ArticleEcology and evolution2020
Generalized host-plant feeding can hide sterol-specialized foraging behaviors in bee-plant interactions.
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- Pollen sterols are highly diverse but phylogenetically conserved.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- A bee's-eye view of landscape change: differences in diet of 2 Andrena species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) between 1943 and 2021.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024Article
- Pollen chemical and mechanical defences restrict host-plant use by bees.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Pollen nutrition structures bee and plant community interactions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Sterol and lipid metabolism in bees.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2023Review
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- Pollen sterols are associated with phylogeny and environment but not with pollinator guilds.The New phytologist · 2021Article
- Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences.Insects · 2020Article
- Generalized host-plant feeding can hide sterol-specialized foraging behaviors in bee-plant interactions.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
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Abstract
Host-plant selection is a key factor driving the ecology and evolution of insects. While the majority of phytophagous insects is highly host specific, generalist behavior is quite widespread among bees and presumably involves physiological adaptations that remain largely unexplored. However, floral visitation patterns suggest that generalist bees do not forage randomly on all available resources. While resource availability and accessibility as well as nectar composition have been widely explored, pollen chemistry could also have an impact on the range of suitable host-plants. This study focuses on particular pollen nutrients that cannot be synthesized de novo by insects but are key compounds of cell membranes and the precursor for molting process: the sterols. We compared the sterol composition of pollen from the main host-plants of three generalist bees:
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