Conspecific Pollen on Insects Visiting Female Flowers of<i>Phoradendron juniperinum</i>(Viscaceae) in Western Arizona

Wiesenborn, William D.

doi:10.3398/064.077.0408

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“…There may be certain animal behavioral traits prohibiting the successful deposition of pollen. However, this methodology remains a useful technique for analyzing pollinator efficiency from unmanipulated field surveys (Goldblatt et al 1989, Kearns and Inouye 1993, Wiesenborn 2018, 2019). Another caveat is having only 55 observed pollination events, which is a limited sample size.…”

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Floral Visitors of a Colorado Endemic Chasmophyte, Telesonix jamesii (Saxifragaceae)

Gaier

Tripp

Resasco

2023

Western North American Naturalist

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Floral Visitors of a Colorado Endemic Chasmophyte, Telesonix jamesii (Saxifragaceae)

Gaier

Tripp

Resasco

2023

Western North American Naturalist

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Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps

2021

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The aculeate wasps are one of the most diverse and speciose insect taxa; they are omnipresent across ecosystems and exhibit diverse co‐evolutionary and exploitative associations with other organisms. There is widespread conjecture that aculeate wasps are likely to perform essential ecological and economic services of importance to the health, well‐being and nutritional needs of our planet. However, the scope and nature of the ecosystem services they provide are not well understood relative to other insect groups (e.g. bees, butterflies, beetles); an appreciation of their value is further tarnished by their public reputation as pointless pests. Here, we conduct the first comprehensive review of how aculeate wasps contribute to the four main areas of ecosystem services: regulatory, provisioning, supporting and cultural services. Uniting data from a large but previously disconnected literature on solitary and social aculeate wasps, we provide a synthesis on how these insects perform important ecosystem services as parasites, predators, biological indicators, pollinators, decomposers and seed dispersers; and their additional services as a sustainable alternative to meat for human consumption, and medicinal potential as sources of research leads for anti‐microbials and cancer treatments. We highlight how aculeate wasps offer substantial, but largely overlooked, economic benefits through their roles in natural pest management and biological control programs. Accordingly, we provide data‐driven arguments for reasons to consider the ecosystem service value of aculeate wasps on a par with other ‘useful’ insects (e.g. bees). Finally, we provide a research roadmap identifying the key areas of research required to capitalise better on the services provided by these important insects.

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Conspecific Pollen on Honey Bees and a Chrysomelid Beetle Species Visiting Female Flowers onNolina microcarpa(Asparagaceae)

Wiesenborn¹

2018

Western North American Naturalist

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Conspecific Pollen on Insects Visiting Female Flowers ofPhoradendron juniperinum(Viscaceae) in Western Arizona

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Floral Visitors of a Colorado Endemic Chasmophyte, Telesonix jamesii (Saxifragaceae)

Floral Visitors of a Colorado Endemic Chasmophyte, Telesonix jamesii (Saxifragaceae)

Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps

Conspecific Pollen on Honey Bees and a Chrysomelid Beetle Species Visiting Female Flowers onNolina microcarpa(Asparagaceae)

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