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Nalinrachatakan P, Ascher JS, Kasparek M, Traiyasut P, Thanoosing C, Warrit N. A review of the anthidiine bees (Apoidea, Megachilidae) in Thailand. Zookeys 2023; 1186:235-284. [PMID: 38152061 PMCID: PMC10751944 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.95203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Bees of the tribe Anthidiini (Apoidea: Megachilidae) are notable pollinators consisting of resin bees, wool-carder bees, and cleptoparasitic bees. Twelve anthidiine species were historically reported in Thailand, though the taxonomic information of the group was needed revising. In this study, 165 (97♀, 68♂) anthidiine bee specimens deposited at the Chulalongkorn University Natural History Museum, Thailand, were examined with material obtained from various museum collections. Specimens were principally collected in Thailand with some from Laos and Myanmar. Here, at least eight genera and 15 species of anthidiine bees are recognized: Anthidiellum (5), Bathanthidium (1), Eoanthidium (1), Euaspis (4), Pachyanthidium (1), Pseudoanthidium (1), Stelis (1), and Trachusa (1). Dianthidiumchinensis Wu, 1962, Eoanthidiumchinensis (Wu, 1962), Eoanthidiumsemicarinatum Pasteels, 1972, and Eoanthidiumpunjabensis Gupta & Sharma, 1953 are relegated as junior synonyms of Eoanthidium (Hemidiellum) riparium (Cockerell, 1929), stat. nov. Both Anthidiellum (Pycnanthidium) latipes (Bingham, 1897) from Phang Nga and Euaspisaff.wegneri Baker, 1995 from Chumphon were identified as new records for Thailand. Trachusaaff.vietnamensis Flaminio & Quaranta, 2021 from Phitsanulok is a new record for the genus found in Thailand, whereas Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) orientale (Bingham, 1897) is a new record for Laos. Annotated comments are provided for some taxa and identification keys for the Thai anthidiine bees is provided.
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- Pakorn Nalinrachatakan
- Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandChulalongkorn UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Insect Diversity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4 S3 Level 4, 117558 Singapore, SingaporeNational University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Mönchhofstr., 16, 69120 Heidelberg, GermanyUnaffiliatedHeidelbergGermany
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- Program in Biology, Faculty of Science, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani 34000, ThailandUbon Ratchathani Rajabhat UniversityUbon RatchathaniThailand
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- Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandChulalongkorn UniversityBangkokThailand
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UKNatural History MuseumLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Center of Excellence in Biology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandChulalongkorn UniversityBangkokThailand
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Chisholm RA, Kristensen NP, Rheindt FE, Chong KY, Ascher JS, Lim KKP, Ng PKL, Yeo DCJ, Meier R, Tan HH, Giam X, Yeoh YS, Seah WW, Berman LM, Tan HZ, Sadanandan KR, Theng M, Jusoh WFA, Jain A, Huertas B, Tan DJX, Ng ACR, Teo A, Yiwen Z, Cho TJY, Sin YCK. Two centuries of biodiversity discovery and loss in Singapore. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2309034120. [PMID: 38079550 PMCID: PMC10743369 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2309034120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
There is an urgent need for reliable data on the impacts of deforestation on tropical biodiversity. The city-state of Singapore has one of the most detailed biodiversity records in the tropics, dating back to the turn of the 19th century. In 1819, Singapore was almost entirely covered in primary forest, but this has since been largely cleared. We compiled more than 200 y of records for 10 major taxonomic groups in Singapore (>50,000 individual records; >3,000 species), and we estimated extinction rates using recently developed and novel statistical models that account for "dark extinctions," i.e., extinctions of undiscovered species. The estimated overall extinction rate was 37% (95% CI [31 to 42%]). Extrapolating our Singapore observations to a future business-as-usual deforestation scenario for Southeast Asia suggests that 18% (95% CI [16 to 22%]) of species will be lost regionally by 2100. Our extinction estimates for Singapore and Southeast Asia are a factor of two lower than previous estimates that also attempted to account for dark extinctions. However, we caution that particular groups such as large mammals, forest-dependent birds, orchids, and butterflies are disproportionately vulnerable.
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- Ryan A. Chisholm
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, Singapore259569, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117377, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117377, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117377, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
- Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin10115, Germany
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- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117377, Singapore
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN37996
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- Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, Singapore259569, Singapore
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- Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, Singapore259569, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
- Evolution of Sensory Systems Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen82319, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA5005, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya47500, Malaysia
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- Nature Society (Singapore), Singapore389466, Singapore
- bioSEA Pte Ltd., Singapore679521, Singapore
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, LondonSW7 5BD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
- Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
- Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore117558, Singapore
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Dorey JB, Fischer EE, Chesshire PR, Nava-Bolaños A, O'Reilly RL, Bossert S, Collins SM, Lichtenberg EM, Tucker EM, Smith-Pardo A, Falcon-Brindis A, Guevara DA, Ribeiro B, de Pedro D, Pickering J, Hung KLJ, Parys KA, McCabe LM, Rogan MS, Minckley RL, Velazco SJE, Griswold T, Zarrillo TA, Jetz W, Sica YV, Orr MC, Guzman LM, Ascher JS, Hughes AC, Cobb NS. A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow. Sci Data 2023; 10:747. [PMID: 37919303 PMCID: PMC10622554 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02626-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Species occurrence data are foundational for research, conservation, and science communication, but the limited availability and accessibility of reliable data represents a major obstacle, particularly for insects, which face mounting pressures. We present BeeBDC, a new R package, and a global bee occurrence dataset to address this issue. We combined >18.3 million bee occurrence records from multiple public repositories (GBIF, SCAN, iDigBio, USGS, ALA) and smaller datasets, then standardised, flagged, deduplicated, and cleaned the data using the reproducible BeeBDC R-workflow. Specifically, we harmonised species names (following established global taxonomy), country names, and collection dates and, we added record-level flags for a series of potential quality issues. These data are provided in two formats, "cleaned" and "flagged-but-uncleaned". The BeeBDC package with online documentation provides end users the ability to modify filtering parameters to address their research questions. By publishing reproducible R workflows and globally cleaned datasets, we can increase the accessibility and reliability of downstream analyses. This workflow can be implemented for other taxa to support research and conservation.
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- James B Dorey
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Sturt Rd, Bedford Park, 5042, SA, Australia.
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- Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Department of History, King's College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, S Beaver St, Flagstaff, 86011, AZ, USA
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla, Jurica La Mesa, Juriquilla, 76230, Querétaro, México
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Sturt Rd, Bedford Park, 5042, SA, Australia
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- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Dairy Rd, Pullman, 99164-6382, WA, USA
- Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Avenue, Washington, 20560, DC, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, W Mulberry St, Denton, 76201, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, W Mulberry St, Denton, 76201, TX, USA
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- Biodiversity Outreach Network, W Silver Spruce Ave, Flagstaff, 86001, AZ, USA
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- Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS); Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ); Science and Technology (S&T); Pest Identification Technology laboratory (PITL) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), St. Suite, Sacramento, CA, 95814, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Research and Education Center, University of Kentucky, University Dr, Lexington, KY, 42445, USA
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- Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacionalde Colombia, Bogotá, Cra 45 #268-5, D.C., Colombia
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Av, Esperança, 74690-900, GO, Brazil
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- Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education, Carr. Tijuana-Ensenada, Zona Playitas, 22860, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Chesapeake St, Norman, 73019, OK, USA
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- USDA ARS Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystems Research Unit, Experiment Station Rd, Stoneville, 38776, MS, USA
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- USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects-Research Unit, Old Main Hill, Logan, 84322, UT, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, Prospect St, New Haven, 06511, CT, USA
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, Prospect St, New Haven, 06511, CT, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, 14620, NY, USA
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- Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina
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- USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects-Research Unit, Old Main Hill, Logan, 84322, UT, USA
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- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Huntington St, New Haven, 06511, CT, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, Prospect St, New Haven, 06511, CT, USA
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, Prospect St, New Haven, 06511, CT, USA
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- Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University, Prospect St, New Haven, 06511, CT, USA
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, Prospect St, New Haven, 06511, CT, USA
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- Entomologie, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein, Stuttgart, 70191, Baden, Württemberg, Germany
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Marine and Environmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, 90089-0371, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Science Dr, 117558, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Rd, Lung Fu Shan, Hong Kong
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- Biodiversity Outreach Network, W Silver Spruce Ave, Flagstaff, 86001, AZ, USA
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Portman ZM, Gardner J, Lane IG, Gerjets N, Petersen JD, Ascher JS, Arduser M, Evans EC, Boyd C, Thomson R, Cariveau DP. A checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Minnesota. Zootaxa 2023; 5304:1-95. [PMID: 37518539 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5304.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
Abstract
Research studies and conservation actions aimed at improving conditions for bees require a basic understanding of which species are present in a given region. The US state of Minnesota occupies a unique geographic position at the confluence of eastern deciduous forests, northern boreal forests, and western tallgrass prairie, which has led to a diverse and unique bee fauna. In recent years there have been multiple ongoing bee-focused inventory and research projects in Minnesota. Combined with the historic specimens housed in the University of Minnesota Insect Collection and other regional collections, these furnished a wealth of specimens available to form the basis of a statewide checklist. Here, we present the first comprehensive checklist of Minnesota bee species, documenting a total of 508 species in 45 genera. County-level occurrence data is included for each species, and further information on distribution and rarity is included for species of regional or national interest. Some species have their taxonomy clarified, with Perdita citrinella Graenicher, 1910 syn. nov. recognized as a junior synonym of Perdita perpallida Cockerell, 1901, P. bequaerti syn. nov. recognized as a junior synonym of P. pallidipennis Graenicher, 1910 stat. nov., Anthidiellum boreale (Robertson, 1902) stat. nov. recognized as a full species, and Anthidiellium beijingense Portman & Ascher nom. nov. is proposed for A. boreale Wu to resolve the homonymy with A. boreale (Robertson). We further include a list of species that may occur in Minnesota and highlight 11 species occurring in the state that are considered non-native. Recent collecting efforts, as well as increased taxonomic attention paid to Minnesota bees, have resulted in 66 species that have only been documented in the last 10 years. As a first step in determining native bees of conservation concern, we document 38 species that have not been detected in the state during the last 50 years and discuss their conservation status, along with other species for which evidence of decline exists. The checklist of Minnesota bees will continue to grow and change with additional surveys and research studies. In particular, recent surveys have continued to detect new bee species, and many bee groups are in need of taxonomic revision, with the most recent revisions for many genera occurring decades ago. Overall, this checklist strengthens our understanding of the bees of Minnesota and the broader region, informs conservation assessments, and establishes a baseline for faunal change.
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- Zachary M Portman
- Department of Entomology; University of Minnesota; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108.
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- Department of Entomology; Washington State University; Pullman; WA; USA 99163.
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- Department of Entomology; University of Minnesota; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108.
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- Minnesota Biological Survey; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; St. Paul; MN; USA 55155.
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- Minnesota Biological Survey; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; St. Paul; MN; USA 55155.
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- Insect Diversity Lab; Department of Biological Sciences; National University of Singapore; Singapore 117558.
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- Conservation Research Institute; Cedarburg; WI; USA 53012.
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- Department of Entomology; University of Minnesota; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108.
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- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; Washington; DC USA 20005.
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- Department of Entomology; University of Minnesota; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108.
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- Department of Entomology; University of Minnesota; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108.
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Orr MC, Hughes AC, Chesters D, Pickering J, Zhu CD, Ascher JS. Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution. Curr Biol 2023; 33:1624. [PMID: 37098325 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Orr MC, Feijó A, Chesters D, Vogler AP, Bossert S, Ferrari RR, Costello MJ, Hughes AC, Krogmann L, Ascher JS, Zhou X, Li DZ, Bai M, Chen J, Ge D, Luo A, Qiao G, Williams PH, Zhang AB, Ma K, Zhang F, Zhu CD. Six steps for building a technological knowledge base for future taxonomic work. Natl Sci Rev 2022; 9:nwac284. [PMID: 36694803 PMCID: PMC9869075 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwac284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College London, UK,Natural History Museum, UK
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- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, USA,Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, China
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- Entomologie, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
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Callaghan CT, Mesaglio T, Ascher JS, Brooks TM, Cabras AA, Chandler M, Cornwell WK, Cristóbal Ríos-Málaver I, Dankowicz E, Urfi Dhiya’ulhaq N, Fuller RA, Galindo-Leal C, Grattarola F, Hewitt S, Higgins L, Hitchcock C, James Hung KL, Iwane T, Kahumbu P, Kendrick R, Kieschnick SR, Kunz G, Lee CC, Lin CT, Loarie S, Norman Medina M, McGrouther MA, Miles L, Modi S, Nowak K, Oktaviani R, Waswala Olewe BM, Pagé J, Petrovan S, saari C, Seltzer CE, Seregin AP, Sullivan JJ, Sumanapala AP, Takoukam A, Widness J, Willmott K, Wüster W, Young AN. The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001843. [PMID: 36355752 PMCID: PMC9648699 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
As the number of observations submitted to the citizen science platform iNaturalist continues to grow, it is increasingly important that these observations can be identified to the finest taxonomic level, maximizing their value for biodiversity research. Here, we explore the benefits of acting as an identifier on iNaturalist.
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- Corey T. Callaghan
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle—Jena—Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle—Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- * E-mail: (CTC); (TM)
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; UNSW Sydney; Sydney, Australia
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; UNSW Sydney; Sydney, Australia
- * E-mail: (CTC); (TM)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
- World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines
- Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Coleoptera Research Center, Institute of Biodiversity and Environment, University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines
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- Earthwatch Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; UNSW Sydney; Sydney, Australia
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Instituto de Investigaciones de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Claustro de San Agustín, Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, Colombia
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- Biology Department; Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad: Ciudad de Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Independent Researcher, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Biology Department; Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Urban Wildlife Biologist, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Karl Franzens University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, Department of Biology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Coleoptera Research Center, Institute of Biodiversity and Environment, University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines
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- Senior Fellow, Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Coastal Conservation Foundation, Matunga West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Białowieża, Poland
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- Yayasan Konservasi Ekosistem Alam Nusantara (KIARA), West Java, Indonesia
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- Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya
- Baruk Yadiym Ecosphere, Nairobi, Kenya
- Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Canadian Wildlife Federation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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- Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO), Kassala-Beach, Dizangue, Littoral, Cameroon
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- Yale University Department of Anthropology, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
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- California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Engel MS, Ceríaco LMP, Daniel GM, Dellapé PM, Löbl I, Marinov M, Reis RE, Young MT, Dubois A, Agarwal I, Lehmann A. P, Alvarado M, Alvarez N, Andreone F, Araujo-Vieira K, Ascher JS, Baêta D, Baldo D, Bandeira SA, Barden P, Barrasso DA, Bendifallah L, Bockmann FA, Böhme W, Borkent A, Brandão CRF, Busack SD, Bybee SM, Channing A, Chatzimanolis S, Christenhusz MJM, Crisci JV, D’elía G, Da Costa LM, Davis SR, De Lucena CAS, Deuve T, Fernandes Elizalde S, Faivovich J, Farooq H, Ferguson AW, Gippoliti S, Gonçalves FMP, Gonzalez VH, Greenbaum E, Hinojosa-Díaz IA, Ineich I, Jiang J, Kahono S, Kury AB, Lucinda PHF, Lynch JD, Malécot V, Marques MP, Marris JWM, Mckellar RC, Mendes LF, Nihei SS, Nishikawa K, Ohler A, Orrico VGD, Ota H, Paiva J, Parrinha D, Pauwels OSG, Pereyra MO, Pestana LB, Pinheiro PDP, Prendini L, Prokop J, Rasmussen C, Rödel MO, Rodrigues MT, Rodríguez SM, Salatnaya H, Sampaio Í, Sánchez-García A, Shebl MA, Santos BS, Solórzano-Kraemer MM, Sousa ACA, Stoev P, Teta P, Trape JF, Dos Santos CVD, Vasudevan K, Vink CJ, Vogel G, Wagner P, Wappler T, Ware JL, Wedmann S, Zacharie CK. The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches. Zool J Linn Soc 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Michael S Engel
- Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, The National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa
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- División Entomología, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Département de Génétique et Evolution, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Biosecurity Surveillance & Incursion Investigation Plant Health Team, Ministry for Primary Industries, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
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- Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Département de Génétique et Evolution, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade and Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação, Luanda, Angola
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- Federated Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral (IDEAus-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Soft Technologies, Valorization, Physico-Chemistry of Biological Materials and Biodiversity, Faculty of Science, University M’hamed Bougara of Boumerdes, Boumerdes, Algeria
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- Department of Biology, FFCLRP/ Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Section of Herpetology, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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- 691-8th Ave SE, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, V1E 2C2, Canada
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- Research and Collections, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo UT, USA
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- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK; Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- División Plantas Vasculares, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ – CONICET,Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gantz Family Collection Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA
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- Undergraduate Biology Program & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl, Raya Jakarta Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Departmento Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Institut Agro, Univ Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Entomology Research Collection, Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle,CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
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- Tropical Herpetology Laboratory, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, Brazil
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- Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, and Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Sanda, Japan
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- Centre for Functional Ecology. Science for People and the Planet, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva ‘Claudio J. Bidau’, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS, CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM), Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany
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- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile,Valdivia, Chile
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- Agrotechnology Study Program. Banau Tertiary Institute of Agricultural Enterprise, West Halmahera, Indonesia
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- Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Departament de Botànica i Geologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València,Burjassot, València, Spain
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Palaeontology and Historical Geology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Grutas da Moeda e Fátima Lda., São Mamede, Batalha, Portugal
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- National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR MIVEGEC, Dakar, Senegal
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, Attapur, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Pest-management and Conservation, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
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- Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Senckenberg Forschungsstation Grube Messel, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt/M., Germany
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- Laboratory of Herpetology, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, Centre of Research in Natural Sciences at Lwiro, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Priyadarshana TS, Lee M, Ascher JS, Qiu L, Goodale E. Crop heterogeneity is positively associated with beneficial insect diversity in subtropical farmlands. J Appl Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tharaka S. Priyadarshana
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation College of Forestry Guangxi University Guangxi China
- Asian School of the Environment Nanyang Technological University Singapore City Singapore
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization Institute of Zoology Guangdong Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China
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- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore Singapore City Singapore
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- Institute of Entomology College of Plant Protection Southwest University Beibei China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation College of Forestry Guangxi University Guangxi China
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Nalinrachatakan P, Traiyasut P, Khongnak A, Muangkam M, Ascher JS, Warrit N. The resin bee subgenus Ranthidiellum in Thailand (Megachilidae, Anthidiini): nesting biology, cleptoparasitism by Stelis, and new species. Zookeys 2021; 1031:161-182. [PMID: 33958912 PMCID: PMC8062381 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1031.57836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Resin bees of the subgenus Ranthidiellum, are rare and endemic to Southeast Asia. These bees are known to construct resinous entrance tubes to their nests. Here, the new species Anthidiellum (R.) phuchongensissp. nov. is described along with a description of its nest collected from Phu Chong Na Yoy National Park, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand. In addition, the bee cleptoparasite, Stelis (Malanthidium) flavofuscinularsp. nov., and the male of A. (R.) ignotum Engel, 2009, are described for the first time. A key to Ranthidiellum species is also provided.
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- Pakorn Nalinrachatakan
- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand.,Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Ubon Ratchathani Thailand.,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand.,Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Ubon Ratchathani Thailand.,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand.,Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Ubon Ratchathani Thailand.,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand.,Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Ubon Ratchathani Thailand.,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand.,Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Ubon Ratchathani Thailand.,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand.,Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Ubon Ratchathani Thailand.,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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Hung KLJ, Sandoval SS, Ascher JS, Holway DA. Joint Impacts of Drought and Habitat Fragmentation on Native Bee Assemblages in a California Biodiversity Hotspot. Insects 2021; 12:insects12020135. [PMID: 33562453 PMCID: PMC7914906 DOI: 10.3390/insects12020135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Simple Summary Global climate change is causing more frequent and severe droughts, which can have serious impacts on our environment. To examine how a severe drought in 2014 impacted wild bees in scrub habitats of San Diego, California, we compared bee samples collected before and after the drought. We also investigated whether habitat loss and fragmentation worsened the impacts of drought on wild bees by comparing samples collected from large natural reserves to those from small fragments of scrub habitat embedded in urban areas. Samples collected after the drought contained fewer bee species and fewer individual bees of most species, indicating that bee populations suffered losses during the drought. However, after-drought samples contained large numbers of Dialictus sweat bees, indicating that some bee species benefitted from environmental conditions present during the drought. The impact of drought on the composition of bee samples was three fold higher than the impact of habitat fragmentation, and habitat fragmentation did not appear to have exacerbated the impacts of drought. Our findings highlight the importance of studying how impacts of climate change compare with impacts of habitat loss and other threats to biodiversity conservation. Abstract Global climate change is causing more frequent and severe droughts, which could have serious repercussions for the maintenance of biodiversity. Here, we compare native bee assemblages collected via bowl traps before and after a severe drought event in 2014 in San Diego, California, and examine the relative magnitude of impacts from drought in fragmented habitat patches versus unfragmented natural reserves. Bee richness and diversity were higher in assemblages surveyed before the drought compared to those surveyed after the drought. However, bees belonging to the Lasioglossum subgenus Dialictus increased in abundance after the drought, driving increased representation by small-bodied, primitively eusocial, and generalist bees in post-drought assemblages. Conversely, among non-Dialictus bees, post-drought years were associated with decreased abundance and reduced representation by eusocial species. Drought effects were consistently greater in reserves, which supported more bee species, than in fragments, suggesting that fragmentation either had redundant impacts with drought, or ameliorated effects of drought by enhancing bees’ access to floral resources in irrigated urban environments. Shifts in assemblage composition associated with drought were three times greater compared to those associated with habitat fragmentation, highlighting the importance of understanding the impacts of large-scale climatic events relative to those associated with land use change.
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- Keng-Lou James Hung
- Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California—San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (S.S.S.); (D.A.H.)
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
- Correspondence:
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- Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California—San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (S.S.S.); (D.A.H.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore;
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- Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California—San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (S.S.S.); (D.A.H.)
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Lhomme P, Michez D, Christmann S, Scheuchl E, Abdouni IE, Hamroud L, Ihsane O, Sentil A, Smaili MC, Schwarz M, Dathe HH, Straka J, Pauly A, Schmid-Egger C, Patiny S, Terzo M, MÜller A, Praz C, Risch S, Kasparek M, Kuhlmann M, Wood TJ, Bogusch P, Ascher JS, Rasmont P. The wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Morocco. Zootaxa 2020; 4892:zootaxa.4892.1.1. [PMID: 33311101 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4892.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Morocco is a well known hot-spot of biodiversity in the Mediterranean basin. While some taxa like vascular plants are relatively well recorded, important groups of pollinators like bees are still understudied. This article presents an updated checklist of the bee species of Morocco and includes a summary of global and regional distribution of each species. A total of 961 species belonging to six bee families and 68 genera are recorded: Andrenidae (8 genera, 217 species); Apidae (15 genera, 241 species); Colletidae (2 genera, 74 species), Halictidae (12 genera, 144 species), Megachilidae (28 genera, 271 species) and Melittidae (3 genera, 14 species). Among them, 67 species are recorded for the first time in Morocco. Around 70% of the bee fauna of Morocco consists of widespread Palaearctic species. Only 18% of Moroccan species recorded are restricted to North Africa and 8% are Moroccan single-country endemics (81 species). Afrotropical elements in the Moroccan fauna are few, with only 3% of Morocco species co-occuring in that region. This checklist is intended to stimulate new regional research on bees including their taxonomy and biogeography. As many groups of bees have been understudied, discovery of new species for science and new records for the country can be expected. Additional research including inventorying, monitoring, and integrative taxonomic studies are needed to develop a comprehensive strategy for bee conservation in Morocco.
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- Patrick Lhomme
- International Center of Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Rabat, Morocco. Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, place du parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium..
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Chatthanabun N, Ascher JS, Pinkaew N, Thanoosing C, Traiyasut P, Warrit N. Resin bees of genus Megachile, subgenera Callomegachile and Carinula (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from Thailand with description of a new species. Zookeys 2020; 997:95-144. [PMID: 33335442 PMCID: PMC7710695 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.997.34935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Resin bees of the genus Megachile subgenus Callomegachile sensu lato (Hymenoptera; Megachilidae) from Thailand are reviewed. The 14 species treated include those described or revised in the subgenus Alocanthedon, a junior synonym of Callomegachile (three species), and in Carinula (one species). One new species is described, Megachile chiangmaiensis Chatthanabun and Warrit, sp. nov. The replacement name Megachile parornata Chatthanabun, Warrit and Ascher, nom. nov., is proposed for M. gigas Wu (not Schrottky), which is recorded for the first time outside China. For each species, maps and full label data for the examined material documenting occurrences in Thailand are provided. In addition, global ranges, floral associations, and other life history data are summarized and a key to the Thai species is provided for females.
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- Nontawat Chatthanabun
- Center of Excellence in Entomology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand
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- Insect Diversity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4 S3 Level 4, 117558, Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaengsaen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand Kasetsart University Bangkok Thailand
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK The Natural History Museum London United Kingdom.,Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK Imperial College London London United Kingdom
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- Program in Biology, Faculty of Science, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ubon Ratchathani, 34000, Thailand Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Ubon Ratchathani Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Entomology and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand
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Niu ZQ, Yuan F, Ascher JS, Kasparek M, Orr MC, Griswold T, Zhu CD. Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China. Zootaxa 2020; 4867:zootaxa.4867.1.1. [PMID: 33311201 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4867.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The Chinese bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804, are reviewed. Twenty-one species are confirmed to occur in China, five of which are described and illustrated as new Chinese endemics: Anthidium (Anthidium) pseudomontanum Niu Zhu, sp. nov., A. (A.) pseudophilorum Niu Zhu, sp. nov., A. (A.) tasitiense Niu Zhu, sp. nov., A. (A.) xuezhongi Niu Zhu, sp. nov., and A. (Proanthidium) qingtaoi Niu Zhu, sp. nov.. The previously unknown female of A. (A.) kashmirense Mavromoustakis, 1937 and male of A. (P.) kashgarense (Cockerell, 1911) are described for the first time. Anthidium (A.) furcatum Wu, 2004 (junior primary homonym, nec Anthidium furcatum Ducke, 1908) is replaced with its valid and available synonym A. (A.) striatum Wu, 2004. New synonymies are also established for A. (A.) kashmirense Mavromoustakis, 1937 = A. (A.) nigroventrale Wu, 1982, syn. nov., and A. (A.) florentinum (Fabricius, 1775) = A. (A.) helianthinum Wu, 2004, syn. nov. The non-Chinese Anthidium amabile Alfken, 1933 (junior primary homonym, nec Anthidium porterae var. amabile Cockerell, 1904) is unavailable and the available name Anthidium (Proanthidium) minimum Pasteels, 1969, is valid for this species. Updated synonymies and distributional data are provided for some widespread Palaearctic species including two now adventive in the New World. For Chinese species, the distribution and floral associations of each are provided along with illustrations and a key to the known species.
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- Ze-Qing Niu
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China..
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Varnava AI, Roberts SP, Michez D, Ascher JS, Petanidou T, Dimitriou S, Devalez J, Pittara M, Stavrinides MC. The wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of the island of Cyprus. Zookeys 2020; 924:1-114. [PMID: 32308528 PMCID: PMC7154044 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.924.38328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, constitutes a biodiversity hotspot with high rates of plant endemism. The wild bees of the island were studied extensively by the native George Mavromoustakis, a world-renowned bee taxonomist, who collected extensively on the island from 1916 to 1957 and summarised his results in a series of eight Cyprus-specific papers published from 1949 ["1948"] to 1957. The current work represents the first modern checklist of the wild bees of Cyprus, based on a compilation of previous publications, museum specimens and authors' recent collections. Overall, 369 verified wild bee species have been recorded on the island, with eleven species reported from Cyprus for the first time. The island hosts all six of the globally widespread bee families, with Apidae represented by 110 species, Megachilidae with 91, Andrenidae with 76, Halictidae with 72, Colletidae with 19, and Melittidae with 1. Twenty-one of the recorded bee species are endemic (i.e., 5.7 % endemism rate) and Cyprus ranks third after Lesvos and Sicily in known bee species richness among the Mediterranean islands. Previously unpublished records from various locations on Cyprus for 156 previously reported bee species are also provided in the study. The current work provides a baseline for future studies of wild bee diversity on the island of Cyprus and neighbouring regions.
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- Androulla I. Varnava
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Arch. Kyprianos 30, Limassol, 3036, CyprusCyprus University of TechnologyLimassolCyprus
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- CAER, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading, Reading, UKThe University of ReadingReadingUnited Kingdom
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- Research Institute of Bioscience, Laboratory of Zoology, University of Mons, Place du parc 23, 7000 Mons, BelgiumUniversity of MonsMonsBelgium
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, SingaporeNational University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Laboratory of Biogeography & Ecology, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceUniversity of the AegeanMytileneGreece
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- Laboratory of Biogeography & Ecology, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceUniversity of the AegeanMytileneGreece
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- Laboratory of Biogeography & Ecology, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, GreeceUniversity of the AegeanMytileneGreece
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Arch. Kyprianos 30, Limassol, 3036, CyprusCyprus University of TechnologyLimassolCyprus
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Arch. Kyprianos 30, Limassol, 3036, CyprusCyprus University of TechnologyLimassolCyprus
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Niu ZQ, Ascher JS, Griswold T, Zhu CD. Revision of the bee genus Bathanthidium Mavromoustakis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 2019; 4657:zootaxa.4657.1.3. [PMID: 31716797 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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This revision of the bee genus Bathanthidium Mavromoustakis, 1953, treats 12 species, with 11 recorded from China, including Bathanthidium fengkaiense Niu Zhu, sp. nov.. Two species are proposed as new combinations in genus Bathanthidium: Anthidium (s. str.) bicolor Wu, 2004, A. (s. str.) monganshanensis Wu, 2004. The two new combinations (B. bicolor, B. monganshanense) are in Bathanthidium (Manthidium), previously considered to include only the type species from Burma and Laos (published records from northeastern India and Malaysia are based on misinterpreted localities). Trachusa (Paraanthidium) concavum (Wu, 1962) and Stelis siamensis Friese, 1925 are synonymized with B. binghami (Friese, 1901). Bathanthidium circinatum Wu, 2004 is transferred to Pseudoanthidium Friese forming the new combination P. (s. str.) circinatum (Wu, 2004). The distribution of each species is given, new distribution sites are marked by asterisk (*) especially. Our results confirm that the genus Bathanthidium has higher species diversity than previously documented and that this diversity is centered in China.
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- Ze-Qing Niu
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China..
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Oliveira U, Soares-Filho BS, Santos AJ, Paglia AP, Brescovit AD, de Carvalho CJB, Silva DP, Rezende DT, Leite FSF, Batista JAN, Barbosa JPPP, Stehmann JR, Ascher JS, Vasconcelos MF, Marco PD, Löwenberg-Neto P, Ferro VG. Modelling Highly Biodiverse Areas in Brazil. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6355. [PMID: 31015555 PMCID: PMC6479156 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42881-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Traditional conservation techniques for mapping highly biodiverse areas assume there to be satisfactory knowledge about the geographic distribution of biodiversity. There are, however, large gaps in biological sampling and hence knowledge shortfalls. This problem is even more pronounced in the tropics. Indeed, the use of only a few taxonomic groups or environmental surrogates for modelling biodiversity is not viable in mega-diverse countries, such as Brazil. To overcome these limitations, we developed a comprehensive spatial model that includes phylogenetic information and other several biodiversity dimensions aimed at mapping areas with high relevance for biodiversity conservation. Our model applies a genetic algorithm tool for identifying the smallest possible region within a unique biota that contains the most number of species and phylogenetic diversity, as well as the highest endemicity and phylogenetic endemism. The model successfully pinpoints small highly biodiverse areas alongside regions with knowledge shortfalls where further sampling should be conducted. Our results suggest that conservation strategies should consider several taxonomic groups, the multiple dimensions of biodiversity, and associated sampling uncertainties.
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- Ubirajara Oliveira
- Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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- Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal Goiano - IFGoiano, Departamento de Biologia, Urutaí - Goiás, Brazil
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- Sección Palentología de Vertebrados Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" Avenida Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos, Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratório Sagarana, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV, Campus Florestal, Florestal, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Instituto Prístino, Rua Santa Maria Goretti, 86, Barreiro, CEP 30642-020, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Hung KLJ, Ascher JS, Davids JA, Holway DA. Ecological filtering in scrub fragments restructures the taxonomic and functional composition of native bee assemblages. Ecology 2019; 100:e02654. [PMID: 30942484 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Predicting the long-term consequences of habitat alteration for the preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem function requires an understanding of how ecological filters drive taxonomic and functional biodiversity loss. Here, we test a set of predictions concerning the role of ecological filters in restructuring native bee assemblages inhabiting fragmented coastal sage scrub ecosystems in southern California, USA. In 2011 and 2012, we collected native bees in scrub habitat belonging to two treatment categories: large natural reserves and small habitat fragments embedded in an urban landscape. We compared bee assemblages in reserve and fragment sites with respect to their taxonomic and functional alpha diversity, beta diversity, assemblage composition, and mean geographical range size estimated via distribution maps compiled for this study from digitized specimen records. We found multiple lines of evidence that ecological filtering drove bee diversity loss in fragments: a disproportionate loss of functional diversity relative to taxonomic diversity, shifts in assemblage composition driven largely by the preferential extirpation of reserve-associated indicator species, and disproportionate loss of range-restricted species. However, we found no evidence of taxonomic or functional homogenization across fragment bee assemblages, suggesting that filtering was not sufficiently strong to cause a subset of functional traits (and their associated species) to dominate assemblages in fragments. Our results suggest that ecological filtering altered bee assemblages in habitat fragments, even when such fragments contained well-preserved native plant assemblages, underscoring the importance of preserving large areas of natural habitat for the conservation of bees (especially range-restricted taxa) and their associated ecological functions.
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- Keng-Lou James Hung
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, MC0116, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, Singapore City, 117558, Singapore
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, MC0116, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, MC0116, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA
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Oliveira U, Soares-Filho BS, Paglia AP, Brescovit AD, de Carvalho CJB, Silva DP, Rezende DT, Leite FSF, Batista JAN, Barbosa JPPP, Stehmann JR, Ascher JS, de Vasconcelos MF, De Marco P, Löwenberg-Neto P, Ferro VG, Santos AJ. Publisher Correction: Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5004. [PMID: 29556056 PMCID: PMC5859184 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22953-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cariveau DP, Nayak GK, Bartomeus I, Zientek J, Ascher JS, Gibbs J, Winfree R. Correction: The Allometry of Bee Proboscis Length and Its Uses in Ecology. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207900. [PMID: 30452475 PMCID: PMC6242683 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151482.].
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Oliveira U, Soares-Filho BS, Paglia AP, Brescovit AD, de Carvalho CJ, Silva DP, Rezende DT, Leite FSF, Batista JAN, Barbosa JPPP, Stehmann JR, Ascher JS, Vasconcelos MFD, De Marco P, Löwenberg-Neto P, Ferro VG, Santos AJ. Reply to Biodiversity conservation gaps in Brazil: A role for systematic conservation planning. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Drummond FA, Dibble AC, Stubbs C, Bushmann SL, Ascher JS, Ryan J. A Natural History of Change in Native Bees Associated with Lowbush Blueberry in Maine. Northeast Nat (Steuben) 2017. [DOI: 10.1656/045.024.m1502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Francis A. Drummond
- University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
- Cooperative Extension, 305 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
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- University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
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- University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
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- University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
- Current address - George Stevens Academy, 23 Union Street, Blue Hill, ME 04614
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543
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- Trustees of Reservations, 200 High Street, Boston, MA 02110
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- Alison C. Dibble
- University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
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- University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
- University of Maine, Cooperative Extension, 305 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
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- University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469
- Current address - PO Box 799, Winterport, ME 04496
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543
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Gibbs J, Ascher JS, Rightmyer MG, Isaacs R. The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history. Zootaxa 2017; 4352:1-160. [PMID: 29245534 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The state of Michigan occupies an area between the Great Plains and the northeastern United States, bordering four Great Lakes, with diverse biogeographical regions. Michigan also has the second most diverse agriculture in the country, with many crops that depend on bees for pollination. This unique combination provides a wide range of opportunities for bees to persist, yet there is no current published checklist of these important insects. This study was conducted to provide the first annotated checklist of the bee (Apoidea: Anthophila) fauna of Michigan, summarizing aspects of their taxonomy and behavior and to provide provisional conservation assessment. The list was compiled from a critical review of published literature, museum specimens, and database records, supplemented by new collections. In total, 465 species are included in the checklist, including 38 new records, however evidence for 13 species is poor, several more species require taxonomic revision, and the presence of additional species is expected. The exotic megachilid species Megachile apicalis Spinola, M. pusilla Pérez (=concinna Smith, auct.) and Osmia taurus Smith are reported from Michigan for the first time. New state records of native species include Anthidium tenuiflorae Cockerell and Nomada alpha alpha Cockerell, both previously undocumented from eastern North America, and Nomada sphaerogaster Cockerell, which has rarely been recognized. The taxonomy of some bee species is clarified by the formal publication of 11 new synonymies (some previously reported online or in manuscripts). The following list cites junior synonyms first followed by the valid name: Andrena chippewaensis Mitchell 1960 = A. (Simandrena) wheeleri Graenicher 1904; Osmia hendersoni Cockerell 1907 = O. (Melanosmia) tarsata Provancher 1888; Osmia michiganensis Mitchell 1962 = O. (M.) subarctica Cockerell 1912 (new status, removed from synonymy with O. (M.) tersula Cockerell 1912); Sphecodes persimilis Lovell and Cockerell 1907 = S. davisii Robertson 1897; Sphecodes knetschi Cockerell 1898 = S. dichrous Smith 1853; Sphecodes carolinus Mitchell 1956 = S. coronus Mitchell 1956; Sphecodes stygius Robertson 1893 = S. mandibularis Cresson 1872; Sphecodes prostygius Mitchell 1960 = S. fattigi Mitchell 1956; Stelis vernalis Mitchell 1962 = S. coarctatus Crawford 1916; and Stelis michiganensis Mitchell 1962 = S. foederalis Smith 1854. Poorly known Andrena (Cnemidandrena) are discussed, including A. parnassiae Cockerell, a new state record, A. robervalensis Mitchell, and the extralimital A. runcinatae Cockerell. Of these, only A. robervalensis was considered in the subgeneric revision, but we recognize all three as valid species pending further study. Nomada binotata (Robertson 1903) and N. quadrimaculata (Robertson 1903) are removed from synonymy with N. ovata (Robertson 1903), based on examination of the lectotypes. A new species, Triepeolus eliseae Rightmyer, the eastern representative of the verbesinae species group, is described. A putative undescribed species, Osmia aff. trevoris, is documented, but requires additional study for its status to be fully resolved. A rich bee fauna is documented that includes geographically-restricted species, rare and regionally-declining species, and economically-important species, providing information for ongoing conservation planning and future analysis of trends in bee populations.
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- Jason Gibbs
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA 48824. Current address: Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2..
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Hung KLJ, Ascher JS, Holway DA. Urbanization-induced habitat fragmentation erodes multiple components of temporal diversity in a Southern California native bee assemblage. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184136. [PMID: 28854229 PMCID: PMC5576854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Despite a large number of ecological studies that document diversity loss resulting from anthropogenic disturbance, surprisingly few consider how disturbance affects temporal patterns of diversity that result from seasonal turnover of species. Temporal dynamics can play an important role in the structure and function of biological assemblages. Here, we investigate the temporal diversity patterns of bee faunas in Southern California coastal sage scrub ecosystems that have been extensively fragmented by urbanization. Using a two-year dataset of 235 bee species (n = 12,036 specimens), we compared 1-ha plots in scrub fragments and scrub reserves with respect to three components of temporal diversity: overall plot-level diversity pooled over time (temporal gamma diversity), diversity at discrete points in time (temporal alpha diversity), and seasonal turnover in assemblage composition (temporal beta diversity). Compared to reserves, fragments harbored bee assemblages with lower species richness and assemblage evenness both when summed across temporal samples (i.e., lower temporal gamma diversity) and at single points in time (i.e., lower temporal alpha diversity). Bee assemblages in fragments also exhibited reduced seasonal turnover (i.e., lower temporal beta diversity). While fragments and reserves did not differ in overall bee abundance, bee abundance in fragments peaked later in the season compared to that in reserves. Our results argue for an increased awareness of temporal diversity patterns, as information about the distinct components of temporal diversity is essential both for characterizing the assemblage dynamics of seasonal organisms and for identifying potential impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on ecosystem function through its effects on assemblage dynamics.
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- Keng-Lou James Hung
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Oliveira U, Soares-Filho BS, Paglia AP, Brescovit AD, de Carvalho CJB, Silva DP, Rezende DT, Leite FSF, Batista JAN, Barbosa JPPP, Stehmann JR, Ascher JS, de Vasconcelos MF, De Marco P, Löwenberg-Neto P, Ferro VG, Santos AJ. Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9141. [PMID: 28831073 PMCID: PMC5567310 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08707-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Although Brazil is a megadiverse country and thus a conservation priority, no study has yet quantified conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas (PAs) using extensive empirical data. Here, we evaluate the degree of biodiversity protection and knowledge within all the Brazilian PAs through a gap analysis of vertebrate, arthropod and angiosperm occurrences and phylogenetic data. Our results show that the knowledge on biodiversity in most Brazilian PAs remain scant as 71% of PAs have less than 0.01 species records per km2. Almost 55% of Brazilian species and about 40% of evolutionary lineages are not found in PAs, while most species have less than 30% of their geographic distribution within PAs. Moreover, the current PA network fails to protect the majority of endemic species. Most importantly, these results are similar for all taxonomic groups analysed here. The methods and results of our countrywide assessment are suggested to help design further inventories in order to map and secure the key biodiversity of the Brazilian PAs. In addition, our study illustrates the most common biodiversity knowledge shortfalls in the tropics.
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- Ubirajara Oliveira
- Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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- Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal Goiano - IFGoiano, Departamento de Biologia, Urutaí, Goiás, Brazil
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- Sección Palentología de Vertebrados Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" Avenida Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos, Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratório Sagarana, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV, Campus Florestal, Florestal, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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MacLeod M, Genung MA, Ascher JS, Winfree R. Measuring partner choice in plant-pollinator networks: using null models to separate rewiring and fidelity from chance. Ecology 2017; 97:2925-2931. [PMID: 27870034 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Recent studies of mutualistic networks show that interactions between partners change across years. Both biological mechanisms and chance could drive these patterns, but the relative importance of these factors has not been separated. We established a field experiment consisting of 102 monospecific plots of 17 native plant species, from which we collected 6713 specimens of 52 bee species over four years. We used these data and a null model to determine whether bee species' foraging choices varied more or less over time beyond the variation expected by chance. Thus we provide the first quantitative definition of rewiring and fidelity as these terms are used in the literature on interaction networks. All 52 bee species varied in plant partner choice across years, but for 27 species this variation was indistinguishable from random partner choice. Another 11 species showed rewiring, varying more across years than expected by chance, while 14 species showed fidelity, indicating that they both prefer certain plant species and are consistent in those preferences across years. Our study shows that rewiring and fidelity both exist in mutualist networks, but that once sampling effects have been accounted for, they are less common than has been reported in the ecological literature.
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- Molly MacLeod
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, USA
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Tonietto RK, Ascher JS, Larkin DJ. Bee communities along a prairie restoration chronosequence: similar abundance and diversity, distinct composition. Ecol Appl 2017; 27:705-717. [PMID: 27935661 DOI: 10.1002/eap.1481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Recognition of the importance of bee conservation has grown in response to declines of managed honey bees and some wild bee species. Habitat loss has been implicated as a leading cause of declines, suggesting that ecological restoration is likely to play an increasing role in bee conservation efforts. In the midwestern United States, restoration of tallgrass prairie has traditionally targeted plant community objectives without explicit consideration for bees. However, restoration of prairie vegetation is likely to provide ancillary benefits to bees through increased foraging and nesting resources. We investigated community assembly of bees across a chronosequence of restored eastern tallgrass prairies and compared patterns to those in control and reference habitats (old fields and prairie remnants, respectively). We collected bees for 3 yr and measured diversity and abundance of in-bloom flowering plants, vegetation structure, ground cover, and surrounding land use as predictors of bee abundance and bee taxonomic and functional diversity. We found that site-level variables, but not site type or restoration age, were significant predictors of bee abundance (bloom diversity, P = 0.004; bare ground cover, P = 0.02) and bee diversity (bloom diversity, P = 0.01). There were significant correlations between overall composition of bee and blooming plant communities (Mantel test, P = 0.002), and both plant and bee assemblages in restorations were intermediate between those of old fields and remnant prairies. Restorations exhibited high bee beta diversity, i.e., restored sites' bee assemblages were taxonomically and functionally differentiated from each other. This pattern was strong in younger restorations (<20 yr old), but absent from older restorations (>20 yr), suggesting restored prairie bee communities become more similar to one another and more similar to remnant prairie bee communities over time with the arrival of more species and functional groups of bees. Our results indicate that old fields, restorations, and remnants provide habitat for diverse and abundant bee communities, but continued restoration of old fields will help support and conserve bee communities more similar to reference bee communities characteristic of remnant prairies.
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- Rebecca K Tonietto
- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, 3507 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, 63103, USA
- David H. Smith Conservation Research Program, Society for Conservation Biology, Washington, D.C., 20005, USA
- Plant Biology and Conservation, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, O.T. Hogan Hall, Room 2-144, Evanston, Illinois, 60208, USA
- Plant Science and Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois, 60091, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Plant Science and Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois, 60091, USA
- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 2003 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108, USA
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Kwong WK, Medina LA, Koch H, Sing KW, Soh EJY, Ascher JS, Jaffé R, Moran NA. Dynamic microbiome evolution in social bees. Sci Adv 2017; 3:e1600513. [PMID: 28435856 PMCID: PMC5371421 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The highly social (eusocial) corbiculate bees, comprising the honey bees, bumble bees, and stingless bees, are ubiquitous insect pollinators that fulfill critical roles in ecosystem services and human agriculture. Here, we conduct wide sampling across the phylogeny of these corbiculate bees and reveal a dynamic evolutionary history behind their microbiota, marked by multiple gains and losses of gut associates, the presence of generalist as well as host-specific strains, and patterns of diversification driven, in part, by host ecology (for example, colony size). Across four continents, we found that different host species have distinct gut communities, largely independent of geography or sympatry. Nonetheless, their microbiota has a shared heritage: The emergence of the eusocial corbiculate bees from solitary ancestors appears to coincide with the acquisition of five core gut bacterial lineages, supporting the hypothesis that host sociality facilitates the development and maintenance of specialized microbiomes.
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- Waldan K. Kwong
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Corresponding author. (W.K.K.); (N.A.M.)
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Vale Institute of Technology, Sustainable Development, 66055-090 Belém PA, Brazil
- Department of Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 321, 05508-090 São Paulo SP, Brazil
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Corresponding author. (W.K.K.); (N.A.M.)
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Hall DM, Camilo GR, Tonietto RK, Ollerton J, Ahrné K, Arduser M, Ascher JS, Baldock KCR, Fowler R, Frankie G, Goulson D, Gunnarsson B, Hanley ME, Jackson JI, Langellotto G, Lowenstein D, Minor ES, Philpott SM, Potts SG, Sirohi MH, Spevak EM, Stone GN, Threlfall CG. The city as a refuge for insect pollinators. Conserv Biol 2017; 31:24-29. [PMID: 27624925 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Research on urban insect pollinators is changing views on the biological value and ecological importance of cities. The abundance and diversity of native bee species in urban landscapes that are absent in nearby rural lands evidence the biological value and ecological importance of cities and have implications for biodiversity conservation. Lagging behind this revised image of the city are urban conservation programs that historically have invested in education and outreach rather than programs designed to achieve high-priority species conservation results. We synthesized research on urban bee species diversity and abundance to determine how urban conservation could be repositioned to better align with new views on the ecological importance of urban landscapes. Due to insect pollinators' relatively small functional requirements-habitat range, life cycle, and nesting behavior-relative to larger mammals, we argue that pollinators put high-priority and high-impact urban conservation within reach. In a rapidly urbanizing world, transforming how environmental managers view the city can improve citizen engagement and contribute to the development of more sustainable urbanization.
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- Damon M Hall
- Center for Sustainability, Saint Louis University, Des Peres Hall, 203E; 3694 West Pine Mall; St. Louis, MO 63108, U.S.A
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- Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, 3507 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103, U.S.A
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- Center for Sustainability, Saint Louis University, Des Peres Hall, 203E; 3694 West Pine Mall; St. Louis, MO 63108, U.S.A
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- Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Northampton, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, U.K
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- Swedish Species Information Centre-ArtDatabanken, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7007, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Missouri Department of Conservation, 2360 Highway D, St. Charles, MO 63304, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Biological Sciences & Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Sussex, BN 1 9QG, U.K
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall #3114, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Sussex, BN 1 9QG, U.K
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 100, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, U.K
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- Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Northampton, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 2750 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 2750 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois-Chicago, SES 3346, M/C 066, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, U.S.A
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- Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Mailstop: ENVS, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K
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- Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Northampton, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, U.K
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- WildCare Institute Center for Native Pollinator Conservation, IUCN SSC Bumblebee Specialist Group, Saint Louis Zoo, One Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110, U.S.A
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, The University of Edinburgh, The Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, U.K
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- Green Infrastructure Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Victoria 3010, Australia
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Oliveira U, Paglia AP, Brescovit AD, Carvalho CJB, Silva DP, Rezende DT, Leite FSF, Batista JAN, Barbosa JPPP, Stehmann JR, Ascher JS, Vasconcelos MF, De Marco P, Löwenberg‐Neto P, Dias PG, Ferro VG, Santos AJ. The strong influence of collection bias on biodiversity knowledge shortfalls of
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razilian terrestrial biodiversity. DIVERS DISTRIB 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Ubirajara Oliveira
- Centro de Sensoriamento Remoto Instituto de Geociências Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Av. Antonio Carlos 6627 CEP 31270‐901 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
- Departamento de Zoologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Av. Antonio Carlos 6627 CEP 31270‐901 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas Instituto Butantan São Paulo SP Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Instituto Federal Goiano – IFGoiano Urutaí Goiás Brazil
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- Laboratório Sagarana Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde Universidade Federal de Viçosa – UFV Campus Florestal Florestal MG Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore Singapore City Singapore
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- Coleção Ornitológica Museu de Ciências Naturais Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais Avenida Dom José Gaspar 290 CEP 30535‐901 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
- Instituto Prístino Rua Santa Maria Goretti 86, Barreiro CEP 30642‐020 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia Goiás Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia Goiás Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Av. Antonio Carlos 6627 CEP 31270‐901 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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Rozen JG, Ascher JS, Kamel SM, Mohamed KM. Larval Diversity in the Bee GenusMegachile(Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae). American Museum Novitates 2016. [DOI: 10.1206/3863.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Niu ZQ, Ascher JS, Luo AR, Griswold T, Zhu CD. Revision of the Anthidiellum Cockerell, 1904 of China (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae, Anthidiini). Zootaxa 2016; 4127:327-44. [PMID: 27395626 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The resin bees of the genus Anthidiellum Cockerell, 1904 are revised for China. Seven species are confirmed to occur in China including five new combinations: A. (Pycnanthidium) carinatum (Wu, 1962) comb. nov., A. (P.) coronum (Wu, 2004a) comb. nov., A. (P.) latipes (Bingham, 1897) comb. nov., A. (Clypanthidium) popovii (Wu, 1962) comb. nov., and A. (Anthidiellum) yunnanensis (Wu, 1962) comb. nov.. These five species had previously been classified as Trachusa (Paraanthidium), which is characterized by much larger-bodied bees (only four species of Trachusa (Paraanthidium) are confirmed to occur in China after this study; others reported in the literature were misplaced to genus). Additionally, Anthidiellum ludingensis Wu, 1993, and Anthidiellum (Anthidiellum) xinjiangensis Wu, 2004b, are removed from Anthidiellum forming the new combinations Pseudoanthidium (Pseudoanthidium) ludingense (Wu, 1993) and P. (P.) xinjiangense (Wu, 2004b), thus extending the range of the genus in China to include Sichuan. Illustrations and a key to known Chinese Anthidiellum species are provided.
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- Ze-Qing Niu
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.;
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- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543.;
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.;
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- USDA-ARS Bee Biology & Systematics Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5310, USA.;
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.;
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Cariveau DP, Nayak GK, Bartomeus I, Zientek J, Ascher JS, Gibbs J, Winfree R. The Allometry of Bee Proboscis Length and Its Uses in Ecology. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151482. [PMID: 26986000 PMCID: PMC4795761 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Allometric relationships among morphological traits underlie important patterns in ecology. These relationships are often phylogenetically shared; thus quantifying allometric relationships may allow for estimating difficult-to-measure traits across species. One such trait, proboscis length in bees, is assumed to be important in structuring bee communities and plant-pollinator networks. However, it is difficult to measure and thus rarely included in ecological analyses. We measured intertegular distance (as a measure of body size) and proboscis length (glossa and prementum, both individually and combined) of 786 individual bees of 100 species across 5 of the 7 extant bee families (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Using linear models and model selection, we determined which parameters provided the best estimate of proboscis length. We then used coefficients to estimate the relationship between intertegular distance and proboscis length, while also considering family. Using allometric equations with an estimation for a scaling coefficient between intertegular distance and proboscis length and coefficients for each family, we explain 91% of the variance in species-level means for bee proboscis length among bee species. However, within species, individual-level intertegular distance was a poor predictor of individual proboscis length. To make our findings easy to use, we created an R package that allows estimation of proboscis length for individual bee species by inputting only family and intertegular distance. The R package also calculates foraging distance and body mass based on previously published equations. Thus by considering both taxonomy and intertegular distance we enable accurate estimation of an ecologically and evolutionarily important trait.
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- Daniel P. Cariveau
- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Departamento Ecología Integrativa, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EDB-CSIC), Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Kleijn D, Winfree R, Bartomeus I, Carvalheiro LG, Henry M, Isaacs R, Klein AM, Kremen C, M'Gonigle LK, Rader R, Ricketts TH, Williams NM, Lee Adamson N, Ascher JS, Báldi A, Batáry P, Benjamin F, Biesmeijer JC, Blitzer EJ, Bommarco R, Brand MR, Bretagnolle V, Button L, Cariveau DP, Chifflet R, Colville JF, Danforth BN, Elle E, Garratt MPD, Herzog F, Holzschuh A, Howlett BG, Jauker F, Jha S, Knop E, Krewenka KM, Le Féon V, Mandelik Y, May EA, Park MG, Pisanty G, Reemer M, Riedinger V, Rollin O, Rundlöf M, Sardiñas HS, Scheper J, Sciligo AR, Smith HG, Steffan-Dewenter I, Thorp R, Tscharntke T, Verhulst J, Viana BF, Vaissière BE, Veldtman R, Ward KL, Westphal C, Potts SG. Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7414. [PMID: 26079893 PMCID: PMC4490361 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and these ecosystem services have become a key argument for biodiversity conservation. However, it is unclear how much biodiversity is needed to deliver ecosystem services in a cost-effective way. Here we show that, while the contribution of wild bees to crop production is significant, service delivery is restricted to a limited subset of all known bee species. Across crops, years and biogeographical regions, crop-visiting wild bee communities are dominated by a small number of common species, and threatened species are rarely observed on crops. Dominant crop pollinators persist under agricultural expansion and many are easily enhanced by simple conservation measures, suggesting that cost-effective management strategies to promote crop pollination should target a different set of species than management strategies to promote threatened bees. Conserving the biological diversity of bees therefore requires more than just ecosystem-service-based arguments. One argument for conserving biological diversity is that it delivers beneficial ecosystem services. However, Kleijn et al. show that the economic benefits of crop pollination are delivered by only a small subset of relatively common species, arguing that threatened species should be considered separately.
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- David Kleijn
- Animal Ecology Team, Center for Ecosystem Studies, Alterra, Wageningen UR, PO Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Departmento Ecología Integrativa, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EDB-CSIC), Avenida Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Miall Building, Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.,Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, INRA, CS 40509, F-84914 Avignon, France.,UMT Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, INRA, CS 40509, F-84914 Avignon, France
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 578 Wilson Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology Group, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg D-79106, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-3114, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-3114, USA
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- School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2350, Australia
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- Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, 617 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Ecology and Botany, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Vácrátót 2163, Hungary
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- Agroecology Group, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University, Grisebachstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 75007, Sweden
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa.,Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.,Iziko South African Museum, 25 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town 8000, South Africa
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS and Université La Rochelle, F-79360 Beauvoir-sur-Niort, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University,8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Plateforme Régionale d'Innovation "Agriculture Biologique et Périurbaine Durable", EPLEFPA du Lycée Nature, Allée des Druides, 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon, France
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS and Université La Rochelle, F-79360 Beauvoir-sur-Niort, France
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
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- Agricultural Landscapes and Biodiversity, Agroscope, Reckenholzstr. 191, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Sustainable Production, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 401 Biological Laboratories, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Community Ecology Group, University of Bern, Baltzerstr. 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Agroecology Group, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University, Grisebachstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, INRA, CS 40509, F-84914 Avignon, France
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- Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 578 Wilson Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- EIS Kenniscentrum Insecten, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, INRA, CS 40509, F-84914 Avignon, France.,UMT Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, INRA, CS 40509, F-84914 Avignon, France.,ITSAP - Institut de l'abeille, 149 rue de Bercy, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-3114, USA
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- Animal Ecology Team, Center for Ecosystem Studies, Alterra, Wageningen UR, PO Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-3114, USA
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden.,Centre of Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Agroecology Group, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University, Grisebachstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Biology Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, Bahia 40170-290, Brazil
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- UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, INRA, CS 40509, F-84914 Avignon, France.,UMT Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, INRA, CS 40509, F-84914 Avignon, France
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa.,Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Agroecology Group, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University, Grisebachstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
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- Zachariah J. Gezon
- Department of Biological Sciences Dartmouth College 78 College St Hanover NH 03755 USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested Butte CO 81224 USA
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History New York NY 10024 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore 14 Science Drive 4 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested Butte CO 81224 USA
- Department of Biology University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Dartmouth College 78 College St Hanover NH 03755 USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Crested Butte CO 81224 USA
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Rasmussen C, Ascher JS. Addendum to: Joseph Vachal (1838-1911): French entomologist and politician (Zootaxa, 3442, 1-52). Zootaxa 2015; 3931:298-300. [PMID: 25781830 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Claus Rasmussen
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, bldg. 1540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543.;
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Ascher JS, Kornbluth S, Goelet RG. Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of Gardiners Island, Suffolk County, New York. Northeast Nat (Steuben) 2014. [DOI: 10.1656/045.021.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bartomeus I, Ascher JS, Gibbs J, Danforth BN, Wagner DL, Hedtke SM, Winfree R. Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013. [PMID: 23487768 DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0nj49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
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Pollinators such as bees are essential to the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, despite concerns about a global pollinator crisis, long-term data on the status of bee species are limited. We present a long-term study of relative rates of change for an entire regional bee fauna in the northeastern United States, based on >30,000 museum records representing 438 species. Over a 140-y period, aggregate native species richness weakly decreased, but richness declines were significant only for the genus Bombus. Of 187 native species analyzed individually, only three declined steeply, all of these in the genus Bombus. However, there were large shifts in community composition, as indicated by 56% of species showing significant changes in relative abundance over time. Traits associated with a declining relative abundance include small dietary and phenological breadth and large body size. In addition, species with lower latitudinal range boundaries are increasing in relative abundance, a finding that may represent a response to climate change. We show that despite marked increases in human population density and large changes in anthropogenic land use, aggregate native species richness declines were modest outside of the genus Bombus. At the same time, we find that certain ecological traits are associated with declines in relative abundance. These results should help target conservation efforts focused on maintaining native bee abundance and diversity and therefore the important ecosystems services that they provide.
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- Ignasi Bartomeus
- Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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Rightmyer MG, Deyrup M, Ascher JS, Griswold T. Osmia species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from the southeastern United States with modified facial hairs: taxonomy, host plants, and conservation status. Zookeys 2012:257-78. [PMID: 22287900 PMCID: PMC3264411 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We describe females and males of Osmia (Melanosmia) calaminthaesp. n., an apparent floral specialist on Calamintha ashei (Lamiaceae), and provide observations on the behavior of female bees on flowers of this plant. We also provide diagnostic information for Osmia (Diceratosmia) conjunctoides Robertson, stat. n., and synonymize Osmia (Diceratosmia) subfasciata miamiensis Mitchell with Osmia conjunctoidessyn. n. Females of both Osmia calaminthae and Osmia conjunctoides are unique among North American Osmia for having short, erect, simple facial hairs, which are apparent adaptations for collecting pollen from nototribic flowers. Osmia calaminthae is currently only known from sandy scrub at four nearby sites in the southern Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County, Florida, USA, while Osmia conjunctoides is known from limited but widespread sites in the southeastern USA. We discuss the conservation status of both species based on known or speculated floral associates and distributions.
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- Molly G Rightmyer
- USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, BNR 244 UMC 5310, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5310
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Watson JC, Wolf AT, Ascher JS. Forested landscapes promote richness and abundance of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Wisconsin apple orchards. Environ Entomol 2011; 40:621-32. [PMID: 22251640 DOI: 10.1603/en10231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Wild bees provide vital pollination services for many native and agricultural plant species, yet the landscape conditions needed to support wild bee populations are not well understood or appreciated. We assessed the influence of landscape composition on bee abundance and species richness in apple (Malus spp.) orchards of northeastern Wisconsin during the spring flowering period. A diverse community of bee species occurs in these apple orchards, dominated by wild bees in the families Andrenidae and Halictidae and the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. Proportion of forest area in the surrounding landscape was a significant positive predictor of wild bee abundance in orchards, with strongest effects at a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) buffer distance of 1,000 m or greater. Forest area also was positively associated with species richness, showing strongest effects at a buffer distance of 2,000 m. Nonagricultural developed land (homes, lawns, etcetera) was significantly negatively associated with species richness at buffer distances >750 m and wild bee abundance in bowl traps at all distances. Other landscape variables statistically associated with species richness or abundance of wild bees included proportion area of pasture (positive) and proportion area of roads (negative). Forest area was not associated with honey bee abundance at any buffer distance. These results provide clear evidence that the landscape surrounding apple orchards, especially the proportion of forest area, affects richness and abundance of wild bees during the spring flowering period and should be a part of sustainable land management strategies in agro-ecosystems of northeastern Wisconsin and other apple growing regions.
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- J C Watson
- Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI 54311, USA
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Rozen JG, Özbek H, Ascher JS, Sedivy C, Praz C, Monfared A, Müller A. Nests, Petal Usage, Floral Preferences, and Immatures of Osmia (Ozbekosmia) avosetta (Megachilidae: Megachilinae: Osmiini), Including Biological Comparisons with Other Osmiine Bees. American Museum Novitates 2010. [DOI: 10.1206/701.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Rozen JG, Özbek H, Ascher JS, Rightmyer MG. Biology of the Bee Hoplitis (Hoplitis) monstrabilis Tkalců and Descriptions of Its Egg and Larva (Megachilidae: Megachilinae: Osmiini). American Museum Novitates 2009. [DOI: 10.1206/646.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Gibbs J, Ascher JS, Packer L. Case 3476DialictusRobertson, 1902 andEvylaeusRobertson, 1902 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed precedence overHemihalictusCockerell, 1897,SudilaCameron, 1898 andSphecodogastraAshmead, 1899. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Winfree R, Williams NM, Gaines H, Ascher JS, Kremen C. Wild bee pollinators provide the majority of crop visitation across land-use gradients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA. J Appl Ecol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01418.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kawakita A, Sota T, Ito M, Ascher JS, Tanaka H, Kato M, Roubik DW. Erratum to “Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and character evolution in bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) based on simultaneous analysis of three nuclear gene sequences” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 31 (2004) 799–804]. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kawakita A, Sota T, Ito M, Ascher JS, Tanaka H, Kato M, Roubik DW. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and character evolution in bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) based on simultaneous analysis of three nuclear gene sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2004; 31:799-804. [PMID: 15062814 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2003] [Revised: 12/07/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Atsushi Kawakita
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Kawakita A, Sota T, Ascher JS, Ito M, Tanaka H, Kato M. Evolution and phylogenetic utility of alignment gaps within intron sequences of three nuclear genes in bumble bees (Bombus). Mol Biol Evol 2003; 20:87-92. [PMID: 12519910 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To test whether gaps resulting from sequence alignment contain phylogenetic signal concordant with those of base substitutions, we analyzed the occurrence of indel mutations upon a well-resolved, substitution-based tree for three nuclear genes in bumble bees (Bombus, Apidae: Bombini). The regions analyzed were exon and intron sequences of long-wavelength rhodopsin (LW Rh), arginine kinase (ArgK), and elongation factor-1alpha (EF-1alpha) F2 copy genes. LW Rh intron had only a few uninformative gaps, ArgK intron had relatively long gaps that were easily aligned, and EF-1alpha intron had many short gaps, resulting in multiple optimal alignments. The unambiguously aligned gaps within ArgK intron sequences showed no homoplasy upon the substitution-based tree, and phylogenetic signals within ambiguously aligned regions of EF-1alpha intron were highly congruent with those of base substitutions. We further analyzed the contribution of gap characters to phylogenetic reconstruction by incorporating them in parsimony analysis. Inclusion of gap characters consistently improved support for nodes recovered by substitutions, and inclusion of ambiguously aligned regions of EF-1alpha intron resolved several additional nodes, most of which were apical on the phylogeny. We conclude that gaps are an exceptionally reliable source of phylogenetic information that can be used to corroborate and refine phylogenies hypothesized by base substitutions, at least at lower taxonomic levels. At present, full use of gaps in phylogenetic reconstruction is best achieved in parsimony analysis, pending development of well-justified and generally applicable methods for incorporating indels in explicitly model-based methods.
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- Atsushi Kawakita
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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