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Title: Weather variables affecting the behaviour of Insect flower visitors and main pollinators of Erythroxylum myrsinites Martius (Erythroxylaceae)
Other Titles: Variáveis ​​climáticas que afetam o comportamento de visitantes de flores de insetos e principais polinizadores de Erythroxylum myrsinites Martius (Erythroxylaceae)
Authors: Sühs, Rafael Barbizan
Somavilla, Alexandre
Giehl, E. L. H.
Issue Date: 2021
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Sociobiology
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 68, Número 1
Abstract: Basic research assessing environmental effects on entire pollinator communities are still uncommon, particularly for rare and commercially unattractive plantpollinator partners. We investigated the community of flower visitors of Erythroxylum myrsinites to check for potential pollinators and to check the extent of weather influence of visitor behaviour, registered as the number of visitors attending flowers of E. myrsinites. We then calculated species' dominance and constancy and assessed location of pollen attachment in each visitor's body. We correlated weather variables with the composition and abundance of visits carried out by the entire community and by most constant and dominant species. The wasps Polybia sericea, P. ignobilis and P. fastidiosuscula showed the highest values of constancy, dominance and attached pollen. There was a community-level effect of atmospheric pressure, solar radiation and wind speed on the number of visits. Atmospheric pressure affected the number of visits of eudominant species P. fastidiosuscula and P. sericea, while solar radiation affected the number of visits of P. ignobilis. Our results demonstrate the influence of weather variables on flower visiting insects and suggest the importance of native wasps in pollen transport and potential pollination. © 2021 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. All rights reserved.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.13102/SOCIOBIOLOGY.V68I1.5451
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