Hoverfly pollinators visited buttercups in Thangu Valley, North Sikkim, one of the trans - continental sites chosen.
Not exact matches
He was also a visiting research fellow at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, visiting in 1998 to study
pollinator ecology, which included different species of bees and
hoverflies, and again in 2003 to study wild bee ecology.
Hoverflies, which pollinate a wide range of plants, are the second most important group of
pollinators in Europe after bees, Wotton says.
Another spider that likes to blend in with its environment is the crab spider (Thomisus onustus), which hides among flower petals to nab bees,
hoverflies, and other unsuspecting
pollinators.
Because
hoverflies are lousy
pollinators.
As global populations of domestic bee
pollinators decline, it is of utmost importance for us to understand what factors attract wild
pollinators such as
hoverflies to flowers, and how these preferences differ in the face of environmental change.
Olsson and Nordström hope to continue their studies on how
hoverflies and other generalist
pollinators perceive flowers, and the factors affecting these
pollinators» preferences.
Now, a team of scientists from Uppsala and Flinders University and the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) have discovered that
hoverflies, a group of generalist
pollinators, use a combination of cues such as color, shape and scent to identify flowers.
As global populations of domestic bee
pollinators decline, it is of utmost importance for us to understand the factors that attract wild
pollinators such as
hoverflies to flowers, and how these preferences differ in the face of environmental change.