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. 2016 Oct 5;25(9):1679–1690. doi: 10.1007/s10646-016-1729-4

Table 5.

Summary table of minimum detectable differences (MDDs), relative MDDs (MDD%), and relative differences (%) for various measures of mason bee development and reproduction

Assessment Variables MDD MDD% Difference (%)
Development of mason bees Nesting females (DAP 10–31) 3.6–29.1 26.6–35.9 +32.6
Nesting females (DAP 3–31) 0.0–19.2 24.8–71.0 +19.4
Completed nesting holes 0.0–22.0 53.7–64. 9 +282.0
Larval development Undeveloped eggs 4.1–6.6 74.1–78.9 −74.8
Undeveloped larvae 5.4–6.6 34.6–36.7 −52.6
Emergence Emerged males 0.0–62.6 31.2–39.5 +6.1 ± 30.1
Emerged females 0.1–22.4 27.5–34.0 +21.0 ± 50.2
Undeveloped pupae 13.3–14.7 14.0–20.2 −27.8 ± 47.2
Undeveloped males 10.2–10.3 19.9–25.6 −19.2 ± 3.3
Undeveloped females 8.5–17.9 18.4–19.2 −44.7 ± 101.5

Nesting blocks were either situated in a landscape with OSR fields treated with clothianidin seed dressing (test site) or untreated fields (reference site) and placed at the edge of the fields (edge) or ca. 100 m distant from the fields (distant). Study location ORC (reference site) was excluded from the evaluation as an outlier