The role of honey bees as pollinators in natural areas

CE Aslan, CT Liang, B Galindo, H Kimberly… - Natural Areas Journal, 2016 - BioOne
The western or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the primary managed pollinator in
US agricultural systems, and its importance for food production is widely recognized …

Specialist bee species are larger and less phylogenetically distinct than generalists in tropical plant–bee interaction networks

RL Raiol, M Gastauer, AJ Campbell… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bee pollinators are key components of terrestrial ecosystems. Evidence is mounting that
bees are globally in decline, and species with a higher degree of specialization are the most …

Intra‐seasonal and daily variations in nectar availability affect bee assemblage in a monodominant afforested Brazilian Cerrado

CS Ballarin, L Hachuy‐Filho, MJW Doria… - Austral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nectar is the most common floral resource that mediates plant–pollinator interactions, and its
spatiotemporal distribution is related to pollinator attraction and can influence pollinator …

Deforestation narrows pollen diet diversity of generalist orchid bees

S Boff, CFP da Luz, J Raizer, GS Pinto… - Journal of Insect …, 2024 - Springer
Orchid bee species are important pollinators in the Neotropics. While male orchid bees are
known to have a close interaction with odor-rewarding flowers, orchid bee females are often …

[HTML][HTML] The bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in Cerrado and Cerrado-Amazon Rainforest transition sites in Tocantins state, Northern Region of Brazil

SSO Barros, WP Oliveira Júnior, FF Oliveira… - Biota …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Two sites located in Tocantins State, Brazil, were selected for the bee's community survey.
One of them was mostly covered by Cerrado vegetation and the other one is located in the …

High floral trait diversity of aquatic plants in the Pantanal reveals different pollination strategies

RT Santos, SSM Benavides, DMC Alcantara… - Aquatic Botany, 2024 - Elsevier
This research brings novel information regarding the floral traits and pollinator groups of
aquatic macrophytes. Classifying functional traits and pollinator groups contributes to …

Diversity and effect of historical inundation on bee and wasp (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Vespoidea) communities in the Brazilian Pantanal

R Aranda, C Aoki - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2018 - Springer
Hymenoptera are the third largest insect order and is one of the most important ecological
agents in terrestrial ecosystems, while terrestrial flooded areas are considered priority for …

Disentangling the path of pollinator attraction in temporarily colored flowers

S Boff, JA Henrique, A Friedel, J Raizer - International Journal of Tropical …, 2021 - Springer
Plants may use different strategies to attract pollinators in long distance (eg floral display)
and in short distance (eg ratio between differentially colored flowers) scales. The …

Floral resources used by Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille 1811) in areas under the influence of the breach of the Fundão Dam in Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

KIC Vieira, CFP Da Luz, ADO Fidalgo, NC Moreira… - Grana, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Fundão Dam breach, in November 2015 in Mariana (20º 22ʹ 40 ″S, 43º 24ʹ
58 ″W), was considered, at that time, the largest environmental disaster in Brazilian history …

Synthesis of the present knowledge on plant phenology of the Pantanal

C Aoki, RR Faria, GA Damasceno-Junior… - Flora and Vegetation of …, 2022 - Springer
We reviewed the state of the art regarding plant phenology in the Pantanal and commented
on existing gaps and future perspectives. Our literature search detected only 17 articles …