The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia
Abstract We report the establishment of two representatives of a new ecological functional group on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia - pollinating insects - in the form of the hoverfly Eristalis croceimaculata Jacobs (Diptera, Syrphidae) and the blowfly Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s095410201000057x 2024-09-15T17:46:17+00:00 The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia Convey, P. Key, R.S. Key, R.J.D. 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410201000057x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410201000057X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 22, issue 5, page 508-512 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 journal-article 2010 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410201000057x 2024-08-28T04:03:28Z Abstract We report the establishment of two representatives of a new ecological functional group on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia - pollinating insects - in the form of the hoverfly Eristalis croceimaculata Jacobs (Diptera, Syrphidae) and the blowfly Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Calliphoridae). The floricolous adults of these two species provide a new ecological role, pollination, in the ecosystems of this island. The activity of their respectively saprophogous or necrophagous larvae will also augment that of the native insect and microarthropod soil fauna. We discuss the potential new synergy between this functional group and that of a number of established non-native plants, reliant on insect pollinators for successful seed-set and hence dispersal, that are currently of persistent status with very limited local distributions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Cambridge University Press Antarctic Science 22 5 508 512 |
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Abstract We report the establishment of two representatives of a new ecological functional group on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia - pollinating insects - in the form of the hoverfly Eristalis croceimaculata Jacobs (Diptera, Syrphidae) and the blowfly Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Calliphoridae). The floricolous adults of these two species provide a new ecological role, pollination, in the ecosystems of this island. The activity of their respectively saprophogous or necrophagous larvae will also augment that of the native insect and microarthropod soil fauna. We discuss the potential new synergy between this functional group and that of a number of established non-native plants, reliant on insect pollinators for successful seed-set and hence dispersal, that are currently of persistent status with very limited local distributions. |
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Convey, P. Key, R.S. Key, R.J.D. The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia |
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The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia |
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The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia |
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The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia |
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The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia |
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The establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-Antarctic South Georgia |
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establishment of a new ecological guild of pollinating insects on sub-antarctic south georgia |
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