Generalist foraging of pollinators: diet expansion at high density

By Colin Fontaine, C. Collin, I. Dajoz. 2008

205 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Colin Fontaine
2. Élisa Thébault
3. Kathryn Finlayson
4. P. Willmer
5. A. Jacquemart
6. C. Layman
7. J C Stout
8. Geraldine A. Wright

In Genetics

1. C. Layman
2. A. Jacquemart
3. M. S. Araújo
4. P. Willmer
5. J C Stout
6. Colin Fontaine
7. Kathryn Finlayson
8. I. Dajoz

In Insect Science

1. A. Jacquemart
2. P. Willmer
3. J C Stout
4. Geraldine A. Wright
5. Colin Fontaine
6. Kathryn Finlayson
7. Mickaël Henry
8. I. Dajoz

Citations in the corpus

• Big bees do a better job: intraspecific size variation influences pollination effectiveness. (2014, background): “Larger individuals are also better able to broaden their diet when stored food supplies require it, when compared with smaller nest mates (Fontaine et al. 2008).”
• The evolution of floral scent: the influence of olfactory learning by insect pollinators on the honest signalling of floral rewards (2009, background): “Pollinators also compete for access to the same floral resources (Fontaine et al. 2008) potentially causing a high rate of nectar depletion.”
• Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions (2017, background): “Pollinators are able to switch to alternative plant species in response to changes in local spe- cies floral abundances (Tiedeken and Stout, 2015) or to changes in pollinator densities (Fontaine et al., 2008).”
• Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees (2014, background): “Bumble bees have been reported to concentrate on patches of abundantly flowering, resource-rich plant species, though they might switch to more rewarding, alternative plant species when they become available (Fontaine et al. 2008; Goulson and Darvill 2004; Liao et al. 2011).”
• The ecological causes of individual specialisation. (2011, background): “In our survey of the literature, we found only eight studies reporting cases of low or absent individual specialisation in just 12 species (Svanbäck & Persson 2004; Cherel et al. 2006; Poore & Hill 2006; Fontaine et al. 2008; Martı́nez del Rio et al. 2009; Jaeger et al. 2010; Matich et al. 2011; Sva”
• Organic dairy farming: impacts on insect–flower interaction networks and pollination (2011, background): “This could be the result of some taxa foraging on previously less-favoured plants when visitor abundance was higher (Fontaine et al. 2008) because these plants became relatively rewarding in the presence of increased competition.”
• Temporal variation in plant–pollinator networks from seasonal tropical environments: Higher specialization when resources are scarce (2018, background): “When resource availability and diversity are higher, the number of pollinators coexisting in the network may be greater, and higher levels of specialization may be expected (Fontaine et al., 2006; Ghazoul, 2006).”