Biology:Polylecty
The term polylecty or generalist is used in pollination ecology to refer to bees that collect pollen from a range of unrelated plants.[1][2] Honey bees exemplify this behavior, collecting nectar from a wide array of flowers. Other predominantly polylectic genera include Bombus,[3] Ceratina[4] , Heriades[5][better source needed]. The opposite term is oligolecty, an cialized preference for pollen sources, typically to a single family or genus of flowering plants.
A species that exhibits polylecty is known as polylectic. This term should not be confused with Polylectic as a grammatical term, which has a similar etymology to the biological definition but instead refers to the adjective of a multi-word term, as opposed to a monolectic which is the adjective for a one-word term.[6]
References
- ↑ "polylecty". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polylecty.
- ↑ "polylectic". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polylectic#English.
- ↑ Wood, T.J.; Ghisbain, G.; Rasmont, P.; Kleijn, D.; Raemakers, I.; Praz, C.; Killewald, M.; Gibbs, J. et al. (2021). "Global patterns in bumble bee pollen collection show phylogenetic conservation of diet". Journal of Animal Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13553. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.13553.
- ↑ Udayakumar, A.; Shivalingaswamy, T.M. (2019). "Nest architecture and life cycle of Small Carpenter bee, Ceratina binghami Cockerell (Xylocopinae: Apidae: Hymenoptera)". Sociobiology 66 (1). doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i1.3558. https://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/3558/3624.
- ↑ "Heriades Bees". https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/bee_genera/key/african_bee_genera/Media/Html_eafrica/Heriades_bees.htm.
- ↑ "Polylectic". Oxford English Dictionary. https://www.oed.com/dictionary/polylectic_adj.
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