Pollen nutritional content and digestibility for animals

By T. Roulston, J. Cane. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Flies and Flowers II: Floral Attractants and Rewards (2014, background): “In the former case, the nutrients presumably diffuse out through germination pores in the exine during digestion or the exine is destroyed by osmotic shock (Haslett 1983; Kevan & Baker 1983; Roulston & Cane 2000).”
Floral abundance and resource quality influence pollinator choice (2016, background): “Pollen comprises proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and minerals (Roulston & Cane, 2000; Nicolson, 2011).”
The same, but different: pollen foraging in honeybee and bumblebee colonies (2011, background): “Characterizing the amount of sugar added to pollen loads Pollen loads from bee legs also contain sugars because bees commonly mix pollen collected from flowers with nectar from their crops (Parker 1926; Roulston and Cane 2000; Leonhardt et al. 2007).”
Working Towards a Holistic View on Flower Traits— How Floral Scents Mediate Plant-Animal Interactions in Concert with Other Floral Characters (2015, background): “Pollen can be a protein-rich resource.(136) For bees especially, pollen is an important food source, e.”
Food in a row: urban trees offer valuable floral resources to pollinating insects (2016, background): “Pollen consists mostly of lipids (including phytosterols) and nitrogen compounds (Roulston and Cane 2000).”
Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance (2017, background): “Given that protein content of pollen can vary from 2 5% to 61% across plant species (Roulston & Cane 2000), yeasts may represent an impor- tant alternative protein source for pollinators when the amount of protein available in pollen is low.”
Pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from south of Caldén district (Argentina): botanical origin and protein content (2005, methodology): “These results show that honey bees collected pollen with different protein content and not just those particularly rich in protein, as has been noted (Moezel van der et al. 1987, Roulston & Cane 2000).”
The Pollination of Mid Mesozoic Seed Plants and the Early History of Long-proboscid Insects1,2,3 (2010, background): “Nectar and pollen may be consumed by anthophilous insects more commonly than strict diets of either, as the two food sources are complimentary and are required for insect nutritional balance (Gilbert, 1985; Haslett, 1989a; Roulston & Cane, 2000).”
The potential of different semi-natural habitats to sustain pollinators and natural enemies in European agricultural landscapes (2019, background): “These plant genera produce abundant nectar (e.g. Trifolium , Prunus , Crataegus ; Baude et al., 2016) and/or pollen of high nutritional value (e.g. Rubus and Papaver ; Roulston and Cane, 2000).”
Pollen nutrition and colony development in honey bees: part 1 (2005, background): “The exine is covered by the semi-solid pollenkitt, which is made up of lipids, proteins and sugars.(55)”
LINKING BEES AND FLOWERS: HOW DO FLORAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURE POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES? (2003, background): “Grains vary interspecifically in their protein content and ratio of lipid:carbohydrate energy (Baker and Baker 1983), and these two components will differ in their nutritional value to developing bee brood (Roulston and Cane 2000).”