Bee communities in forestry production landscapes: interactive effects of local-level management and landscape context

Context Land-use change is a key driver of pollinator declinesworldwide. Plantation forests are a major land use worldwide and are likely to expand substantially in the near term, especially with projected cellulosic biofuel production. But little is known about the potential local and landscape-scale impacts of plantation forestry on bees, the most important group of pollinatorsworldwide.