“…All organisms have measureable functional traits that are ecologically important and that have the potential to affect performance and fitness (Cadotte et al, 2011). Although functional traits have been best studied in plants (e.g., Diaz et al, 2004;Pérez-Harguindeguy et al, 2013), studies of insect communities that incorporate functional trait diversity are becoming more common (e.g., Horgan, 2008;Taillefer & Wheeler, 2012). We are only aware of one study of tropical bee communities, however, that investigates any functional traits (see Kambach, Guerra, Beck, Hensen, & Schleuning, 2013).…”