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The modelling of flower colour: spectral purity or colour contrast as biologically relevant descriptors of flower colour signals for bees depending upon the perceptual task

Plant Biology, Volume 26, Issue 6, Page 896-910, October 2024.
Flower colour signals have evolved for bee perception, which is dynamic and incorporates a vector‐based purity preference for floral guides at close range, while a simple scalar metric of colour contrast does not represent the behaviour of how bees first detect then subsequently make a final decision about which flower to visit and where to land on ...
K. Lunau, A. G. Dyer
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Juxtocellar Structures in Euglossine Bees: A New Character for Corbiculate Studies (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

Beiträge zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology, 2008
Es wird eine neuartige morphologische Struktur bei Prachtbienen (Apinae: Euglossini) dargestellt. Diese findet sich posterolateral der Ocelli und wird als “Juxtocellarstruktur” bezeichnet. Sie wird in ihrer Ausprägung bei den Euglossinen beschrieben. Homologe Strukturen wurden bei verschiedenen verwandten Gruppen von Apidae gefunden, z. B.
Hinojosa-Diaz, Ismael A., Engel, Michael S.   +1 more
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En route to resources: Foraging strategies of plant‐associated insects to identify resources in complex dynamic environments

Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 8, Page 1664-1682, August 2024.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract In plant‐associated communities, foraging insects aim to find different resources of interest. Herbivores look for the most nutritious plant tissues, pollinators for sweet nectar and protein‐rich pollen, and carnivores for their preferred prey.
Q. Rusman, A. Cusumano, I. Vosteen
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Genetic structure analysis of Eufriesea violacea (Hymenoptera, Apidae) populations from southern Brazilian Atlantic rainforest remnants

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2005
Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to analyze the genetic structure of Eufriesea violacea populations in three fragments (85.47, 832.58 and 2800 ha) of Atlantic rainforest located in the north of the Brazilian state of Paraná.
Silvia H. Sofia, Francine M. de Paula, Aline M. dos Santos, Fernanda S. Almeida, Leda M.K. Sodré   +4 more
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Sampling a biodiversity hotspot: the orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Tarapoto, northeastern Peru, the richest and most diverse site of the Neotropics

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The orchid-bee fauna of the region of Tarapoto, northeastern Peru, was surveyed using seventeen different scents as baits to attract orchid-bee males.
A Nemésio, C Rasmussen
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Euglossine bees as potential bio-indicators of coffee farmas: Does forest access, on a seasonal basis, affect sbundance?

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2006
In order to understand the implications of agriculture on the environment, ecosystem health must be measured. Observing the presence of a biological indicator within an ecosystem is one such method. In this study, male euglossine bees were observed using
Ingemar Hedström, Jessica Harris, Kimberly Fergus   +2 more
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Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the coastal forests of southern Brazil: diversity, efficiency of sampling methods and comparison with other Atlantic forest surveys

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2011
Surveys of orchid bees at the Brazilian Atlantic forest have been restricted to a few regions, making difficult to understand latitudinal patterns of distribution and diversity of these bees.
Vanessa C. Mattozo, Luiz R.R. Faria, Gabriel A.R. Melo   +2 more
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Baited McPhail Fruitfly Traps to Collect Euglossine Bees

, 1972
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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The orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of ‘RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala’ revisited: relevant changes in community composition

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The orchid-bee fauna of ‘Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Feliciano Miguel Abdala’, a 957-ha preserve of Atlantic Forest in eastern Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, was surveyed 12 years after the first inventory in the area.
A. Nemésio, IRC. Paula
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The orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of ‘Reserva Biológica de Una’, a hotspot in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, eastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The orchid-bee fauna of ‘Reserva Biológica de Una’ (REBIO Una), one of the largest Atlantic Forest remnants in southern Bahia, eastern Brazil, was surveyed for the first time. Baits with sixteen different scents were used to attract males of orchid bees.
A Nemésio
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