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Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models
In insect-pollinated plants, the foraging behavior of pollinators affects their pattern of movement. If distinct bee species vary in their foraging behaviors, different models may best describe their movement. In this study, we quantified and compared the fine scale movement of three bee species for...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9807645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36593317 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26858-9 |
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author | Brunet, Johanne Jiang, Qi Zhao, Yang Thairu, Margaret W. Clayton, Murray K. |
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description | In insect-pollinated plants, the foraging behavior of pollinators affects their pattern of movement. If distinct bee species vary in their foraging behaviors, different models may best describe their movement. In this study, we quantified and compared the fine scale movement of three bee species foraging on patches of Medicago sativa. Bee movement was described using distances and directions traveled between consecutive racemes. Bumble bees and honey bees traveled shorter distances after visiting many flowers on a raceme, while the distance traveled by leafcutting bees was independent of flower number. Transition matrices and vectors were calculated for bumble bees and honey bees to reflect their directionality of movement within foraging bouts; leafcutting bees were as likely to move in any direction. Bee species varied in their foraging behaviors, and for each bee species, we tested four movement models that differed in how distances and directions were selected, and identified the model that best explained the movement data. The fine-scale, within-patch movement of bees could not always be explained by a random movement model, and a general model of movement could not be applied to all bee species. |
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spelling | pubmed-98076452023-01-04 Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models Brunet, Johanne Jiang, Qi Zhao, Yang Thairu, Margaret W. Clayton, Murray K. Sci Rep Article In insect-pollinated plants, the foraging behavior of pollinators affects their pattern of movement. If distinct bee species vary in their foraging behaviors, different models may best describe their movement. In this study, we quantified and compared the fine scale movement of three bee species foraging on patches of Medicago sativa. Bee movement was described using distances and directions traveled between consecutive racemes. Bumble bees and honey bees traveled shorter distances after visiting many flowers on a raceme, while the distance traveled by leafcutting bees was independent of flower number. Transition matrices and vectors were calculated for bumble bees and honey bees to reflect their directionality of movement within foraging bouts; leafcutting bees were as likely to move in any direction. Bee species varied in their foraging behaviors, and for each bee species, we tested four movement models that differed in how distances and directions were selected, and identified the model that best explained the movement data. The fine-scale, within-patch movement of bees could not always be explained by a random movement model, and a general model of movement could not be applied to all bee species. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9807645/ /pubmed/36593317 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26858-9 Text en © This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Brunet, Johanne Jiang, Qi Zhao, Yang Thairu, Margaret W. Clayton, Murray K. Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models |
title | Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models |
title_full | Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models |
title_fullStr | Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models |
title_full_unstemmed | Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models |
title_short | Bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models |
title_sort | bee species perform distinct foraging behaviors that are best described by different movement models |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9807645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36593317 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26858-9 |
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