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Do exotic plants and flower colour facilitate bumblebee invasion? Insights from citizen science data*

Primer Autor	Fonturbel, Francisco E.
Co-autores	Sepulveda, Isidora B. Muschett, Giselle Carvallo, Gaston O. Vieli, Lorena Murua, Maureen M.
Título	Do exotic plants and flower colour facilitate bumblebee invasion? Insights from citizen science data*
Editorial	ELSEVIER GMBH
Revista	FLORA
Lenguaje	en
Resumen	Invasive species are one of the most important drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide. As exotic species invade new ecosystems, they establish ecological interactions with the existing species, which may facilitate their spread. Flower colour is an important trait that influences pollination and pollinator preferences. To determine the role of these variables on the bumblebee preferences, we compared the floral associations of two exotic bumblebee species: Bombus terrestris and B. ruderatus (introduced two decades ago for crop pollination) and the native B. dahlbomii with native and exotic plants in Chile. We analysed 3,019 citizen science records in order to understand bumblebee associations with native and exotic plant species regarding flower colour. We found that the exotic bumblebees were mainly recorded visiting flowers of exotic plants (86% for B. terrestris and 93% for B. ruderatus), while the native B. dahlbomii visited exotic and native plant species in a similar proportion. Also, the exotic bumblebees visited purple and pink flowers more often, while the native bumblebee species frequently visited white, pink, and purple flowers. Although the three species share trichromatic vision, they seem to have different flower colour preferences. The association of B. terrestris and B. ruderatus with exotic non-crop species (i. e., exotic ornamental plants) may be acting as steppingstones from croplands to other habitats, facilitating the bee invasion process. Despite its inherent limitations, citizen science data provide large amounts of valuable information that is difficult to be obtained otherwise, which can be used to improve our understanding of invasion processes, as is the case of exotic Bombus species in southern South America.
Fecha Publicación	2023
Tipo de Recurso	artículo original
Derecho de Acceso	es Embargo
doi	10.1016/j.flora.2022.152200
Formato Recurso	PDF
Palabras Claves	Bombus dahlbomii Bombus ruderatus Bombus terrestris Chile Pollination Pollinators
Ubicación del archivo	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2022.152200
Categoría OCDE	Ciencias Vegetales Ciencias Ambientales y Ecología Botánica Biología - Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología y Comportamiento Biológico
Materias	Bombus dahlbomii Bombus ruderatus Bombus terrestris Chile Polinización Polinizadores
Ubicación geográfica	Chile
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)	artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)	versión publicada
Derechos de acceso	metadata
Access Rights	metadata
Id de Web of Science	WOS:000895467600004
ISSN	0367-2530
Tipo de ruta	hibrida
Categoría WOS	Ciencias Vegetales Ciencias Ambientales y Ecología
Referencia del Financiador (Mandatado si es aplicable-repetible)	ANID NE/S011870/1 SURPASS2 NERC NE/S011870/2 CONICET 1984/19 FAPESP 2018/14994-1 ANID NCN2021-050 ANID PIA/BASAL FB0002