DOI: 10.1111/ele.12581
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84959929400
论文题名: Bumble bee colony dynamics: Quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production
作者: Crone E.E. ; Williams N.M.
刊名: Ecology Letters
ISSN: 1461023X
EISSN: 1461-0248
出版年: 2016
卷: 19, 期: 4 起始页码: 460
结束页码: 468
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Bombus vosnesenskii
; Colony growth
; Floral resources
; Life history
; Population viability
; Reproduction
; Social insects
Scopus关键词: Bombus (genus)
; Bombus vosnesenskii
; Hexapoda
; animal
; bee
; biological model
; ecosystem
; environmental protection
; flower
; physiology
; population dynamics
; population growth
; Animals
; Bees
; Conservation of Natural Resources
; Ecosystem
; Flowers
; Models, Biological
; Population Dynamics
; Population Growth
英文摘要: Bumble bee (Bombus) species are ecologically and economically important pollinators, and many species are in decline. In this article, we develop a mechanistic model to analyse growth trajectories of Bombus vosnesenskii colonies in relation to floral resources and land use. Queen production increased with floral resources and was higher in semi-natural areas than on conventional farms. However, the most important parameter for queen production was the colony growth rate per flower, as opposed to the average number of available flowers. This result indicates the importance of understanding mechanisms of colony growth, in order to predict queen production and enhance bumble bee population viability. Our work highlights the importance of interpreting bumble bee conservation efforts in the context of overall population dynamics and provides a framework for doing so. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/107789
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作者单位: Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States; Entomology Department, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Crone E.E.,Williams N.M.. Bumble bee colony dynamics: Quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production[J]. Ecology Letters,2016-01-01,19(4)