How large bees, Bombus and Xylocopa (Apoidea Hymenoptera) forage on trees: optimality and patterns of movement in temperate and tropical climates.
How large bees, Bombus and Xylocopa (Apoidea Hymenoptera) forage on trees: optimality and patterns of movement in temperate and tropical climates.
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大型蜜蜂、熊蜂和 Xylocopa(Apoidea Hymenoptera)如何在树上觅食:温带和热带气候下的最佳运动和模式。
DOI:
10.1080/08927014.1990.9525408
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
P. Kevan
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作者:
P. Kevan
Large bees, Bombus spp. (Apidae) of the temperate zone and Xylocopa spp. (Anthophoridae) (Hymenoptera) of the tropics forage upwards on inflorescences on the crowns of trees, laterally and upwards between inflorescences which are close together ( 20 cm). This pattern has been observed for large bees foraging on flowering trees of Aesculus hippocastanum, A. octandra (Hippocastanaceae), Robinia pseudoacacia and Cladrastis lutea (Leguminosae) from temperate North America and Tilia sp. (Tiliaceae) in Scandinavia and, in the tropics, one Peltopborum pterocarpum (Leguminosae) in Malaysia, Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) in the Maldive Islands, and on Sarcotheca celebica (Oxalidaceae) in Indonesia. Upward foraging on inflorescences, whether upright or pendant, is consistent with well-known behaviour for bees on inflorescences of herbaceous plants. The downward movements between separated inflorescences may represent an exaggeration...