Habitat enhancements rescue bee body size from the negative effects of landscape simplification

1Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 2Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 3Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada 4Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York 5Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

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