Results 31 to 40 of about 5,678 (218)

Worldwide Alien Invasion: A Methodological Approach to Forecast the Potential Spread of a Highly Invasive Pollinator. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
The ecological impacts of alien species invasion are a major threat to global biodiversity. The increasing number of invasion events by alien species and the high cost and difficulty of eradicating invasive species once established require the ...
André L Acosta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bad company expands in highland areas: Overlapping distribution, floral resources and habitat suggest competition between invasive and native bumblebees

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Bumblebees are key pollinators, but their global decline is being driven by factors such as invasive species. Bombus terrestris has invaded many countries, displacing and competing with native bumblebees for resources throughout many different habitats ...
Rodrigo M. Barahona-Segovia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bombus terrestris

open access: yes, 2023
Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 9 ♀♀ workers, Tsageri, Dogurashi, Tsablanis gora, 20–26.vii.2020; 5 ♀♀ workers, Tsageri, Dogurashi, Nalobievi, 20–26.vii.2020, Leg.: G.Japoshvili. General distribution: Almost cosmopolitan (except Africa south of Sahara) (GBIF, 2023).
Japoshvili, George, Ljubomirov, Toshko
openaire   +2 more sources

Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Biology, 2023
ABSTRACT Viscosity, which impacts the rate of haemolymph circulation and heat transfer, is one of the transport properties that affects the performance of an insect. Measuring the viscosity of insect fluids is challenging because of the small amount available per specimen.
Lechantre, Amandine   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Silent takeover: How invasive bees reshaped plant-pollinator interactions in a biodiversity hotspot [PDF]

open access: yesNeoBiota
Biological invasions are a major driver of biodiversity loss. Invasive pollinators can reshape native plant-pollinator networks. This study, taking Chile as an example, is divided into two parts.
Rafaela Cabral Marinho   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Assessing the acute toxicity of insecticides to the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris audax is an important pollinator within both landscape ecosystems and agricultural crops. During their lifetime bumblebees are regularly challenged by various environmental stressors including insecticides ...
Troczka, B. J.   +17 more
core   +1 more source

Searching for Molecular Markers to Differentiate Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus) Subspecies in the Iberian Peninsula

open access: yesSociobiology, 2018
Bumblebees (genus Bombus Latreille) are pollinator insects of great ecological and economic importance, which commercial use for pollination has increased since the 80s.
Diego Cejas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing the Mitogenome of the Endemic Bumblebee Subspecies from the Canary Islands for Conservation Purposes

open access: yesSociobiology, 2021
The taxonomic status of Bombus terrestris subspecies is complex and has deep implications in the management of commercial bumblebees for crop pollination as well as in the establishment of appropriate conservation plans.
Carlos Ruiz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interspecific Variation in Bumblebee Performance on Pollen Diet: New Insights for Mitigation Strategies. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Bumblebees (i.e. Bombus genus) are major pollinators of flowering wild plants and crops. Although many species are currently in decline, a number of them remain stable or are even expanding.
Romain Moerman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The adaptive significance of sensory bias in a foraging context: floral colour preferences in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Innate sensory biases could play an important role in helping naïve animals to find food. As inexperienced bees are known to have strong innate colour biases we investigated whether bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) colonies with stronger biases for the most
Lars Chittka   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy