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Dispersal of euglossine bees between fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2003

Athayde Tonhasca Jr. ,
Gilberto S. Albuquerque  and
Jacquelyn L. Blackmer
Athayde Tonhasca Jr.
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28015-620, Brazil
Gilberto S. Albuquerque
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28015-620, Brazil
Jacquelyn L. Blackmer
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28015-620, Brazil Current address: USDA-ARS, 4135 E. Broadway Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA
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Abstract

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the world's ‘hot spots’ for conservation because of its high level of endemism and number of endangered species (Myers et al. 2000). After centuries of deforestation, most of the remaining Atlantic Forest is scattered as small fragments on private land (Fonseca 1985, Jorge & Garcia 1997). Pollination could be impaired in these fragments because isolation often negatively influences the dispersal of insects, the most important pollinating agents in the tropics.

Keywords

BrazilEuglossiniforest fragmentation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 99 - 102
Copyright
2003 Cambridge University Press

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