Essays about: "Oligolectic bees"

Found 3 essays containing the words Oligolectic bees.

  1. 1. The forgotten sand bee. A follow up on the status of the golden sand bee Andrena marginata in municipality of Mark, a decade later

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Monika Böttcher; [2024-03-19]
    Keywords : Golden sand bee; Andrena marginata; Devil´s bit scabious; Succisa pratensis; Oligolectic bees; Inventory; Meadow land; Conservation;

    Abstract : Over a decade ago, a conservation project aimed at preserving the endangered golden sand bee (Andrena marginata) populations in the Storån valley of the municipality of Marks was initiated. The species, red-listed in Sweden as well as in many other European country, specializes in pollen from Devil's bit. READ MORE

  2. 2. Oligolectic bee species. An understudied group in Global Change impacts?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Monika Böttcher; [2024-03-19]
    Keywords : Solitary bee; global change; oligolecty; red list; taxonomy;

    Abstract : Global change is considered the primary cause of the decline in bees worldwide, posing a significant threat to crucial pollination services they provide, carrying negative economic and ecological implications. Despite the extensive research conducted on the responses of bee communities to anthropogenic impacts, the focus has predominantly been on commercially interesting bees. READ MORE

  3. 3. Flight phenology of oligolectic solitary bees are affected by flowering phenology

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Anna Palm; [2021]
    Keywords : Flight phenology; Flowering phenology; Global warming; Oligolectic; Solitary bee;

    Abstract : Understanding the relationships between solitary bees’ flight phenology and flowering phenology is important in the context of global warming. Using Swedish citizen science data, observations of oligolectic solitary bees and flowering phenology were used together with temperature data. READ MORE