Flower sharing and pollinator health: a behavioural perspective
dc.contributor.author | Nicholls, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Rands, SA | |
dc.contributor.author | Botias, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Hempel De Ibarra, N | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-07T10:49:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05-02 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-02-06T11:49:38Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Disease is an integral part of any organisms’ life, and bees have evolved immune responses and a suite of hygienic behaviours to keep them at bay in the nest. It is now evident that flowers are another transmission hub for pathogens and parasites, raising questions about adaptations that help pollinating insects stay healthy while visiting hundreds of plants over their lifetime. Drawing on recent advances in our understanding of how bees of varying size, dietary specialisation and sociality differ in their foraging ranges, navigational strategies and floral resource preferences, we explore the behavioural mechanisms and strategies that may enable foraging bees to reduce disease exposure and transmission risks at flowers by partitioning overlapping resources in space and in time. By taking a novel behavioural perspective, we highlight the missing links between disease biology and the ecology of plant-pollinator relationships, critical for improving the understanding of disease transmission risks and the better design and management of habitat for pollinator conservation. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | UKRI | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 377 (1853), article 20210157 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rstb.2021.0157 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | BB/N000625/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | MR/T021691/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | SBPLY/19/180501/000342 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/128721 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-0859-8217 (Hempel De Ibarra, Natalie) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Royal Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society. This version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | bees | en_GB |
dc.subject | foraging | en_GB |
dc.subject | nutrition | en_GB |
dc.subject | behaviour | en_GB |
dc.subject | navigation | en_GB |
dc.subject | disease | en_GB |
dc.title | Flower sharing and pollinator health: a behavioural perspective | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-07T10:49:21Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2970 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the Royal Society via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-01-24 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-01-24 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-02-07T09:56:25Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-05-03T14:16:24Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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