Impacts of the introduced European honeybee on Australian bee‐flower network properties in urban bushland remnants and residential gardens

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 35 - 53
• Main Authors: Prendergast, Kit S., Ollerton, Jeff
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Apis mellifera; Australia; Bees; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; bipartite; coevolution; competition; Complementarity; extinction; fauna; Flora; Flowers; Gardens; Gardens & gardening; honey bees; honeybees; indigenous species; Introduced plants; Introduced species; nestedness; Networks; Niche overlap; Plant reproduction; Plant species; Pollination; Pollinators; shrublands; Species extinction; Taxa; Urban areas; urbanisation; urbanization; Australia

The European honeybee Apis mellifera is a highly successful, abundant species and has been introduced into habitats across the globe. As a supergeneralist species, the European honeybee has the potential to disrupt pollination networks, especially in Australia, whose flora and fauna have co‐evolved...