Intra‐seasonal and daily variations in nectar availability affect bee assemblage in a monodominant afforested Brazilian Cerrado

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 1315 - 1328
• Main Authors: Ballarin, Caio S., Hachuy‐Filho, Leandro, Doria, Maria Júlia W., Giffu, Murilo M., Polizello, Diego S., Oliveira, Pablo H., Lacerda‐Barbosa, Pedro A., Amorim, Felipe W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Afforestation; Apis mellifera; Availability; Bees; cerrado; Flowering; flowering phenology; Flowers; honey bees; honeybees; Inga vera; Nectar; nectar production; nectar secretion; Phenology; Plant species; Planting density; Pollinators; Seasonal variations; Spatial distribution; Species richness; Temporal distribution; temporal variation; trees; Cerrado Biome

Nectar is the most common floral resource that mediates plant–pollinator interactions, and its spatiotemporal distribution is related to pollinator attraction and can influence pollinator activity through time. Therefore, assessing patterns of floral phenology of nectar‐producing plants can help bet...