The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144590

	The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems
	Xie, Zhenghua; Pan, Dongdong; Teichroew, Jonathan; An, Jiandong
	2016-01-14
发表期刊	PLOS ONE
卷号	11 期号:1
摘要	Bee species interactions can benefit plant pollination through synergistic effects and complementary effects, or can be of detriment to plant pollination through competition effects by reducing visitation by effective pollinators. Since specific bee interactions influence the foraging performance of bees on flowers, they also act as drivers to regulate the assemblage of flower visitors. We selected squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) and its pollinators as a model system to study the foraging response of honey bees to the occurrence of bumble bees at two types of sites surrounded by a high amount of natural habitats (>= 58% of land cover) and a low amount of natural habitats (<= 12% of land cover) in a highland agricultural ecosystem in China. At the individual level, we measured the elapsed time from the departure of prior pollinator(s) to the arrival of another pollinator, the selection of honey bees for flowers occupied by bumble bees, and the length of time used by honey bees to explore floral resources at the two types of sites. At the community level, we explored the effect of bumble bee visitation on the distribution patterns of honey bees on squash flowers. Conclusively, bumble bee visitation caused an increase in elapsed time before flowers were visited again by a honey bee, a behavioral avoidance by a newly-arriving honey bee to select flowers occupied by bumble bees, and a shortened length of time the honey bee takes to examine and collect floral resources. The number of overall bumble bees on squash flowers was the most important factor explaining the difference in the distribution patterns of honey bees at the community level. Furthermore, decline in the number of overall bumble bees on the squash flowers resulted in an increase in the number of overall honey bees. Therefore, our study suggests that bee interactions provide an opportunity to enhance the resilience of ecosystem pollination services against the decline in pollinator diversity.
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0144590
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000368459300004
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/25456
专题	资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xie, Zhenghua,Pan, Dongdong,Teichroew, Jonathan,et al. The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems[J]. PLOS ONE,2016,11(1).
APA	Xie, Zhenghua,Pan, Dongdong,Teichroew, Jonathan,&An, Jiandong.(2016).The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems.PLOS ONE,11(1).
MLA	Xie, Zhenghua,et al."The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems".PLOS ONE 11.1(2016).

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