Claim · model-written summary
Pollination services to Caladenia declined by more than 60% across the study period.
Verbatim
e0“Examining 10,494 Caladenia flowers preserved at the Australian National Herbarium showed a reduction in pollination services totaling > 60 % over the whole study period”
Title
Herbarium specimens reveal long-term decline in pollination services since in the 1970s
Bofeng Song; Heidi Zimmer; Mark Clements; et al. 2025. doi:10.32942/x22p9j
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Pollination services declined rapidly after 1970.
- Observation Declines occurred across species with different pollinator taxa and threat statuses.
- Observation Sexually deceptive species had more pronounced declines in pollinator services.
- Association Historical land-use change significantly predicted pollination service decline.
- Association Rising temperatures significantly predicted pollination service decline.
