EEB Tuesday Seminar Series - Habitat drivers of insect-mediated ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes

Seminar Summary - Habitat in the landscape plays a key role for conservation and insect-mediated ecosystem services. While global insect declines and biodiversity crises have highlighted the role of habitat reserves, equally important is the matrix of habitats woven into working, agricultural landscapes. I explore how habitat complexity affects insects and associated ecosystem functions in oil palm cultivation and agroforestry restoration in Indonesia. Zooming out in spatial scale, I discuss my current work modeling habitat complexity over regional agricultural landscapes, focusing on spatiotemporal variability in floral resources for bees in North America.