Differential responses of bumblebee diversity to plant community floral resources and surrounding landscape variables
In this study,we investigated the diversity of bumblebees and their floral resources during the late flowering season across 19 meadows near Shangri-La city in Northwest Yunnan,a renowned global biodiver-sity hotspot.We calculated the diversity index for bumblebees and measured several variables related to land-scape structure and configuration for each meadow.Generalized linear models revealed that bumblebee abundance and species richness were primarily influenced by local floral resources,whereas the Shannon di-versity index was largely determined by landscape variables,especially the percentage of woodland coverage.We further analyzed bumblebees with varying body size and tongue length,as these traits may influence re-sponses to local and landscape variables.Notably,large-bodied bumblebees showed greater sensitivity to surrounding landscape variables in relation to flight capabilities,while small-and medium-bodied bumblebees were more dependent on local floral resources and habitat connectivity.Regarding tongue length,short-tongued bumblebees predominantly utilized local floral resources,whereas medium-and long-tongued bum-blebees leveraged resources more extensively at the landscape scale,reflecting their different foraging strate-gies.This study illustrated the significant impact of flower availability and landscape characteristics on bumble-bee diversity,highlighting how flight ability and foraging strategy profoundly influence the environmental de-pendence patterns of different bumblebees.
BumblebeeDiversityFloral resourcesLandscape scaleBumblebee body sizeBumble-bee tongue lengthLate flowering season
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