The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees
Variations in abundance and species richness among communities are often determined by interactions between biotic and abiotic factors. However, for communities composed of species that share a common specialization (such as similar foraging adaptations) it may be a key ecological factor involved in...
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2017-05-01
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| author | Cândida Maria Lima Aguiar Shantala Lua Maise Silva Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto Heiddy M Alvarez Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça Santos |
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| description | Variations in abundance and species richness among communities are often determined by interactions between biotic and abiotic factors. However, for communities composed of species that share a common specialization (such as similar foraging adaptations) it may be a key ecological factor involved in the common specialization that affects community variations. To evaluate this possibility, we characterized the guild of oil-collecting bees of a Neotropical savanna in Brazil and tested whether differences in Byrsonima abundance and availability of floral oil explain differences in species richness and abundance of oil-collecting bees of different tribes. Both the number of species and total abundance of Centridini species increased with the abundance of Byrsonima. One plausible explanation for the stronger adjustment between the abundance of Centridini and Byrsonima is that the abundance of these plants affects not only the availability of floral oil, but also of pollen. These findings indicate that the existence of a common specialization among different species does not homogenize their response to variations in a common explored resource. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fceec62ec6e545cf99ce13bc80cf9f1b2022-12-21T21:29:12ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672017-05-0164110.13102/sociobiology.v64i1.1210The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting BeesCândida Maria Lima Aguiar0Shantala Lua1Maise Silva2Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto3Heiddy M Alvarez4Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça Santos5Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaPPG Zoologia/ Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaFaculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências- SalvadorUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaVariations in abundance and species richness among communities are often determined by interactions between biotic and abiotic factors. However, for communities composed of species that share a common specialization (such as similar foraging adaptations) it may be a key ecological factor involved in the common specialization that affects community variations. To evaluate this possibility, we characterized the guild of oil-collecting bees of a Neotropical savanna in Brazil and tested whether differences in Byrsonima abundance and availability of floral oil explain differences in species richness and abundance of oil-collecting bees of different tribes. Both the number of species and total abundance of Centridini species increased with the abundance of Byrsonima. One plausible explanation for the stronger adjustment between the abundance of Centridini and Byrsonima is that the abundance of these plants affects not only the availability of floral oil, but also of pollen. These findings indicate that the existence of a common specialization among different species does not homogenize their response to variations in a common explored resource.http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/1210 |
| spellingShingle | Cândida Maria Lima Aguiar Shantala Lua Maise Silva Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto Heiddy M Alvarez Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça Santos The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees Sociobiology |
| title | The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees |
| title_full | The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees |
| title_fullStr | The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees |
| title_short | The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees |
| title_sort | similar usage of a common key resource does not determine similar responses by species in a community of oil collecting bees |
| url | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/1210 |
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