Can climate shape flight activity patterns of Plebeia remota Hymenoptera, Apidae)?


Autoria(s): Hilário, Sergio D.; Ribeiro, Márcia de F.; Fonseca, Vera Lucia Imperatriz
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

04/11/2013

04/11/2013

2012

Resumo

Flight activity of foragers of four colonies of Plebeia remota (Holmberg, 1903) was registered from December 1998 to December 1999, using an automated system (photocells and PLC system). The colonies originated from two different regions: Cunha, state of São Paulo, and Prudentópolis, state of Paraná, Brazil. Flight activity was influenced by different climatic factors in each season. In the summer, the intensity of the correlations between flight activity and climatic factors was smaller than in the other seasons. During the autumn and winter, solar radiation was the factor that most influenced flight activity, while in the spring, this activity was influenced mainly by temperature. Except in the summer, the various climatic factors similarly influenced flight activity of all of the colonies. Flight activity was not affected by geographic origin of the colonies. Information concerning seasonal differences in flight activity of P. remota will be useful for prediction of geographic distribution scenarios under climatic changes.

Identificador

Iheringia, Sér. Zool.,v.102,n.3,p.269-276,2012

0073-4721

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/38374

10.1590/S0073-47212012000300004

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212012000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0073-47212012000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S0073-47212012000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul

Relação

Iheringia. Série Zoologia

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Stingless bees #foraging #climatic factors #seasonality #geographic distribution #Abelhas sem ferrão #forrageamento #fatores climáticos #sazonalidade #distribuição geográfica
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article

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