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Pollinator Diversity in a Bunchgrass Prairie
Melissa McKenneyDr. Sujaya Rao, Dept. Crop and Soil ScienceDr. Sandy DeBano, Dept. Fish and Wildlife
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~70,000 acres
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How can one determine pollinator diversity in such a large
landscape?
Problem:
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Blue Vane Trapping
4 pastures 4 traps per pasture—16 traps per sample period Three sample periods—48 traps total
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19%
20%
0%
2%
47%
11%
0%
Total Non-Bees Trapped
ColeopteraDipteraEphemeropteraHomopteraOther HymenopteraLepidopteraOrthoptera
319 Specimens
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Total Invertebrates Trapped
ApoidiaeColeopteraDipteraEphemeropteraHomopteraOther HymenopteraLepidopteraOrthoptera
3%3%
0%0%
8%2%
0%
83%
Total Invertebrates Trapped
ColeopteraDipteraEphemeropteraHomopteraOther HymenopteraLepidopteraOrthopteraApoidiae
1896 Specimens
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0.18750.0416666666666667
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0.02083333333333330.208333333333333
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Seasonal Average Abundance of Bee Genera
Genus
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Jul 03 Jul 22 Aug 100
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Temporal Bee Abundance for Common Genera
PerditaMelissodesBombusHalictusLasioglossumOsmia
Date
# o
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Jul 03 Jul 22 Aug 100
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50Bombus Temporal Abundance
B. bifariusB. californicusB. centralisB. flavifronsB. griseocollisB. mixtusB. nevadensisB. occidentalisB. rufocinctusB. vagans
Date
# of
bee
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d B. bifarius
B. flavifrons
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Jul 03 Jul 22 Aug 100
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14Temporal Variance in B. flavifrons Sex Ratios
B. flavifrons ♀B. flavifrons ♂
Date
# o
f B
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s
Jul 03 Jul 22 Aug 1005
1015202530354045
Temporal Variance in B. bifarius Sex Ratios
B. bifarius ♀B. bifarius ♂
Date
# o
f B
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s
P=0.1135
P=0.1595
P=<0.0001
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Future Research
Determine which pollinators depend on which plants and visa versa
Determine annual and seasonal variation of pollinator species
Use data to make conservation plans for pollinator species
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Acknowledgments
NSF REU ProgramDr. Sujaya Rao
Dr. Sandy DeBanoDr. Andy MoldenkeDr. W.P. StephenDr. Richard Halse
Dr. Jeff MillerHHMI Program
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Questions?