Claim · model-written summary
Floral resources decreased significantly after R. ponticum flowered, with variation among sites.
- Taxon
- Rhododendron ponticum
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Rhododendron ponticumt0 - Outcome
- Floral resourcese0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- magnitude of the decrease varied among sitese0
Verbatim
t0“Rhododendron ponticum”
e0“Floral resources decreased significantly after R. ponticum flowering, but the magnitude of the decrease varied among sites”
Title
Erin Jo Tiedeken; Jane C. Stout PLoS ONE 2015. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119733
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Insect abundance and richness did not vary between flowering and postflowering periods.
- Observation Insect community composition differed after flowering, mainly as Bombus abundance fell significantly.
- Observation Bombus visited R. ponticum frequently during its flowering.
- Observation Network generality increased after R. ponticum flowering ceased.
- Observation Connectance, interaction evenness, vulnerability, H2 and network size did not change after flowering.
- Observation Two to three alternative plant species became prominent in networks after R. ponticum flowering.
- Observation Insects broadened their diet after flowering, as indicated by increased network generality.