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Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences

Pollinator nutritional ecology provides insights into plant–pollinator interactions, coevolution, and the restoration of declining pollinator populations. Bees obtain their protein and lipid nutrient intake from pollen, which is essential for larval growth and development as well as adult health and...

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Autores principales: Vaudo, Anthony D., Tooker, John F., Patch, Harland M., Biddinger, David J., Coccia, Michael, Crone, Makaylee K., Fiely, Mark, Francis, Jacob S., Hines, Heather M., Hodges, Mackenzie, Jackson, Stephanie W., Michez, Denis, Mu, Junpeng, Russo, Laura, Safari, Maliheh, Treanore, Erin D., Vanderplanck, Maryse, Yip, Eric, Leonard, Anne S., Grozinger, Christina M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085627
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11020132
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author Vaudo, Anthony D.
Tooker, John F.
Patch, Harland M.
Biddinger, David J.
Coccia, Michael
Crone, Makaylee K.
Fiely, Mark
Francis, Jacob S.
Hines, Heather M.
Hodges, Mackenzie
Jackson, Stephanie W.
Michez, Denis
Mu, Junpeng
Russo, Laura
Safari, Maliheh
Treanore, Erin D.
Vanderplanck, Maryse
Yip, Eric
Leonard, Anne S.
Grozinger, Christina M.
author_facet Vaudo, Anthony D.
Tooker, John F.
Patch, Harland M.
Biddinger, David J.
Coccia, Michael
Crone, Makaylee K.
Fiely, Mark
Francis, Jacob S.
Hines, Heather M.
Hodges, Mackenzie
Jackson, Stephanie W.
Michez, Denis
Mu, Junpeng
Russo, Laura
Safari, Maliheh
Treanore, Erin D.
Vanderplanck, Maryse
Yip, Eric
Leonard, Anne S.
Grozinger, Christina M.
author_sort Vaudo, Anthony D.
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description Pollinator nutritional ecology provides insights into plant–pollinator interactions, coevolution, and the restoration of declining pollinator populations. Bees obtain their protein and lipid nutrient intake from pollen, which is essential for larval growth and development as well as adult health and reproduction. Our previous research revealed that pollen protein to lipid ratios (P:L) shape bumble bee foraging preferences among pollen host-plant species, and these preferred ratios link to bumble bee colony health and fitness. Yet, we are still in the early stages of integrating data on P:L ratios across plant and bee species. Here, using a standard laboratory protocol, we present over 80 plant species’ protein and lipid concentrations and P:L values, and we evaluate the P:L ratios of pollen collected by three bee species. We discuss the general phylogenetic, phenotypic, behavioral, and ecological trends observed in these P:L ratios that may drive plant–pollinator interactions; we also present future research questions to further strengthen the field of pollination nutritional ecology. This dataset provides a foundation for researchers studying the nutritional drivers of plant–pollinator interactions as well as for stakeholders developing planting schemes to best support pollinators.
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spelling pubmed-70743382020-03-20 Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences Vaudo, Anthony D. Tooker, John F. Patch, Harland M. Biddinger, David J. Coccia, Michael Crone, Makaylee K. Fiely, Mark Francis, Jacob S. Hines, Heather M. Hodges, Mackenzie Jackson, Stephanie W. Michez, Denis Mu, Junpeng Russo, Laura Safari, Maliheh Treanore, Erin D. Vanderplanck, Maryse Yip, Eric Leonard, Anne S. Grozinger, Christina M. Insects Article Pollinator nutritional ecology provides insights into plant–pollinator interactions, coevolution, and the restoration of declining pollinator populations. Bees obtain their protein and lipid nutrient intake from pollen, which is essential for larval growth and development as well as adult health and reproduction. Our previous research revealed that pollen protein to lipid ratios (P:L) shape bumble bee foraging preferences among pollen host-plant species, and these preferred ratios link to bumble bee colony health and fitness. Yet, we are still in the early stages of integrating data on P:L ratios across plant and bee species. Here, using a standard laboratory protocol, we present over 80 plant species’ protein and lipid concentrations and P:L values, and we evaluate the P:L ratios of pollen collected by three bee species. We discuss the general phylogenetic, phenotypic, behavioral, and ecological trends observed in these P:L ratios that may drive plant–pollinator interactions; we also present future research questions to further strengthen the field of pollination nutritional ecology. This dataset provides a foundation for researchers studying the nutritional drivers of plant–pollinator interactions as well as for stakeholders developing planting schemes to best support pollinators. MDPI 2020-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7074338/ /pubmed/32085627 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11020132 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Vaudo, Anthony D.
Tooker, John F.
Patch, Harland M.
Biddinger, David J.
Coccia, Michael
Crone, Makaylee K.
Fiely, Mark
Francis, Jacob S.
Hines, Heather M.
Hodges, Mackenzie
Jackson, Stephanie W.
Michez, Denis
Mu, Junpeng
Russo, Laura
Safari, Maliheh
Treanore, Erin D.
Vanderplanck, Maryse
Yip, Eric
Leonard, Anne S.
Grozinger, Christina M.
Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences
title Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences
title_full Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences
title_fullStr Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences
title_full_unstemmed Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences
title_short Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences
title_sort pollen protein: lipid macronutrient ratios may guide broad patterns of bee species floral preferences
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085627
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11020132
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