Pollen specialists are more endangered than non‑specialised bees even though they collect pollen on flowers of non‑endangered plants
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18470%2F20%3A50017284" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18470/20:50017284 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-020-09789-y" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-020-09789-y</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11829-020-09789-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11829-020-09789-y</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pollen specialists are more endangered than non‑specialised bees even though they collect pollen on flowers of non‑endangered plants
Original language description
Non-parasitic bees differ in the degree of their taxonomic specialisation for pollen collection to feed their brood. Surveys of published data on pollen specialisation by bees of central Europe showed that about two-thirds of species are pollen generalists (polylectic) while the remainder only collect pollen of one family, genus or species (monolectic and oligolectic). Proportions of monolectic and oligolectic species among bee families and genera in central Europe varies widely, from the entirely pollen-specialised but small family Melittidae, to the mostly polylectic Halictidae and Apidae. The Asteraceae plant family attracts the most monolectic and oligolectic species, followed by Fabaceae, Brassicaceae and Campanulaceae. Several plant families in central Europe host only a single bee species. Of the species included in the Red List of bees of Czechia, oligoleges are proportionally more strongly represented than polyleges. Most of these red-listed oligoleges are associated with specific and regionally endangered habitats, i.e. steppes or wetlands. Most of the bees are more limited by the presence of their habitat or nesting site than by the host plant, although this fact is not simple to evaluate due to the incomplete data on the floral relations and distribution of bee species.
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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
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Arthropod-Plant Interactions
ISSN
1872-8855
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
759-769
UT code for WoS article
000580905800003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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