Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera

BB Blaimer, BF Santos, A Cruaud, MW Gates… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The order Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, sawflies, and bees) represents one of the most
diverse animal lineages, but whether specific key innovations have contributed to its …

Improving bee health through genomics

CM Grozinger, A Zayed - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Declines in bee populations across the world threaten food security and ecosystem function.
It is currently not possible to routinely predict which specific stressors lead to declines in …

Early diversifications of angiosperms and their insect pollinators: were they unlinked?

Y Asar, SYW Ho, H Sauquet - Trends in Plant Science, 2022 - cell.com
The present-day ubiquity of angiosperm-insect pollination has led to the hypothesis that
these two groups coevolved early in their evolutionary history. However, recent fossil …

The Atlantic Forest

MCM Marques, CEV Grelle - … Biodiversity, Threats and Opportunities of the …, 2021 - Springer
The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

A checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Manitoba, Canada

J Gibbs, E Hanuschuk, R Miller, M Dubois… - The Canadian …, 2023 - cambridge.org
We record 392 species or morphospecies of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) for Manitoba,
Canada, which is 154 more species than reported in 2015 and includes five new generic …

The thermal performance curve for aerobic metabolism of a flying endotherm

JR Glass, JF Harrison - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Performance benefits of stable, warm muscles are believed to be important for the evolution
of endothermy in mammals, birds and flying insects. However, thermal performance curves …

Uncovering the significance of the ratio of food K: Na in bee ecology and evolution

ZM Filipiak, J Ollerton, M Filipiak - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bees provide important ecological services, and many species are threatened globally, yet
our knowledge of wild bee ecology and evolution is limited. While evolving from carnivorous …

Why are there so many species of mining bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)? The possible roles of phenology and Wolbachia incompatibility in maintaining species boundaries …

G McLaughlin, M Gueuning, D Genoud… - Systematic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The factors leading to the extraordinary diversity of the bees of the genus Andrena Fabricius,
the second most speciose genus among bees, remain largely unknown. To examine the …

The radiation continuum and the evolution of frog diversity

G Morinaga, JJ Wiens, DS Moen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Most of life's vast diversity of species and phenotypes is often attributed to adaptive
radiation. Yet its contribution to species and phenotypic diversity of a major group has not …

A primer of host-plant specialization in bees

C Rasmussen, MS Engel… - Emerging Topics in Life …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
The bee-flower biological association is one of the most famous examples of insect-plant
interactions, and it is axiomatic that these are of critical importance for sustaining thriving …