Ornamental Bee Plants as Foraging Resources for Urban Bees in Southern Brazil

Mouga, Denise Monique Dubet da Silva; Feretti, Vanessa; Sena, Jeniffer Cristine de; Warkentin, Manuel; Santos, Andressa K. G. dos; Ribeiro, Carolina Lopes

doi:10.4236/as.2015.63037

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“…More research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of pollinator seed mixes (Garbuzov & Ratnieks 2014). However, bees and other insect pollinators benefit from both native and nonnative plants (e.g., Matteson & Langellotto 2011;Hanley et al 2014;Pardee & Philpott 2014;da Silva Mouga et al 2015), although for managerial purposes natives are preferred (Williams et al 2011). Other underexplored topics include social dimensions of self-organizing neighbors who transform lawns (and their affiliated cultural models) to attract bees and butterflies for conservation (van Heezik et al 2012) and the effectiveness of different citizen conservation activities (Asah & Blahna 2013).…”

Section: Abstract: Research On Urban Insect Pollinators Is Changing Vmentioning

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The city as a refuge for insect pollinators

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Camilo

Tonietto

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Conservation Biology

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Section: Abstract: Research On Urban Insect Pollinators Is Changing Vmentioning

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The city as a refuge for insect pollinators

Hall

Camilo

Tonietto

et al. 2017

Conservation Biology

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“…Many studies have reported lists of plant taxa visited by bees in urban areas (e.g. Matteson and Langellotto 2011;da Silva Mouga et al 2015;Mach and Potter 2018;Rollings and Goulson 2019;Prendergast and Ollerton 2021), although few report the proportion of the available plant species that was used by bees. Although a large diversity of flowering plants was available to bees at these urban sites, they were recorded visiting only about 26% of the plant taxa on average during the surveys.…”

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“…Urban gardens often comprise a large variety of exotic and alien plants in the United Kingdom (Smith et al 2006;Rollings and Goulson 2019) and each garden provides relatively different resources. These resources may enhance the diversity of bees and support a wide array of species (da Silva Mouga et al 2015;Lowenstein et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

Plant–bee interactions and resource utilisation in an urban landscape

2022

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Biodiversity is declining through human activities and urbanisation is often seen as a particular concern. Urban settings, however, provide diverse microclimatic conditions for plants and pollinating insects, and therefore may be significant habitats for the conservation of solitary and primitively eusocial bees, a major group of pollinators. This study analysed the interactions between these bees and the plants on which they forage, using a network approach. We compared urban habitats (gardens, roadsides, and open vegetation) in a large British town with nearby nature reserves. One native plant Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) was a core generalist species visited in all habitat types. Other core plant species restricted to particular habitats include species of Geranium, Bellis, Crepis, and Ranunculus. Two generalist bee species, Anthophora plumipes and Osmia bicornis were the core visitor species within the networks. The networks were comparatively more nested in urban habitat types than nature areas, suggesting more frequent interactions between generalist and specialist species in urban areas. Network connectance, network level specialisation (H2' index), and plant generality (network level) were not significantly different in urban and nature areas. However, visitor generality was found to be significantly higher in urban gardens than in nature areas. Careful management of common urban vegetation would be beneficial for supporting urban wild pollinators.

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“…Ornamental plants are recognized for their plastic characteristics (flowers, perfume, fruits, stem) and are strategically grown, usually for decorative purposes, and used as aesthetic adornments (CASTRO, 2014). Ornamental plants are included in all taxonomic divisions, among which the families Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae and Rosaceae stand out (MOUGA et al, 2015). Their trade is well developed, making commercial issues often stand out in relation to ecological and environmental problems (TOSCANO et al, 2019).…”

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Palynological characterization of ornamental plants

Helen Sabrine Hoffmann,

Denise Monique Dubet da Silva Mouga

2023

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Pollen grains are reproductive structures, which have a very resistant coating (exine outer wall and intine inner wall) and exhibit the main morphological components of palynological characterization. Ornamental plants are recognized for their plastic characteristics (flowers, leaves, perfume, fruits) and are generally grown in gardens. Aiming to carry out the palynological characterization of ornamental species, the following species were analyzed: Dietes bicolor (Steud. Klatt ex Sweet, 1866) (Iridaceae), Neomarica candida (Hassl. Sprague, 1928) (Iridaceae), Agapanthus inapertus (Beauverd, 1912) (Amaryllidaceae), Calceolaria tripartita (Ruiz & Pav. 1798) (Calceolariaceae), Erythrina speciosa (Andrews, 1806) (Fabaceae), Begonia radicans (Vell. 1827) (Begoniaceae), Closed buds of the species were collected, which were conserved in acetic acid. The anthers were removed, macerated and acetolyzed. The pollen grains were mounted on microscopy slides, observed under light and scanning electron microscope, photographed and described in terms of unit, size, scope, polarity, symmetry, openings, shape and ornamentation. For the monocotyledons, the grains were in monads, elliptical in amb, heteropolar, large, with bilateral symmetry, monosulcate, with reticulated exine. For the eudicots, the grains were presented in monads, sub-circular/circular amb, isopolar, small/ medium, with radial symmetry, tri-tetracolporate, prolate/prolate-spheroidal shape, with reticulated /striated exine.

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Ornamental Bee Plants as Foraging Resources for Urban Bees in Southern Brazil

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Cited by 6 publications

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The city as a refuge for insect pollinators

The city as a refuge for insect pollinators

Plant–bee interactions and resource utilisation in an urban landscape

Palynological characterization of ornamental plants

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