Wild bee decline and conservation in North America

• Authors: Samuel Robinson , William Cetzal-Ix , Saikat Kumar Basu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Pszczoły – to niezwykle różnorodna i ważna grupa owadów; około 4600 gatunków pszczół występuje w Ameryce Północnej. Dzikie pszczoły „świadczą usługi” w zakresie zapylania roślin, a ich działalność jest prawdopodobnie nawet więcej warta niż działalność pszczół miodnych na całym świecie. Są one słabo zbadane na większości obszarów, ale na terenach, dla których mamy wiarygodne dane, liczebność ich populacji obniża się. Wynika to głównie z przekształcania obszarów półnaturalnych na grunty rolne, a nowsze dane wskazują również, że pszczoły miodne mogą także wpływać na ich populacje. Aby zachować istniejące populacje pszczół, należy ustalić siedliska zapylaczy, w celu zachowania różnorodności dzikich zapylaczy w krajobrazach wiejskich i miejskich. W miarę jak populacja ludzi rośnie wraz z zapotrzebowaniem na produkcję rolną, musimy znaleźć sposoby „współpracy” z dzikimi zapylaczami i sposoby zachowania dla przyszłych pokoleń tysięcy gatunków pszczół, które żyją w Ameryce Północnej.

Keywords

EN

causes of decline; conservation; diversity; wild bee

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae
• Year: 2017

Dates

published

2017-12-31

Contributors

author

Samuel Robinson

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

author

William Cetzal-Ix

• Instituto Tecnológico de Chiná, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Chiná, Campeche, Mexico

author

Saikat Kumar Basu

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24917/25438832.2.12