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DOI	10.1111/ele.12581
	Bumble bee colony dynamics: Quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production
	Crone E.E.; Williams N.M.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	1461-023X
EISSN	1461-0248
卷号	19 期号:4
英文摘要	Bumble bee (Bombus) species are ecologically and economically important pollinators, and many species are in decline. In this article, we develop a mechanistic model to analyse growth trajectories of Bombus vosnesenskii colonies in relation to floral resources and land use. Queen production increased with floral resources and was higher in semi-natural areas than on conventional farms. However, the most important parameter for queen production was the colony growth rate per flower, as opposed to the average number of available flowers. This result indicates the importance of understanding mechanisms of colony growth, in order to predict queen production and enhance bumble bee population viability. Our work highlights the importance of interpreting bumble bee conservation efforts in the context of overall population dynamics and provides a framework for doing so. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS.
英文关键词	Bombus vosnesenskii; Colony growth; Floral resources; Life history; Population viability; Reproduction; Social insects
学科领域	Bombus (genus); Bombus vosnesenskii; Hexapoda; animal; bee; biological model; ecosystem; environmental protection; flower; physiology; population dynamics; population growth; Animals; Bees; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Flowers; Models, Biological; Population Dynamics; Population Growth
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Bombus (genus); Bombus vosnesenskii; Hexapoda; animal; bee; biological model; ecosystem; environmental protection; flower; physiology; population dynamics; population growth; Animals; Bees; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Flowers; Models, Biological; Population Dynamics; Population Growth
来源期刊	Ecology Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/118566
作者单位	Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, United States; Entomology Department, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Crone E.E.,Williams N.M.. Bumble bee colony dynamics: Quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production[J],2016,19(4).
APA	Crone E.E.,&Williams N.M..(2016).Bumble bee colony dynamics: Quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production.Ecology Letters,19(4).
MLA	Crone E.E.,et al."Bumble bee colony dynamics: Quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production".Ecology Letters 19.4(2016).