Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

<span>Social wasps are important elements of the fauna in a variety of environments, including human-modified environments. Evidence indicates that habitat quality affects the growth of colonies of social wasps in urban environments. This study investigated whether the colony productivity of...

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Autores principales:	Kamylla Balbuena Michelutti, Thiago Santos Montagna, William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f2d5a0c81bdc4baaa59692b267ced2ac2021-12-02T11:00:13ZEffect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.96-100https://doaj.org/article/f2d5a0c81bdc4baaa59692b267ced2ac2013-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/14https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525<span>Social wasps are important elements of the fauna in a variety of environments, including human-modified environments. Evidence indicates that habitat quality affects the growth of colonies of social wasps in urban environments. This study investigated whether the colony productivity of the social wasp </span><em>Mischocyttarus consimilis</em><span> Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) is affected by loss habitat quality in human-occupied environment. Nests of </span><em>M. consimilis</em><span> were collected in forest and urban environment between January 2010 and June 2011. Only nests that reached the decline stage were sampled. As productivity parameters, we measured the total number of cells constructed, total number of adults produced and dry mass of the nests. Productivity was significantly lower in urban than in forest environment for all parameters analyzed. Habitat quality is probably the principal factor that contributed to the lower productivity in urban environment. In this type of environment, particularly where the study was conducted, the vegetation adjacent to the nesting sites was composed predominantly of grasses. Such habitats may have limited resources available, especially those resources used by the wasps for feeding the immature, such as larvae of other insects. That result suggests that human degradation of habitats negatively affects the final productivity of colonies of social wasps.</span>Kamylla Balbuena MicheluttiThiago Santos MontagnaWilliam Fernando Antonialli-Jr.Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaarticleSocial waspssynanthropismindependent foundationfunctional ecologyconservation biologyZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 1, Pp 96-100 (2013)
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topic	Social wasps synanthropism independent foundation functional ecology conservation biology Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	Social wasps synanthropism independent foundation functional ecology conservation biology Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Kamylla Balbuena Michelutti Thiago Santos Montagna William Fernando Antonialli-Jr. Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
description	<span>Social wasps are important elements of the fauna in a variety of environments, including human-modified environments. Evidence indicates that habitat quality affects the growth of colonies of social wasps in urban environments. This study investigated whether the colony productivity of the social wasp </span><em>Mischocyttarus consimilis</em><span> Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) is affected by loss habitat quality in human-occupied environment. Nests of </span><em>M. consimilis</em><span> were collected in forest and urban environment between January 2010 and June 2011. Only nests that reached the decline stage were sampled. As productivity parameters, we measured the total number of cells constructed, total number of adults produced and dry mass of the nests. Productivity was significantly lower in urban than in forest environment for all parameters analyzed. Habitat quality is probably the principal factor that contributed to the lower productivity in urban environment. In this type of environment, particularly where the study was conducted, the vegetation adjacent to the nesting sites was composed predominantly of grasses. Such habitats may have limited resources available, especially those resources used by the wasps for feeding the immature, such as larvae of other insects. That result suggests that human degradation of habitats negatively affects the final productivity of colonies of social wasps.</span>
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author	Kamylla Balbuena Michelutti Thiago Santos Montagna William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.
author_facet	Kamylla Balbuena Michelutti Thiago Santos Montagna William Fernando Antonialli-Jr.
author_sort	Kamylla Balbuena Michelutti
title	Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_short	Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_full	Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_fullStr	Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
title_sort	effect of habitat disturbance on colony productivity of the social wasp mischocyttarus consimilis zikán (hymenoptera, vespidae)
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/f2d5a0c81bdc4baaa59692b267ced2ac
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Effect of Habitat Disturbance on Colony Productivity of the Social Wasp Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

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