotic interactions. Urban ecosystems can host richer wild... -
Pollination experiment: insect traits
Understanding the interplay of local and landscape-scale drivers of plant-pollinator interactions is crucial to maintaining pollination services in urban environments. The data... -
Flowering Plants (Angiospermae) in Urban Green Areas in five European Cities
Data of a survey of flowering plants in 80 sites in five European cities and urban agglomerations (Antwerp, Belgium; greater Paris, France; Poznan, Poland; Tartu, Estonia; and... -
Hymenoptera
Hymenopteran data from all historic up to the recent projects (29.10.2019) of WSL, collected with various standardized methods in landscapes of different types. Data are... -
Ecological properties of urban ecosystems. Biodiversity dataset of Zurich
Richness, site occurrence and abundance data of bees, beetles, birds, hoverflies, net-wingeds, true bugs, snails, spiders, milipides, wasps collected in the city of Zurich using... -
Scolytidae
Scolytidae data from all historic up to the recent projects (29.10.2019) of WSL, collected with various methods in forests of different types. Data are provided on request to... -
Carabid beetles in forests
Carabidae data from all historic up to the recent projects (21.10.2019) of WSL, collected with various methods in forests of different types. Version 2 ('FIDO_global_extract... -
The origin of urban communities: from the regional species pool to community ...
Carabid beetle and wild bee occurrences in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Dataset available upon request (An agreement between the data privide and the data recipient is...