Conservation Genetics of Potentially Endangered Mutualisms: Reduced Levels of Genetic Variation in Specialist versus Generalist Bees

By L. Packer, A. Zayed, Jennifer C. Grixti, L. Ruz, R. Owen, F. Vivallo, H. Toro. 2005

89 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. C. Kremen
2. L. Packer
3. S. Potts
4. S. Cameron
5. J. Fargione
6. David Tilman
7. M. Galetti
8. Gretchen Daily

In Genetics

1. L. Packer
2. C. Kremen
3. S. Potts
4. Gretchen Daily
5. H. Toro
6. S. Cameron
7. M. Vilà
8. David Tilman

In Insect Science

1. L. Packer
2. C. Kremen
3. S. Potts
4. S. Cameron
5. Gretchen Daily
6. Jennifer C. Grixti
7. A. Wilby
8. M. Vilà

Citations in the corpus

• Effects of agriculture expansion and intensification on the vertebrate and invertebrate diversity in the Pampas of Argentina (2011, background): “Oligolectic bees are considered to be under higher risk of endangerment or extinction than generalist bees for genetic and demographic reasons, and less likely to be able to adapt to changing environmental conditions (Packer et al. 2005).”
• Decline of bumble bees (Bombus) in the North American Midwest (2009, background): “North Central South S 10 10 7 H 0 1.73 1.46 1.46 E 0.75 0.64 0.75 N 1357 1861 564 in bee populations (Packer et al., 2005; Zayed et al., 2005 ), which can increase the risk of extinction from the 'diploidmale production vortex' (Zayed and Packer, 2005).”
• Biodiversity Regulation of Ecosystem Services (2005, background): “Recent research points to reduced genetic diversity in specialist grasses, may lead to hotter fires, which destroy the dead wood that sevbees compared with generalists (Packer et al. 2005). eral groups of bees use as nesting sites (Vinson et al. 1993).”
• The Bee Genera of Eastern Canada (2007, background): “Oligolectic species may be particularly at risk of extirpation and extinction (Packer et al., 2005; Zayed et al., 2005).”
• Increased genetic differentiation in a specialist versus a generalist bee: implications for conservation (2006, methodology): “seminitidus are consistent with our earlier study comparing levels of neutral genetic variation in species pairs of oligolectic and polylectic bees (Packer et al. 2005), supporting the hypothesis of reduced Ne in specialists.”