Why diversity matters for understanding the visual ecology and behaviour of bees.
Curr Opin Insect Sci
; 64: 101224, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Two bee species, the European honeybee and the buff-tailed bumblebee, are well-developed models of visual behaviour and ecology. How representative of bees across phylogeny and geography are these two species? Bee sensory systems likely differ between temperate and tropical species due to differences in the intensity or the types of selection pressures. Differences in temperate and tropical floral diversity, abundance and seasonality can influence sensory adaptations and behaviours. Niche partitioning in the speciose tropics along the microhabitat and temporal axes is increasingly reported to involve special visual adaptations in bees. Inclusive approaches encompassing other bee species and building on lessons from the 'model' bees will inform how ecology shapes bee senses, and, in turn, the structure of plant-bee mutualisms.
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Comportamento Animal
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Animals
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En
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Curr Opin Insect Sci
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Curr. Opin. Insect. Sci
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Current opinion in insect science (Online)
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article