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Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation
Xu,Xin; Ren,Zong-Xin; Trunschke,Judith; Kuppler,Jonas; Zhao,Yan-Hui; Knop,Eva; Wang,Hong
2021
Source PublicationECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
ISSN2045-7758
Volume11Issue:19Pages:13487-13500
AbstractSuccessful pollination in animal-pollinated plants depends on the temporal overlap between flower presentation and pollinator foraging activity. Variation in the temporal dimension of plant-pollinator networks has been investigated intensely across flowering seasons. However, over the course of a day, the dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions may vary strongly due environmental fluctuations. It is usually assumed there is a unimodal, diurnal, activity pattern, while alternative multimodal types of activity patterns are often neglected and deserve greater investigation. Here, we quantified the daily activity pattern of flower visitors in two different habitats contrasting high elevation meadows versus forests in Southwest China to investigate the role of abiotic conditions in the temporal dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions. We examined diurnal activity patterns for the entire pollinator community. Pollinator groups may differ in their ability to adapt to habitats and abiotic conditions, which might be displayed in their patterns of activity. We hypothesized that (a) pollinator communities show multimodal activity patterns, (b) patterns differ between pollinator groups and habitat types, and (c) abiotic conditions explain observed activity patterns. In total, we collected 4,988 flower visitors belonging to six functional groups. There was a bimodal activity pattern when looking at the entire pollinator community and in five out of six flower visitor groups (exempting solitary bees) regardless of habitat types. Bumblebees, honeybees, dipterans, lepidopterans, and other insects showed activity peaks in the morning and afternoon, whereas solitary bees were most active at midday. Activity of all six pollinator groups increased as solar radiation increased and then decreased after reaching a certain threshold. Our findings suggest that in habitats at higher elevations, a bimodal activity pattern of flower visitation is commonly employed across most pollinator groups that are diurnal foragers. This pattern may be caused by insects avoiding overheating due to elevated temperatures when exposed to high solar radiation at midday.
KeywordBombus diurnal activity patterns flower visitors high elevation solar radiation FALSE DISCOVERY RATE ACTIVITY PATTERNS SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION POLLINATOR ACTIVITY HYMENOPTERA APIDAE SOLAR-RADIATION BUMBLE BEES COMMUNITY ABUNDANCE CLOCK
DOI10.1002/ece3.8074
WOS IDWOS:000691991000001
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Identifierhttp://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/73330
Collection中国科学院昆明植物研究所
Affiliation1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
3.Yunnan Lijiang Forest Ecosyst Natl Observat & Res, Lijiang, Peoples R China
4.Ulm Univ, Inst Evolutionary Ecol & Conservat Genom, Ulm, Germany
5.Agroscope, Agroecol & Environm, Zurich, Switzerland
6.Univ Zurich, Dept Evolutionary Biol & Environm Studies, Zurich, Switzerland
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Xu,Xin,Ren,Zong-Xin,Trunschke,Judith,et al. Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation[J]. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,2021,11(19):13487-13500.
APA Xu,Xin.,Ren,Zong-Xin.,Trunschke,Judith.,Kuppler,Jonas.,Zhao,Yan-Hui.,...&Wang,Hong.(2021).Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation.ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,11(19),13487-13500.
MLA Xu,Xin,et al."Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation".ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 11.19(2021):13487-13500.
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