Visitantes florales no polinizadores en plantas del género Cucurbita y su relación con la presencia de abejas polinizadoras

Mazzei, Mariana Paola; Vesprini, José Luis; Galetto, Leonardo

doi:10.15446/acag.v69n4.87639

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“…For example, ants visiting flowers of Cucurbita sp. decreased bee visitation rate (Mazzei et al 2020). All these studies indicate that ants can play an important role in structuring terrestrial communities through indirect facilitation and exploitative competition.…”

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Act locally, think globally: Ant studies in Argentina in the context of ecological theory

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A��.Building and testing general principles is key to accelerate scientific progress. Here, we review the studies performed in Argentina in which ants were used as model organisms, in the context of ecological theories, hypotheses and concepts. Specifically, we focus on ant studies performed under the conceptual frameworks of ecological engineering, indirect interactions, seed dispersal, community assembly rules, biological invasions and integrated pest management. Those studies contributed to 1) supporting the concept of ecological engineers through the study of the physical changes in the environment caused by ants through the building and maintenance of their nests, and their consequences on other organisms such as soil biota, plants and herbivores; 2) questioning the convergence hypothesis, which proposes that independently assembled communities in similar, but geographically distant habitats converge in composition and functioning under similar environmental pressures; 3) showing that directed seed dispersal is an important process to increase plant performance in desert ecosystems; 4) understanding the type of control which prevails in communities (top-down or bo�om-up); 5) emphasizing the relevance of indirect interactions in the structure and functioning of ecosystems with examples of trophic cascades, indirect facilitation, exploitative competition and trait-mediated effects; 6) a be�er understanding of the causes of success or failure of biological invasions, via the study of the behavioral and demographic characteristics of invasive ant species in their native area, and the role of biotic resistance and mutualism facilitation; and 7) exploring the concept of integrated pest management via the study of the use of natural enemies, repellents and a�ractants, and the knowledge about the feeding and foraging behavior of pests. This body of work reinforces the key role of ants as model organisms to test ecological hypotheses and highlights the importance of using conceptual frameworks as guidance to be�er understand the complexity of natural systems.

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“…Los insectos visitantes florales pueden ser polinizadores o no tener relación con el proceso reproductivo de las plantas, lo que indica que dichas interacciones entre insectos polinizadores deben ser estudiadas en atención al cultivo (Mazzei et al, 2020).…”

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INSECTOS VISITANTES FLORALES EN Bactris gasipaes Kunth (ARECACEAE) EN PANAMÁ

Valdespino

Moreno

Torres

et al. 2023

Trop Subtrop Agroecosyst

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Background. Floral visitor insects constitute part of the diversity of arthropods associated with flowers of angiosperm plants such as palms of the Arecaceae family, specifically Bactris gasipaes Kunth, known in Panama as pifá. Objective. Identify flower-visiting insects on inflorescences of B. gasipaes in Panama. Methodology. The study was carried out from March to June 2022, where 10 plots of one hectare were selected with at least 10 adult pifá plants, within which two palms were selected to sample an inflorescence in each plant, at six hours after the inflorescence opening. For sampling, a dried bamboo stalk and a transparent plastic bag were used to capture the insects in the inflorescence. The captured insects were preserved in a plastic container with 70% alcohol and were taken to laboratory conditions for their identification and to estimate the capture percentage of the relevant species. Results. The capture of 721,899 insect specimens was reported, of which 99.95% (721,563) of the specimens belonged to seven species of flower-visiting insects and 0.05% (336) corresponded to the phytophagous species known as the pifá fruit weevil Palmelampius heinrichi O´Brien. Implications. This implies the importance of identifying and separating floral-visiting insects from pest insects. Conclusions. The taxonomic groups of floral visitors in pifá constantly captured in the present study represent more than 99.95%, compared to a low percentage (0.05%) of insect pests that corresponded to the pifá fruit weevil, Palmelampius heinrichi.

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Diversity and biological traits of bees visiting flowers of Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito differ between biodiversity-based and conventional management practices

Dalmazzo,

Zumoffen,

Ghiglione

et al. 2023

Environ Monit Assess

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Visitantes florales no polinizadores en plantas del género Cucurbita y su relación con la presencia de abejas polinizadoras

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References 51 publications

Act locally, think globally: Ant studies in Argentina in the context of ecological theory

Act locally, think globally: Ant studies in Argentina in the context of ecological theory

INSECTOS VISITANTES FLORALES EN Bactris gasipaes Kunth (ARECACEAE) EN PANAMÁ

Diversity and biological traits of bees visiting flowers of Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito differ between biodiversity-based and conventional management practices

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