Claim · model-written summary
Five native bee species were the main pollinators of Medicago sativa.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa
Medicago sativat0 - Interactor
- Megachile ablutae0pollinator
- Outcome
- main pollinatorse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“native bee species Megachile abluta, M. spissula, Xylocopa valga, Andrena parvula and Anthophora melanognatha were the main pollinators”
t0“Medicago sativa”
Title
Pollinating insect species and their foraging behaviors on Medicago sativa
Xiaojuan Wang Shengtaixue zazhi 2008
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Twenty two pollinating insect species from four orders and eleven families were observed on Medicago sativa.
- Observation Three pollinators had single peak foraging from 11:30 to 15:30.
- Observation Two pollinators had double peak foraging at 9:30-11:30 and 16:30-18:30.
- Observation The main pollinators differed significantly in tripping frequency and landing time.
- Association Pollinator foraging behavior correlated with body size.