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Biological Sciences
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Brazil
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Pollen resources partitioning of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the southern Atlantic forest
Pollen resources partitioning of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the southern Atlantic forest
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| Autores: |
Rodrigues, Carina da Silva
Ferasso, Debora Cristina
Mossi, Altemir José
Coelho, Geraldo Ceni
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| Data: |
2020-04-03
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| Ano: |
2020
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| Palavras-chave: |
Niche overlap meliponiculture pollination Apidae niche overlap
Pollination
Meliponiculture
Apidae.
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Meliponinae eusocial bees are among the most important pollinators in the Neotropics and their beekeeping has been growing as both recreational and economic activity. Information on the pollen preferences and niche overlap among species coexisting in the same location is still scarce. This study focused on the use of pollen resources by three native species of Meliponinae in the Atlantic Forest, Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata (Lepeletier 1836), Scaptotrigona depilis (Moure 1942), and Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille 1811), at two different sites. The use of pollen resources was evaluated from reserves inside hives collected monthly between February 2015 and January 2016. It was also estimated the Mean Minimal Distance (Dm) traveled by the bees to obtain pollen. The bees differed regarding the diversity of pollen types, Dm, and proportion of pollen from different plant life-form. Local factor promoted differences only for Dm. M. q. quadrifasciata foraged a low diversity of pollen species and traveled greater distances with a higher proportion of trees plus palm species. Tetragonisca angustula foraged a higher diversity of pollen and flew shorter distances with a lower proportion of trees and palms. The species factor predominates over the local factor in the clustering pattern, based on pollen profile similarity.
Meliponinae eusocial bees are among the most important pollinators in the Neotropics and their beekeeping has been growing as both recreational and economic activity. Information on the pollen preferences and niche overlap among species coexisting in the same location is still scarce. This study focused on the use of pollen resources by three native species of Meliponinae in the Atlantic Forest, Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata (Lepeletier 1836), Scaptotrigona depilis (Moure 1942), and Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille 1811), at two different sites. The use of pollen resources was evaluated from reserves inside hives collected monthly between February 2015 and January 2016. It was also estimated the Mean Minimal Distance (Dm) traveled by the bees to obtain pollen. The bees differed regarding the diversity of pollen types, Dm, and proportion of pollen from different plant life-form. Local factor promoted differences only for Dm. M. q. quadrifasciata foraged a low diversity of pollen species and traveled greater distances with a higher proportion of trees plus palm species. Tetragonisca angustula foraged a higher diversity of pollen and flew shorter distances with a lower proportion of trees and palms. The species factor predominates over the local factor in the clustering pattern, based on pollen profile similarity.
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Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Inglês
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http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/48714
10.4025/actascibiolsci.v42i1.48714
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Universidade Estadual De Maringá
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http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/48714/751375149816
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application/pdf
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| Fonte: |
Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; Vol 42 (2020): Publicação contínua; e48714
Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 42 (2020): Publicação contínua; e48714
1807-863X
1679-9283
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Copyright (c) 2020 Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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