Modelling bee cognition and movement to better understand pollination
Juliane Mailly  1@  , Louise Riotte-Lambert  2  , Mathieu Lihoreau  1  
1 : Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale - UMR5169
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Toulouse Mind & Brain Institut
2 : Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, Institut Agro Montpellier, Université de Montpellier

The ability to predict pollination patterns more accurately is a pivotal challenge for both conservation and sustainable food production. This task involves predicting pollen dispersal patterns mediated by nectarivore animals for most flowering plants. While most pollination models assume random pollinator movement, behavioural studies reveal that many pollinating insects, birds, and bats exploit their environment based on sensory cues, spatial learning, and memory. We developed an individual-based model of bee movements that incorporates these cognitive features and pollen dispersal. We aim to understand how such an integrated model can challenge and refine predictions regarding landscape-scale pollinator abundance and plant-level predictions on mating probability and fitness. Such crosstalk between animal behaviour and pollination ecology will likely become an important tool for predicting and acting on pollination in a looming crisis.


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