ABSTRACT
Bees are primary pollinators across various terrestrial biomes and rely heavily on floral resources for sustenance. The composition of landscapes can influence bee foraging behavior, while human activities can directly affect both the composition and nutritional value of bee food. We aimed to assess how landscape structure and land use practices can impact the composition and nutritional value of food sources for two generalist social bee species, Apis mellifera and Scaptotrigona postica. Food samples were collected from twenty-five colonies of A. mellifera and thirteen of S. postica to examine how food composition and nutritional value may vary based on the extent of human land use and the composition of landscapes surrounding beekeeping sites. The pollen composition and nutritional value of A. mellifera were influenced by both land use practices and landscape heterogeneity. The number of patches determined total sugar and lipid content. Landscape heterogeneity affected pollen composition in S. postica, primarily due to the number of patches, while total sugar was affected by landscape diversity. Pollen nutritional value in S. postica was linked to land use, mainly meadow and vegetation, which influenced total sugar and dry matter. S. postica showed a higher sensitivity to land use changes compared to A. mellifera, which was more affected by landscape heterogeneity. Assuring landscape heterogeneity by preserving remaining forest patches around apiaries and meliponaries is crucial. Thoughtful land use planning is essential to support beekeeping activities and ensure an adequate quantity and quality of bee food resources.
Subject(s)
Ecosystem , Pollen , Humans , Bees , Animals , Pollen/chemistry , Food , Forests , Sugars/analysisABSTRACT
A avaliação e a intervenção psicossociais para o envelhecimento bem sucedido têm sustentado a sua eficácia no desenho de programas que facilitem e potenciem a interacção optimizada entre o indivíduo e os seus contextos desenvolvimentais. Para o efeito, são necessárias ferramentas conceptuais que permitam orientar a avaliação dos recursos comunitários com vista à intervenção baseada na evidência no envelhecimento na comunidade. Este artigo tem como objectivo apresentar os pressupostos gerais da ciência desenvolvimental aplicada e como tais pressupostos podem ser utilizados na avaliação das potencialidades e recursos comunitários na promoção do desenvolvimento adulto e envelhecimento bem-sucedido.(AU)
The efficacy of the psychosocial assessment and intervention on successful aging is based on programs that promote the optimized persondevelopmental contexts interaction. To achieve this goal, conceptual tools are needed to guide the assessment of community resources to facilitate aging in place evidence-based practices. The aim of this article was to discuss the global assumptions of the applied developmental science and how these assumptions may be applied in the assessment of community resources and strengths in order to foster adult development and successful aging.(AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Adult , Human Development , Aging , Human EcologyABSTRACT
A avaliação e a intervenção psicossociais para o envelhecimento bemsucedido têm sustentado a sua eficácia no desenho de programas que facilitem e potenciem a interacção optimizada entre o indivíduo e os seus contextos desenvolvimentais. Para o efeito, são necessárias ferramentas conceptuais que permitam orientar a avaliação dos recursos comunitários com vista à intervenção baseada na evidência no envelhecimento na comunidade. Este artigo tem como objectivo apresentar os pressupostos gerais da ciência desenvolvimental aplicada e como tais pressupostos podem ser utilizados na avaliação das potencialidades e recursos comunitários na promoção do desenvolvimento adulto e envelhecimento bem-sucedido.
The efficacy of the psychosocial assessment and intervention on successful aging is based on programs that promote the optimized persondevelopmental contexts interaction. To achieve this goal, conceptual tools are needed to guide the assessment of community resources to facilitate aging in place evidence-based practices. The aim of this article was to discuss the global assumptions of the applied developmental science and how these assumptions may be applied in the assessment of community resources and strengths in order to foster adult development and successful aging.