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. 2008 Apr 18;101(9):1413–1420. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcn053

Table 4.

Summary of multiple-response-curves fitting of each pollinator group to Erysimum mediohispanicum phenotypic traits at the individual plant level. Equations refer to the best prediction of visitation rate for each pollinator functional group (see Appendix for details)

Functional groups Populations Best fitted predictive equation
Large bees All 0·01Flower number + 0·20Corolla diameter + 0·18Corolla tube length
Bee-flies All 0·03Stalk height
Butterflies All 0·35Corolla diameter
Hoverflies All 0·01Flower number – 0·45Corolla tube length
Small bees Em21 0·01Flower number – 0·23Corolla tube length
Em01 0·01Flower number – 0·08Stalk height
Em22 0·02Flower number – 0·07Stalk height
Em23 0·01Flower number + 0·74Corolla diameter
Em24 0·02Flower number
Em25 0·04Flower number
Em02 0·01Flower number – 0·07Stalk height + 0·46Corolla tube length
Beetles Em21 –0·67Corolla tube length
Em01 0·01Flower number – 0·05Stalk height + 1·64Corolla diameter + 0·50Corolla tube length
Em23 0·01Flower number
Em24 0·02Flower number + 1·27Corolla tube length
Em25 0·02Flower number – 0·07Stalk height
Em02 0·01Flower number + 0·87Corolla diameter
Wasps Em23 2·08Corolla diameter
Em24 0·04Corolla diameter
Em02 –0·84Stalk height + 3·27Corolla diameter – 3·15Corolla tube length
Others Em08 0·13Flower number – 0·36Stalk height
Em01 0·02Flower number
Em25 0·05Flower number – 1·83Corolla tube length
Em02 –0·26Stalk height

Visitation rates were fitted to Poisson distributions because they were estimated as number of insects per plant.

Sample size is 720 (90 plants per population).