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Bees tended to be more abundant with decreasing humidity.
- Taxon
- euglossinophylic epiphytic orchidst0
- Treatment
- decreasing humiditye5
- Interactor
- BeesAnthophilae5pollinator
- Outcome
- more abundante5
- Direction
- more abundante5
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
t0“euglossinophylic epiphytic orchids”
e5“Bees tended to be more abundant with increasing light intensity and decreasing humidity at each site”
Title
Anne Damon; Fabiola Hernández-Ramírez; Laura Riggi; et al. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 2012. doi:10.14712/23361964.2015.34
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- Observation Pollinaria of 18 orchid species were carried by 11.5% of the trapped bees.
- Observation Three Eufriesia bee species were recorded for the first time in the orchid pollination system.
- Observation Eulaema meriana was the pollinator of Plectrophora alata.
- Association Euglossini bees were even more frequent in intensive coffee plantations.
- Observation Many orchid species were frequent in intensive coffee plantations, a habitat classed as disturbed.
- Observation No habitat preferences were detected for Euglossini bees.
- Association Bees tended to be more abundant with increasing light intensity.
- Observation There was little indication of pollinator specificity.
- Observation The position of pollinaria on bee bodies was variable across orchid species.
- Observation No pollinaria were recovered from various epiphytic orchid species in the region.
- Observation Three bee species showed signs of population decline.
- Observation Many orchid species with this pollination syndrome are receiving pollination service in a fragmented and disturbed environment.
- Mechanism Orchids and bees are suggested to be adapting to the changes.