Natural history and maternal investment of Ceratina cucurbitina, the most common European small carpenter bee, in different European regions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/22:00124885
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=7pVoxQ2F8R" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=7pVoxQ2F8R</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2020.1828235" target="_blank" >10.1080/00218839.2020.1828235</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Natural history and maternal investment of Ceratina cucurbitina, the most common European small carpenter bee, in different European regions
Original language description
Many organisms are known to have wide distribution ranges, which cover large variability of ecological conditions. Therefore, natural history traits can differ throughout the distributional range, and, thus, studies on the natural history of traits from multiple areas of a single species are highly valuable. Ceratina cucurbitina is the most common small carpenter bee in Europe. We examined the social status of nests and maternal investment in four European locations: Czech Republic, Italy, Albania, and Crete. This species is solitary in all studied locations. We found evidence for nest reuse and founding of multiple nests per year; however, this behavior is relatively uncommon. The average number of brood cells provisioned was 8.75; however, this value was significantly lower in Crete than in other regions. Sex of offspring was related to brood cell position; the inner brood cells tended to be female-biased and outer brood cells male-biased. Despite that, we did not find evidence for the typical dwarf eldest daughter pattern of maternal investment in most studied regions. Generally, conditions for C. cucurbitina reproduction seem to be better in the center of the range (Italy, Albania) than on the margins (Czech Republic, Crete). A higher number of brood cell provisioned and/or larger size of offspring was found in central regions than in marginal regions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Apicultural Research
ISSN
0021-8839
e-ISSN
2078-6913
Volume of the periodical
61
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
151-162
UT code for WoS article
000584684100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85094865722