WHAT GOVERNS PROTEIN CONTENT OF POLLEN: POLLINATOR PREFERENCES, POLLEN–PISTIL INTERACTIONS, OR PHYLOGENY?

By T. Roulston, J. Cane, S. Buchmann. 2000

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

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. S. Potts
2. N. Williams
3. Dave Goulson
4. T. Roulston
5. S. Nicolson
6. P. Willmer
7. C. Kremen
8. S. Leonhardt

In Insect Science

1. Dave Goulson
2. S. Potts
3. A. Jacquemart
4. N. Williams
5. S. Nicolson
6. T. Roulston
7. J. Cane
8. Manu E. Saunders

In Plant Science

1. S. Potts
2. Dave Goulson
3. N. Williams
4. T. Roulston
5. P. Willmer
6. Rebecca E. Irwin
7. Ben Darvill
8. N. Blüthgen

Citations in the corpus

• Proteome profile and functional classification of proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana (Landsberg erecta) mature pollen (2006, background): “Pollen is an abundant source of protein, with protein content ranging from 2.5 to 61% (Roulston et al. 2000).”
• The effect of pollen protein concentration on body size in the sweat bee Lasioglossum zephyrum (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) (2004, methodology): “Bees are among the most efficient organisms at assimilating dietary nitrogen (Wightman and Rogers, 1978; Schmidt and Buchmann, 1985) and pollen collected by bees ranges from at least 15–60% protein ( Roulston et al., 2000 ).”
• Bee Food: The Chemistry and Nutritional Value of Nectar, Pollen and Mixtures of the Two (2011, background): “…but the former was obtained by sifting shredded anthers through copper mesh (Loper et al. 1980; Standifer et al. 1980), and may have been contaminated with anther tissue which would be low in protein; see higher values for hand-collected pollen of other Prunus species in Roulston et al. (2000).”
• The same, but different: pollen foraging in honeybee and bumblebee colonies (2011, background): “With regard to protein, different plant species vary considerably in total protein content and amino acid composition (Roulston et al. 2000; Weiner et al. 2010).”
• LINKING BEES AND FLOWERS: HOW DO FLORAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURE POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES? (2003, methodology): “Using the regression equation of pollen grain mass on pollen grain volume (Ln[mass] 5 0.95 3 Ln[volume 3 1026] 2 12.46) presented in Roulston et al. (2000), an estimate of pollen mass was calculated.”
• Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees (2014, background): “It consists mostly of lipids (including phytosterols), proteins, amino acids, sugars, and vitamins (Day et al. 1990; Roulston et al. 2000; Vanderplanck et al. 2014a, 2011).”
• Nutritional aspects of non-prey foods in the life histories of predaceous Coccinellidae (2009, background): “A comprehensive review of the literature reveals that many anemophilous plants have starchier pollens than zoophilous pollens (and thus have lower energy content), but it remains unclear whether this is a case of convergent evolution (Roulston and Buchmann, 2000; Roulston et al., 2000).”
• The effects of nutrient addition on floral characters and pollination in two subalpine plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Linum lewisii (2009, methodology): “Here, we focused on measuring the concentration of pollen N only because pollen is composed primarily of N ( Roulston et al. 2000 ), N has widespread effects on many plant functions and traits, including biomass, flower production, and pollen performance (e.g., Tilman and Wedin 1991; Munoz et al. 20”
• Floral abundance and resource quality influence pollinator choice (2016, background): “These models are the same as Table 2 in the manuscript, apart from the protein value for Lamium album changed to 22.8% as reported in Roulston et al. (2000) to make sure the low value for this species did not influence model outputs.”
• Assimilation of carbon and nitrogen from pollen and nectar by a predaceous larva and its effects on growth and development (2003, background): “Pollen is nutritious (Roulston et al., 2000), containing up to 61% protein (Buchmann, 1986), 10% lipid (Stanley & Linskens, 1974), 22% starch (Roulston & Buchmann, 2000), and 15% sugar with traces of vitamins and inorganic salts (Barbier, 1970; Stanley & Linskens, 1974; S.”
• Foraging behaviour and preference of pollen sources by honey bee (Apis mellifera) relative to protein contents (2020, background): “…Andong, GB 36729, Republic of Korea 3Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, GB 36729, Republic of Korea Full list of author information is available at the end of the article concentrations (van der Moezel et al., 1987; Roulston et al., 2000; Pernal and Curie, 2001).”
• Pollen nutrition affects honey bee stress resistance (2012, background): “Honey bees in the U.S. have been long plagued by introduced pests/diseases.”