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Compartilhamento de recursos florais por vespas sociais (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) e abelhas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) em uma área de caatinga / Floral resource partitioning by social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in an area of caatinga in Brazil
Aguiar, Cândida M. L; Santos, Gilberto M. de M.
Affiliation
  • Aguiar, Cândida M. L; Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. Feira de Santana. BR
  • Santos, Gilberto M. de M; Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. Feira de Santana. BR
Neotrop. entomol ; 36(6): 836-842, Nov.-Dec. 2007. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-473533
Responsible library: BR1.1
RESUMO
Vespas e abelhas são importantes componentes da guilda de visitantes florais nos Neotrópicos. A abundância de vespas sociais e abelhas visitando flores foi utilizada para calcular os índices de amplitude e sobreposição dos nichos tróficos e para caracterizar o uso das fontes de recursos florais por aqueles insetos. A amostragem foi realizada mensalmente, durante 13 meses (156h), por dois coletores que capturaram os espécimes com redes entomológicas, ao longo de uma trilha em uma área de caatinga em Itatim, BA. As vespas e abelhas concentraram as visitas em poucas fontes de recursos. As plantas mais visitadas por cada um desses grupos foram distintas e poucas espécies de plantas foram importantes para ambos os grupos, resultando em baixos índices de sobreposição entre abelhas e vespas. A sobreposição do nicho trófico entre espécies de vespas foi em geral mais elevada do que entre espécies de abelhas. A sobreposição geral entre todas as espécies foi baixa (< 30 por cento).
ABSTRACT
Wasps and bees are important components of flower visitor guilds in the Neotropical region. The abundance of social wasps and bees, collected during flower visits, was used to calculate niche breadth and niche overlap indices, in order to characterize the utilization of the floral resources by those insects. Samples were taken monthly, for 13 months (156h), by two collectors which captured the specimes on flowers using entomological nets, while walking along a way in an area of caatinga at Itatim, State of Bahia, Brazil. Wasps and bees heavily visited a few sources of floral resources, but the most visited plants by each group were different, and few plant species were important for both groups, resulting in low niche overlap between bees and wasps. The niche overlap among wasp species was generally higher than among bee species. The general overlap, which takes into consideration all species together was low (< 30 percent).
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Main subject: Social Behavior / Wasps / Bees / Flowers / Homing Behavior Aspects: Social determinants of health Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Neotrop. entomol Journal subject: Biology / ZOOLOGIA Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana/BR
Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Main subject: Social Behavior / Wasps / Bees / Flowers / Homing Behavior Aspects: Social determinants of health Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Neotrop. entomol Journal subject: Biology / ZOOLOGIA Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana/BR
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