The influence of soil temperature on the nesting cycle of the halictid bee Lasioglossum malachurum

Weissel, N.; Mitesser, Oliver; Liebig, Jürgen; Poethke, Hans Joachim; Strohm, Erhard

doi:10.1007/s00040-005-0884-7

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“…These assumptions are consistent with observations in several populations of this sweat bee across Europe (Knerer 1992; Wyman & Richards 2003; Mitesser et al. 2006; Weissel et al. 2006).…”

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Segregation of temporal and spatial distribution between kleptoparasites and parasitoids of the eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Mutillidae)

Polidori

Borruso

Boesi

et al. 2009

Entomological Science

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Cuckoo bees and velvet ants use different resources of their shared host bees, the former laying eggs on the host pollen stores and the latter on immature stages. We studied the activity patterns of the cuckoo bee Sphecodes monilicornis and the velvet ant Myrmilla capitata at two nesting sites of their host, the social digger bee Lasioglossum malachurum, over a 3 year period. Due to the difference in host exploitation, we expected different temporal patterns of the two natural enemies as well as a positive spatial association with host nest density for both species. At a daily level, S. monilicornis was more abundant between 10.00 and 15.00 h, while M. capitata was most active in the early morning and late afternoon; both species activities were independent from host provisioning activity. The activity of cuckoo bees was in general positively correlated with the density of open host nests (but not with the total number of nests), while that of velvet ants was rarely correlated with this factor. Sphecodes monilicornis was seen both attacking the guard bees and directly entering into the host nests or digging close to nest entrances, while M. capitata only gained access to host nests through digging. We conclude that the temporal and spatial segregation between the two species may be, at least partially, explained both by the different resources exploited and by the different dynamics of host interactions.

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“…These assumptions are consistent with observations in several populations of this sweat bee across Europe (Knerer 1992; Wyman & Richards 2003; Mitesser et al. 2006; Weissel et al. 2006).…”

Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 90%

Segregation of temporal and spatial distribution between kleptoparasites and parasitoids of the eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Mutillidae)

Polidori

Borruso

Boesi

et al. 2009

Entomological Science

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“…This explained why bees were solitary (or only able to produce a single brood) in a shady habitat, while queens produced a worker brood and a reproductive brood in a sunny habitat at the same site. This finding is not universal, however; Weissel et al (2006) found that the number of broods produced in a Lasioglossum malachurum population was only weakly affected by variation in soil temperature.…”

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Geographic patterns in the distribution of social systems in terrestrial arthropods

Purcell

2010

Biological Reviews

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The role of ecology in the evolution and maintenance of arthropod sociality has received increasing research attention in recent years. In some organisms, such as halictine bees, polistine wasps, and social spiders, researchers are investigating the environmental factors that may contribute to high levels of variation in the degree of sociality exhibited both among and within species. Within lineages that include only eusocial members, such as ants and termites, studies focus more on identifying extrinsic factors that may contribute to the dramatic variation in colony size, number of queens, and division of labour that is evident across these species. In this review, I propose a comparative approach that seeks to identify environmental factors that may have a common influence across such divergent social arthropod groups. I suggest that seeking common biogeographic patterns in the distribution of social systems or key social traits may help us to identify ecological factors that play a common role in shaping the evolution of sociality across different organisms. I first review previous studies of social gradients that form along latitudinal and altitudinal axes. Within families and within species, many organisms show an increasing degree of sociality at lower latitudes and altitudes. In a smaller number of cases, organisms form larger groups or found nests cooperatively at higher latitudes and altitudes. I then describe several environmental factors that vary consistently along such gradients, including climate variables and abundance of predators, and outline their proposed role in the social systems of terrestrial arthropods. Finally, I map distributions of a social trait against several climatic factors in five case studies to demonstrate how future comparative studies could inform empirical research.

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“…Short pauses were the consequence of a faster development of progeny in heated patches. Weissel et al (2006) Learning/Foraging Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)…”

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Behavioural effects of temperature on ectothermic animals: unifying thermal physiology and behavioural plasticity

Abram

Boivin

Moiroux

et al. 2016

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Temperature imposes significant constraints on ectothermic animals, and these organisms have evolved numerous adaptations to respond to these constraints. While the impacts of temperature on the physiology of ectotherms have been extensively studied, there are currently no frameworks available that outline the multiple and often simultaneous pathways by which temperature can affect behaviour. Drawing from the literature on insects, we propose a unified framework that should apply to all ectothermic animals, generalizing temperature's behavioural effects into (1) Kinetic effects, resulting from temperature's bottom-up constraining influence on metabolism and neurophysiology over a range of timescales (from short-to long-term), and (2) Integrated effects, where the top-down integration of thermal information intentionally initiates or modifies a behaviour (behavioural thermoregulation, thermal orientation, thermosensory behavioural adjustments). We discuss the difficulty in distinguishing adaptive behavioural changes due to temperature from behavioural changes that are the products of constraints, and propose two complementary approaches to help make this distinction and class behaviours according to our framework: (i) behavioural kinetic null modeling and (ii) behavioural ecology experiments using temperature-insensitive mutants. Our framework should help to guide future research on the complex relationship between temperature and behaviour in ectothermic animals.

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The influence of soil temperature on the nesting cycle of the halictid bee Lasioglossum malachurum

Cited by 33 publications

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Segregation of temporal and spatial distribution between kleptoparasites and parasitoids of the eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Mutillidae)

Segregation of temporal and spatial distribution between kleptoparasites and parasitoids of the eusocial sweat bee, Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Mutillidae)

Geographic patterns in the distribution of social systems in terrestrial arthropods

Behavioural effects of temperature on ectothermic animals: unifying thermal physiology and behavioural plasticity

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