The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees

Authors

  • Cândida Maria Lima Aguiar Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Shantala Lua PPG Zoologia/ Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Maise Silva Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências- Salvador
  • Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Heiddy M Alvarez Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça Santos Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v64i1.1210

Abstract

Variations in abundance and species richness among communities are often determined by interactions between biotic and abiotic factors. However, for communities composed of species that share a common specialization (such as similar foraging adaptations) it may be a key ecological factor involved in the common specialization that affects community variations. To evaluate this possibility, we characterized the guild of oil-collecting bees of a Neotropical savanna in Brazil and tested whether differences in Byrsonima abundance and availability of floral oil explain differences in species richness and abundance of oil-collecting bees of different tribes. Both the number of species and total abundance of Centridini species increased with the abundance of Byrsonima. One plausible explanation for the stronger adjustment between the abundance of Centridini and Byrsonima is that the abundance of these plants affects not only the availability of floral oil, but also of pollen. These findings indicate that the existence of a common specialization among different species does not homogenize their response to variations in a common explored resource.

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Author Biographies

Cândida Maria Lima Aguiar, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas

Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas,

Heiddy M Alvarez, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Departamento de Ciências Exatas,

Gilberto Marcos de Mendonça Santos, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas,

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2017-05-30

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Aguiar, C. M. L., Lua, S., Silva, M., Peixoto, P. E. C., Alvarez, H. M., & Santos, G. M. de M. (2017). The Similar Usage of a Common Key Resource Does Not Determine Similar Responses by Species in A Community of Oil-collecting Bees. Sociobiology, 64(1), 69–77. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v64i1.1210

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Vol. 64 No. 1 (2017)

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Research Article - Bees

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