Claim · model-written summary
Honeybees foraged with greater relative constancy on A. syriaca.
- Taxon
- A. syriaca
Asclepias syriacae0 - Interactor
- honeybees
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Apis melliferae0pollinator - Outcome
- relative constancye0
- Direction
- greatere0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“honeybees, lepidopterans, and sphecid wasps foraged with greater relative constancy on A. syriaca, A. incarnata, and A. verticillata, respectively”
Title
POLLINATOR EFFECTIVENESS ON CO-OCCURRING MILKWEEDS (ASCLEPIAS; APOCYNACEAE, ASCLEPIADOIDEAE)1
Kathryn Theiss; Susan Kephart; Christopher T. Ivey Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 2007. doi:10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[505:peocma]2.0.co;2
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Hymenopterans predominated among major pollinators.
- Observation Most pollinators did not differ significantly among plant species in flower visits or visit duration, except Bombus griseocollis.
- Observation Apis mellifera spent longer on A. syriaca than native hymenopterans and lepidopterans.
- Observation Bumblebees visited more A. syriaca plants per bout.
- Observation Carpenter bees visited more A. incarnata plants per bout.
- Observation Wasps visited more A. verticillata plants per bout.
- Observation Insect fidelity varied by season and plant species.
- Observation Lepidopterans foraged with greater relative constancy on A. incarnata.
- Observation Sphecid wasps foraged with greater relative constancy on A. verticillata.
- Observation Bees and wasps carried more A. incarnata pollinaria than A. syriaca pollinaria.
- Observation Bees and wasps carried more A. verticillata pollinaria than A. syriaca pollinaria.
- Observation Most insects had higher inferred pollinium transfer rates on A. syriaca than its congeners, particularly sphecid wasps.
- Association Indices from pre-contact foraging and pollinium loads were poorly congruent.