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DOI | 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01331.x |
Estimating the Density of Honeybee Colonies across Their Natural Range to Fill the Gap in Pollinator Decline Censuses | |
Jaffe, Rodolfo1; Dietemann, Vincent1,2,3; Allsopp, Mike H.4; Costa, Cecilia5; Crewe, Robin M.3; Dall’olio, Raffaele5; de la Rua, Pilar6; El-Niweiri, Mogbel A. A.1; Fries, Ingemar7; Kezic, Nikola8; Meusel, Michael S.9; Paxton, Robert J.10; Shaibi, Taher1; Stolle, Eckart1; Moritz, Robin F. A.1 | |
通讯作者 | Jaffe, Rodolfo |
来源期刊 | CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 0888-8892 |
出版年 | 2010 |
卷号 | 24期号:2页码:583-593 |
英文摘要 | Although pollinator declines are a global biodiversity threat, the demography of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) has not been considered by conservationists because it is biased by the activity of beekeepers. To fill this gap in pollinator decline censuses and to provide a broad picture of the current status of honeybees across their natural range, we used microsatellite genetic markers to estimate colony densities and genetic diversity at different locations in Europe, Africa, and central Asia that had different patterns of land use. Genetic diversity and colony densities were highest in South Africa and lowest in Northern Europe and were correlated with mean annual temperature. Confounding factors not related to climate, however, are also likely to influence genetic diversity and colony densities in honeybee populations. Land use showed a significantly negative influence over genetic diversity and the density of honeybee colonies over all sampling locations. In Europe honeybees sampled in nature reserves had genetic diversity and colony densities similar to those sampled in agricultural landscapes, which suggests that the former are not wild but may have come from managed hives. Other results also support this idea: putative wild bees were rare in our European samples, and the mean estimated density of honeybee colonies on the continent closely resembled the reported mean number of managed hives. Current densities of European honeybee populations are in the same range as those found in the adverse climatic conditions of the Kalahari and Saharan deserts, which suggests that beekeeping activities do not compensate for the loss of wild colonies. Our findings highlight the importance of reconsidering the conservation status of honeybees in Europe and of regarding beekeeping not only as a profitable business for producing honey, but also as an essential component of biodiversity conservation. |
英文关键词 | Apis mellifera beekeeping ecosystem functioning honeybee conservation land use pollinator decline |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany ; Switzerland ; South Africa ; Italy ; Spain ; Sweden ; Croatia ; North Ireland |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000275877600028 |
WOS关键词 | APIS-MELLIFERA HYMENOPTERA ; NATIVE BEES ; GENETIC-STRUCTURE ; APIDAE ; CONSERVATION ; DNA ; POPULATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; CONSEQUENCES ; SCUTELLATA |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/163745 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Halle Wittenberg, Inst Biol, D-06120 Halle, Saale, Germany; 2.Agroscope Liebefeld Posieux Res Stn ALP, Swiss Bee Res Ctr, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland; 3.Univ Pretoria, Social Insect Res Grp, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa; 4.ARC Plant Protect Res Inst, Honeybee Res Sect, ZA-7599 Stellenbosch, South Africa; 5.CRA API, Unita Ric Apicoltura & Bachicoltura, I-40128 Bologna, Italy; 6.Univ Murcia, Area Biol Anim, Dept Zool & Antropol Fis, Fac Vet, E-30100 Murcia, Spain; 7.Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Ecol, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden; 8.Univ Zagreb, Fac Agr, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; 9.Univ KwaZulu Natal, Discipline Genet, Sch Biochem Genet & Microbiol, ZA-3209 Scottsville, South Africa; 10.Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Biol Sci, Belfast BT9 7BL, Antrim, North Ireland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jaffe, Rodolfo,Dietemann, Vincent,Allsopp, Mike H.,et al. Estimating the Density of Honeybee Colonies across Their Natural Range to Fill the Gap in Pollinator Decline Censuses[J],2010,24(2):583-593. |
APA | Jaffe, Rodolfo.,Dietemann, Vincent.,Allsopp, Mike H..,Costa, Cecilia.,Crewe, Robin M..,...&Moritz, Robin F. A..(2010).Estimating the Density of Honeybee Colonies across Their Natural Range to Fill the Gap in Pollinator Decline Censuses.CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,24(2),583-593. |
MLA | Jaffe, Rodolfo,et al."Estimating the Density of Honeybee Colonies across Their Natural Range to Fill the Gap in Pollinator Decline Censuses".CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 24.2(2010):583-593. |
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