Pollination ecology, nectar secretion dynamics, and honey production potentials of Acacia ehrenbergiana (Hayne) and Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne, Leguminosae (Mimosoideae), in an arid region of Saudi Arabia

Journal Article

AWRARIS..., AL-GHAMDI A. AHMED , NURU ADGABA ,SHENKUTE G. . 2016

• المجلة \ الصحيفة: International Society for Tropical Ecology
• رقم العدد: 3
• رقم الإصدار السنوي: 57
• الصفحات: 429-444

مستخلص المنشور

Many studies have investigated the pollination
ecology and partitioning of pollinators of acacia
species from Australia, Africa, and Latin America
(Armbruster & Herzig 1984; Krüger & McGavin
1998; Stone et al. 1998, 2003; Tandon & Shivanna
2001; Tybirk 1993). However, the lack of sufficient
information on geographical variation in acacia
pollination ecology and timing of pollen release has
been identified as an important gap in our
knowledge (Stone et al. 1998). Particularly, despite
the presence of many acacia species in the Arabian
Peninsula and their significant contribution to
vegetative biomass, ecosystem functioning and the
economy of communities in the region, the pollination
ecology of most of the acacia species that
are found in the region have not been studied.