Diel-scale temporal dynamics in the abundance and composition of pollinators in the Arctic summer
Our understanding of how pollinator activity varies over short temporal scales is limited because most research on pollination is based on data collected during the day that is then aggregated at a larger temporal scale. To understand how environmental factors affect plant–pollinator interactions, i...
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ftufz:oai:ufz.de:24267 2023-12-10T09:45:08+01:00 Diel-scale temporal dynamics in the abundance and composition of pollinators in the Arctic summer Zoller, L. Bennett, J.M. Knight, Tiffany 2020-12-03 application/pdf https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=24267 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78165-w en eng Nature Publishing Group Scientific Reports 10;; art. 21187 https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=24267 https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78165-w info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ISSN: 2045-2322 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text 2020 ftufz https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78165-w 2023-11-12T23:36:32Z Our understanding of how pollinator activity varies over short temporal scales is limited because most research on pollination is based on data collected during the day that is then aggregated at a larger temporal scale. To understand how environmental factors affect plant–pollinator interactions, it is critical that studies include the entire diel cycle to examine patterns and processes that cause temporal variations. Further, there is little information from the Arctic, where environmental conditions that influence pollinator activity (e.g. temperature and solar radiation), are less variable across the diel cycle during the summer compared to locations from lower latitudes. We quantified abundance, composition and foraging activity of a pollinator community in Finnish Lapland at a diel scale over two summers, one of which was an extreme heat year. Pollinators showed a robust pattern in daily foraging activity, with peak activity during the day, less to no activity at night, and an absence of typically night active Lepidoptera. Abundance and composition of pollinators differed significantly between the years, possibly in response to the extreme heat in one of the years, which may particularly harm muscid flies. Our results showing strong diel and interannual abundance patterns for several taxa of pollinators in the Arctic summer have important implications for our understanding of temporal dynamics of plant–pollinator interactions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Lapland UFZ - Publication Index (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research) Arctic Scientific Reports 10 1 |
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Our understanding of how pollinator activity varies over short temporal scales is limited because most research on pollination is based on data collected during the day that is then aggregated at a larger temporal scale. To understand how environmental factors affect plant–pollinator interactions, it is critical that studies include the entire diel cycle to examine patterns and processes that cause temporal variations. Further, there is little information from the Arctic, where environmental conditions that influence pollinator activity (e.g. temperature and solar radiation), are less variable across the diel cycle during the summer compared to locations from lower latitudes. We quantified abundance, composition and foraging activity of a pollinator community in Finnish Lapland at a diel scale over two summers, one of which was an extreme heat year. Pollinators showed a robust pattern in daily foraging activity, with peak activity during the day, less to no activity at night, and an absence of typically night active Lepidoptera. Abundance and composition of pollinators differed significantly between the years, possibly in response to the extreme heat in one of the years, which may particularly harm muscid flies. Our results showing strong diel and interannual abundance patterns for several taxa of pollinators in the Arctic summer have important implications for our understanding of temporal dynamics of plant–pollinator interactions. |
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Diel-scale temporal dynamics in the abundance and composition of pollinators in the Arctic summer |
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Diel-scale temporal dynamics in the abundance and composition of pollinators in the Arctic summer |
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Diel-scale temporal dynamics in the abundance and composition of pollinators in the Arctic summer |
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Diel-scale temporal dynamics in the abundance and composition of pollinators in the Arctic summer |
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diel-scale temporal dynamics in the abundance and composition of pollinators in the arctic summer |
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