Floral Resources Partitioning by Two Co-occurring Eusocial Bees in an Afromontane Landscape

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F18%3A10392252" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/18:10392252 - isvavai.cz</a>

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RIV/60077344:_____/18:00503111 RIV/67985939:_____/18:00503111

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2824" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2824</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2824" target="_blank" >10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2824</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Floral Resources Partitioning by Two Co-occurring Eusocial Bees in an Afromontane Landscape

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Floral preferences of generalist foragers such as eusocial bees influence the success of pollination of many flowering plants, as well as competition with many other bee species in tropical communities. Eusocial bees are important for the pollination success of many flowering plants, as well as for food resources availability for many other species. However, their foraging preferences are still unknown in many tropical areas, especially in the Afrotropics. We studied the foraging activity of two syntopic eusocial bees with large colonies, the honeybee Apis mellifera Linnaeus and the stingless bee Meliplebeia ogouensis (Vachal), on seven plant species in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon, in two consecutive years. Simultaneously, we quantified intra- and inter-annual changes in the food resources. We observed resource partitioning among the two bee species. Although both species are considered as generalists, their short-term food niches overlap was very low. Their preferences to the most often visited plants differed even more strongly interannually. Our results bring the first evidence on such relatively strong resource partitioning among two dominant eusocial bee species from West/Central Africa.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Floral Resources Partitioning by Two Co-occurring Eusocial Bees in an Afromontane Landscape

Popis výsledku anglicky

Floral preferences of generalist foragers such as eusocial bees influence the success of pollination of many flowering plants, as well as competition with many other bee species in tropical communities. Eusocial bees are important for the pollination success of many flowering plants, as well as for food resources availability for many other species. However, their foraging preferences are still unknown in many tropical areas, especially in the Afrotropics. We studied the foraging activity of two syntopic eusocial bees with large colonies, the honeybee Apis mellifera Linnaeus and the stingless bee Meliplebeia ogouensis (Vachal), on seven plant species in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon, in two consecutive years. Simultaneously, we quantified intra- and inter-annual changes in the food resources. We observed resource partitioning among the two bee species. Although both species are considered as generalists, their short-term food niches overlap was very low. Their preferences to the most often visited plants differed even more strongly interannually. Our results bring the first evidence on such relatively strong resource partitioning among two dominant eusocial bee species from West/Central Africa.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Sociobiology

ISSN

0361-6525

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

65

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

BR - Brazilská federativní republika

Počet stran výsledku

4

Strana od-do

527-530

Kód UT WoS článku

000450549000022

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85055279172