Claim · model-written summary
The most strongly preferred plants included Asclepias, Cirsium and Convolvulaceae.
- Taxon
- Asclepias spp., Cirsium spp., ConvolvulaceaeConvolvulaceae
Asclepias
Cirsiume0 - Outcome
- most strongly preferrede0
BombusNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the most strongly preferred plants included Asclepias spp., Cirsium spp., Convolvulaceae”
e1“Bombus selected flowers nonrandomly”
Title
Bumble bee banquet: Genus‐ and species‐level floral selection by Midwestern Bombus
Jessie Lanterman Novotny; Andrew Lybbert; Paige Reeher; et al. Ecosphere 2023. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4425
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Bombus selected flowers nonrandomly.
- Observation Other strongly preferred plants included Dipsacus, Echinacea and Monarda.
- Observation Penstemon and Silphium were among the strongly preferred plants.
- Observation Few Fabaceae were highly selected, including Baptisia, Trifolium pratense and Vicia.
- Observation Securigera varia was preferred only during peak bloom.
- Observation T. hybridum and Melilotus were not preferred by bumble bees.
- Association Bumble bee diets differed among habitats.
- Observation In restored meadows bumble bees selected native planted species including Monarda, Asclepias and Echinacea.
- Association Seasonal diets and preferences shifted with plant phenology.
- Method / resource Rarefaction detected almost all summer diet plants of three common Bombus species.
- Method / resource Sampling did not fully characterize diets of five less common species.
- Observation Common Bombus species differed in feeding niches.
- Observation Three rarer Bombus species had high diet overlap.
- Observation Five of eight Bombus species most strongly preferred a non-native plant.