
handle: 10214/26938
Essential ecosystem services are provided by many interactions, including plant-pollinator, predator-prey, and host-parasitoid. These services support food and natural systems through pollination and pest control, however they are challenging to qualify, and previous observational studies may underestimate their complexity. The cavity nesting Hymenoptera demonstrate these three interactions and can be monitored using trap nests. Trap nests were installed across Canada by community scientists to investigate cavity-nesting bee and wasp distributions and interactions. DNA metabarcoding was used to identify the occupants and their food sources. New bee and wasp distributions were found which may be the result of previous under-sampling or recent range expansions. Detailed bipartite and tripartite networks describing species interactions suggest some novel bee, wasp, and parasite associations. These results encourage further investigation into these interactions using molecular methods as detailed range maps and networks provide information to natural historians and conservationists alike. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; Ontario Agricultural College; the Weston Family Foundation 2023-05-01
community science, metabarcoding, wasp, DNA barcoding, bee, trap nest
community science, metabarcoding, wasp, DNA barcoding, bee, trap nest
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