Thermal biology of bee pollinators: diversity and community-level correlates DOI Creative Commons
Carlos M. Herrera

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 27, 2023

Abstract Community-wide assembly of plant-pollinator systems depends on an intricate combination biotic and abiotic factors, including heterogeneity among pollinators in thermal biology responses to factors. Studies the have mostly considered only one or a few species plants at time, possible driving role diversity pollinator asemblages plant community level remains largely unexplored. More specifically, it is unknown whether bees, major group worldwide, contributes maintenance diverse bee communities, broadens spectrum possibilities available bee-pollinated plants, facilitate interspecific partitioning ecological gradients across habitats, seasons time day, and/or enhance pollination success through complementarity effects. The objectives this study were assess assemblage that pollinates Mediterranean montane area, evaluate its taxonomic phylogenetic underpinnings, elucidate there existed seasonal, daily, between-habitat floral visitation correlates which could contribute partition species. Thermal parameters obtained laboratory ( K , intrinsic warming constant) field (thoracic ambient temperature foraging site, T th air ) individual bees sample N = 204 species) comprising most regional community. Species-specific combined with quantitative data flower for entomophilous 292 species). Results revealed harbored considerable features, such was taxonomically, phylogenetically body-size structured, broad represented as whole eventually translated into among-habitat patterns level. This lends support hypothesis can act enhancing opportunities coexistence, spatio-temporal resources, success.

Language: Английский

Understanding and addressing shortfalls in European wild bee data DOI Creative Commons
Leon Marshall, Nicolas Leclercq, Luísa G. Carvalheiro

et al.

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 290, P. 110455 - 110455

Published: Jan. 25, 2024

Understanding and reversing biodiversity decline in the Anthropocene requires robust data on species taxonomic identity, distribution, ecology, population trends. Data deficits hinder assessments conservation, despite major advances over past few decades, our understanding of bee diversity, distribution Europe is still hampered by such shortfalls. Using a unique digital dataset wild occurrence we identify seven critical shortfalls which are an absence knowledge geographic distributions, (functional) trait variation, dynamics, evolutionary relationships, biotic interactions, tolerance to abiotic conditions. We describe "BeeFall," interactive online Shiny app tool, visualizes these highlights missing data. also define new impediment, Keartonian Impediment, addresses high-quality situ photos illustrations with diagnostic characteristics directly affects outlined Shortfalls highly correlated at both provincial national scales, identifying key areas where gaps can be filled. This work provides important first step towards long-term goal mobilize aggregate European into multi-scale, easy access, shareable, updatable database inform research, practice, policy actions for conservation bees.

Language: Английский

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Diversification of social complexity following a major evolutionary transition in bees DOI
Ohad Peled, Gili Greenbaum, Guy Bloch

et al.

Current Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Highly accurate Batesian mimicry of wasps dates back to the Early Oligocene and was driven by non-passerine birds DOI
Klára Daňková, Jiří Hadrava, Jakub Straka

et al.

Current Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Harnessing Electrostatic Forces: A Review of Bees as Bioindicators for Particulate Matter Detection DOI Creative Commons

Simone Meacci,

Lorenzo Corsi, Eleonora Santecchia

et al.

Insects, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(4), P. 373 - 373

Published: April 1, 2025

Bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophila) are widely recognized for their essential ecological roles, including pollination and biodiversity maintenance. Recently, ability to collect environmental particulate matter through electrostatic forces has been explored biomonitoring purposes. This review integrates knowledge on pollen adhesion with emerging insights into bees, emphasizing potential as bioindicators. The mechanisms of adhesion, influenced by factors such the physicochemical properties bee morphology, discussed in detail. Additionally, study evaluates efficiency pollutants, heavy metals, microplastics, nanoplastics, pathogens, pesticides, radionuclides, volatile organic compounds. multidisciplinary approach underscores role bees advancing monitoring methodologies offers innovative tools assessing ecosystem health while addressing drivers decline.

Language: Английский

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Climate explains global functional trait variation in bees DOI Creative Commons
Madeleine M. Ostwald,

Kathryn Chen,

Nicholas A Alexander

et al.

Functional Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 1, 2025

Abstract Climate is a fundamental driver of macroecological patterns in functional trait variation. However, many the traits that have outsized effects on thermal performance are complex, multi‐dimensional, and challenging to quantify at scale. To overcome this challenge, we leveraged techniques deep learning computer vision hair coverage lightness bees, using images diverse widely distributed sample museum specimens. We demonstrate climate shapes variation these global scale, with bee increasing maximum environmental temperatures (thermal melanism hypothesis) decreasing annual precipitation (Gloger's Rule). found deserts hotspots for bees covered light‐coloured hairs, adaptations may mitigate heat stress represent convergent evolution other desert organisms. These results support major ecogeographical rules emphasize role shaping phenotypic diversity. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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A century of wild bee sampling: historical data and neural network analysis reveal ecological traits associated with species loss DOI
Kelsey K. Graham, Paul Glaum,

Joseph Hartert

et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 291(2028)

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

We analysed the wild bee community sampled from 1921 to 2018 at a nature preserve in southern Michigan, USA, study long-term shifts protected area. During an intensive survey 1972 and 1973, Francis C. Evans detected 135 species. In most recent surveys conducted 2017 2018, we recorded 90 Only 58 species were both sampling periods, indicating significant shift community. found that diversity, richness evenness all lower samples. Additionally, 64% of more common exhibited than 30% decline relative abundance. Neural network analysis traits revealed extirpation reserve was likely for oligolectic ground-nesting bees kleptoparasitic bees, whereas polylectic cavity-nesting persist. Having longer phenological ranges also increased chance persistence Further suggests climate response as contemporary period had southerly overall distribution compared historic Results exhibit utility data machine learning disentangling complex indicators population trajectories.

Language: Английский

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Thermal biology diversity of bee pollinators: Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and plant community‐level correlates DOI Creative Commons
Carlos M. Herrera

Ecological Monographs, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 5, 2024

Abstract Community‐wide assembly of plant–pollinator systems depends on an intricate combination biotic and abiotic factors, including heterogeneity among pollinators in thermal biology responses to factors. Studies the have mostly considered only one or a few species plants at time, possible driving role diversity pollinator asemblages plant community level remains largely unexplored. More specifically, it is unknown whether bees, major group worldwide, contributes maintenance diverse bee communities; broadens spectrum possibilities available bee‐pollinated plants; facilitates interspecific partitioning ecological gradients across habitats, seasons, time day; and/or enhance pollination success through complementarity effects. The objectives this study were assess assemblage that pollinates Mediterranean montane area, evaluate its taxonomic phylogenetic underpinnings, elucidate there existed seasonal, daily, between‐habitat, floral visitation correlates which could contribute partition species. Thermal parameters obtained laboratory ( K , intrinsic warming constant) field (thoracic ambient temperature foraging site, T th air ) individual bees sample N = 204 species) comprising most regional community. Species‐specific combined with quantitative data flower for entomophilous 292 species). Results revealed harbored considerable features; such was taxonomically, phylogenetically, body‐size structured; broad represented as whole eventually translated into among‐habitat, patterns level. This lends support hypothesis can opportunities coexistence, spatiotemporal resources, success.

Language: Английский

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Conserved and Unique Protein Expression Patterns Across Reproductive Stage Transitions in Social Hymenopteran Queens DOI Creative Commons
Alison McAfee, Baptiste Martinet, Kimberly Przybyla

et al.

Molecular Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(23)

Published: Nov. 3, 2024

ABSTRACT Hymenopteran queens are collectively highly fecund, often long‐lived individuals that undergo dramatic physiological changes after they mate and establish a nest. However, the degree to which these conserved among species with different life histories is not well‐defined. We conducted comparative proteomic study investigating differences between reproductive stages (virgin, mated established queens) of Apis mellifera , Bombus impatiens B. terrestris Lasius niger . analysed haemolymph for all except L. whole‐body analysis was performed due small size queens. identified upregulation proteins involved in anatomical system development as transition establishing nest also patterns vitellogenin, vitellogenin receptor immune‐responsive protein (IRP)30, typically associated oviposition. expression other immune proteins, heat‐shock (HSPs), detoxification enzymes antioxidant were more dissimilar, some exhibiting similar trends co‐occurrence through stages, while others exhibited variable or opposite patterns. These unique profiles likely part reflect similarities selective pressure on each may indicate differing abilities respond emergent pathogens environmental change.

Language: Английский

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Resin foraging interactions in stingless bees: an ecological synthesis using multilayer networks DOI
Daniel Yudi Miyahara Nakamura, Sheina Koffler, Marco A. R. Mello

et al.

Apidologie, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 55(3)

Published: May 31, 2024

Language: Английский

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Where are the biggest gaps in phylogenetic coverage of insect diversity? DOI
Douglas Chesters

Systematic Entomology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 25, 2024

Abstract Gaps in phylogenetic knowledge are unlikely to be filled an optimal manner the absence of a quantitative descriptive framework coverage date and strategy for addressing remainder (the Darwinian Shortfall). One would modelling progress on insect diversity, such as taxonomic database. I herein sampled existing by collating machine‐readable tree from each 1000 publications. Processing comprised primarily harmonization, standardization terminal labels pruning uninformative sets taxon duplicates. The phylogeny database contained 94,173 unique species IDs over 154,938 terminals total, with respective mean median number per 155 44. Omics phylogenies most average, though not novel species, mitogenome contributed fewest species. Synthesis were very few number, but nonetheless predicted contribute increasing diversity. 6.2% 970,000 Catalogue Life amongst phylogenies. Phylogenetic families was often disproportionate species‐richness; those undersampled beetles included Curculionidae, Staphylinidae, Cerambycidae, Scarabaeidae, disproportionately high dragonflies, bees, butterflies ants. work provides foundation quantification Shortfall, shifting objective completing Tree Life.

Language: Английский

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