BUMBLEBEE POLLINATION RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BEARTOOTH PLATEAU TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN MONTANA
The coadaptive, dynamic relationship between the members of a floral community and their respective bumblebee pollinators was studied on the alpine‐tundra of the Beartooth Plateau in southern Montana. A total of ten species of Bombus was observed foraging for pollen and/or nectar on Castilleja pulch...
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crwiley:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1983.tb12441.x 2024-06-02T08:15:24+00:00 BUMBLEBEE POLLINATION RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BEARTOOTH PLATEAU TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN MONTANA Bauer, Paul J. Sigma Xi 1983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1983.tb12441.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.1537-2197.1983.tb12441.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1983.tb12441.x/fullpdf en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Botany volume 70, issue 1, page 134-144 ISSN 0002-9122 1537-2197 journal-article 1983 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1983.tb12441.x 2024-05-03T11:26:14Z The coadaptive, dynamic relationship between the members of a floral community and their respective bumblebee pollinators was studied on the alpine‐tundra of the Beartooth Plateau in southern Montana. A total of ten species of Bombus was observed foraging for pollen and/or nectar on Castilleja pulchella, Delphinium bicolor, Lupinus monticola, Mertensia ciliata, Oxytropis campestris, Penstemon procerus , and Trifolium dasyphyllum. The number of Bombus species per plant species ranged from 1 to 9. Based on relative percentage of pollen types in corbicular loads, monolectic foragers comprised 53.5% and polylectic foragers 46.5% of the bumblebees. Examinations of relative length of nectariferous corolla‐tubes, tongue‐length of pollinators, foraging frequency of pollinators, phenology of floral anthesis, and stature of plants did not indicate specific resource partitioning. Non‐tundra‐nesting bumblebees from lower elevations preferred adventive or typically non‐tundra plants. Examination of perianth colors in visible light by reflectance spectrophotometry and in long‐wave (360 nm) ultraviolet light by photography disclosed well‐defined visible light reflectance spectra in all species but ultraviolet reflectance patterns only in D. bicolor. Insect collections and exclosure studies indicated all plant species except D. bicolor and P. procerus are highly reliant on bumblebee pollinators. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Wiley Online Library American Journal of Botany 70 1 134 144 |
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The coadaptive, dynamic relationship between the members of a floral community and their respective bumblebee pollinators was studied on the alpine‐tundra of the Beartooth Plateau in southern Montana. A total of ten species of Bombus was observed foraging for pollen and/or nectar on Castilleja pulchella, Delphinium bicolor, Lupinus monticola, Mertensia ciliata, Oxytropis campestris, Penstemon procerus , and Trifolium dasyphyllum. The number of Bombus species per plant species ranged from 1 to 9. Based on relative percentage of pollen types in corbicular loads, monolectic foragers comprised 53.5% and polylectic foragers 46.5% of the bumblebees. Examinations of relative length of nectariferous corolla‐tubes, tongue‐length of pollinators, foraging frequency of pollinators, phenology of floral anthesis, and stature of plants did not indicate specific resource partitioning. Non‐tundra‐nesting bumblebees from lower elevations preferred adventive or typically non‐tundra plants. Examination of perianth colors in visible light by reflectance spectrophotometry and in long‐wave (360 nm) ultraviolet light by photography disclosed well‐defined visible light reflectance spectra in all species but ultraviolet reflectance patterns only in D. bicolor. Insect collections and exclosure studies indicated all plant species except D. bicolor and P. procerus are highly reliant on bumblebee pollinators. |
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BUMBLEBEE POLLINATION RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BEARTOOTH PLATEAU TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN MONTANA |
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BUMBLEBEE POLLINATION RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BEARTOOTH PLATEAU TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN MONTANA |
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BUMBLEBEE POLLINATION RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BEARTOOTH PLATEAU TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN MONTANA |
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BUMBLEBEE POLLINATION RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BEARTOOTH PLATEAU TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN MONTANA |
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BUMBLEBEE POLLINATION RELATIONSHIPS ON THE BEARTOOTH PLATEAU TUNDRA OF SOUTHERN MONTANA |
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bumblebee pollination relationships on the beartooth plateau tundra of southern montana |
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