Bumble bee colony growth and reproduction depend on local flower dominance and natural habitat area in the surrounding landscape

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• 作者：Brian J. Spiesman^a ; ^{bspiesman@wisc.edu} ; Ashley Bennett^b ; ¹ ; Rufus Isaacs^b ; Claudio Gratton^a
• 关键词：Abundance ; Colony performance ; Population growth ; Resource availability ; Scale ; Species richness
• 刊名：Biological Conservation
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：206
• 期：Complete
• 页码：217-223
• 全文大小：627 K
• 卷排序：206

文摘

Bumble bee colony growth reflected larger colonies with greater queen production. Colony growth increased with greater local floral dominance. Floral dominance predicted colony growth better than floral abundance or richness. Colony growth declined with greater natural habitat area in the adjacent landscape. Local- and landscape-scale environments had interacting effects on colony growth.