Repository logo
 
Publication

Foraging Behavior and Pollen Transport by Flower Visitors of the Madeira Island Endemic Echium candicans

2021-05Journal article Open access
Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorEsposito, Fabiana
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorBoieiro, Mário
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-04T12:49:54Z
dc.date.available2021-08-04T12:49:54Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.description.abstractThe study of flower visitor behavior and pollen transport dynamics within and between plants can be of great importance, especially for threatened or rare plant species. In this work, we aim to assess the flower visitor assemblage of the Madeiran endemic Echium candicans and evaluate the performance of the most common visitors through the analysis of their foraging behavior and pollen loads. The flower visitor assemblage of E. candicans is diverse, including several insect groups and the endemic lizard Teira dugesii, but bees are the most common visitors. In general, large bees (Amegilla quadrifasciata, Apis mellifera, and Bombus spp.) had the highest average visitation rates (>18 flowers/min) and their pollen loads had higher percentages of homospecific pollen (>66%) when compared with butterflies and hoverflies. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) and two bumblebees (Bombus terrestris and B. ruderatus) were the most efficient flower visitors of E. candicans, but their foraging behavior seems to favor geitonogamy. Other visitors, such as butterflies and the small bee Lasioglossum wollastoni, may have a complementary role to the honeybee and bumblebee species, as their high mobility is associated with fewer flower visits on each plant and may promote xenogamy. Two non-native bees (A. mellifera and B. ruderatus) are important flower visitors of E. candicans and may contribute mostlypt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationEsposito, F.; Costa, R.; Boieiro, M. Foraging Behavior and Pollen Transport by Flower Visitors of the Madeira Island Endemic Echium candicans. Insects 2021, 12, 488. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12060488pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/insects12060488pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/49247
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationFCT UID/BIA/00329/2020-2024pt_PT
dc.relationFCT PTDC/BIA-BIC/1013/2014pt_PT
dc.relationGrant Wallonia Brussels International (WBI) World Excellence Fellowshipspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/6/488pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectpollination efficiencypt_PT
dc.subjectpollen loadspt_PT
dc.subjectvisitation ratespt_PT
dc.subjectisland endemicpt_PT
dc.subjectnon-native beespt_PT
dc.titleForaging Behavior and Pollen Transport by Flower Visitors of the Madeira Island Endemic Echium candicanspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue6pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage488pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInsectspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
person.familyNameEsposito
person.familyNameCosta
person.familyNameCanelas Boieiro
person.givenNameFabiana
person.givenNameRicardo
person.givenNameMário Rui
person.identifier1634930
person.identifier.ciencia-idB811-B249-3FD6
person.identifier.ciencia-id671C-4C00-FDFB
person.identifier.ciencia-idCB12-D073-9C37
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6119-4174
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6452-436X
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9087-091X
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
relation.isAuthorOfPublication10b2a707-8498-4f98-b5e3-730f73d46ef0
relation.isAuthorOfPublication7b2e1aa6-07ff-4b45-9439-d1a69f01114e
relation.isAuthorOfPublication857b66fc-838e-4ac6-a9b6-47634985574e
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery857b66fc-838e-4ac6-a9b6-47634985574e

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
insects-12-00488-v2.pdf
Size:
1019.96 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

cE3c - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais