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. 2018 Jun 29;18(4):1. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iey065

Table 2.

Effects of plant species on the different bee functional groups

Functional groups Explanatory variables P-value Estimate of PCs Effects of plant species with high loading in PCs (estimate)
Overall bees PC1 0.005 Convolvulus arvensis (−), Amygdalus persica (−), Malus pumila (−)
PC3 0.009 + Vitex negundo (+), Artemisia argyi (+), Cerasus pseudocerasus (−)
PC6 0.035 + Digitaria sanguinalis (+), Cirsium setosum (+), Trigonotis peduncularis (+)
PC7 0.014 + Artemisia argyi (+), Artemisia capillaries (+), Portulaca oleracea (−)
Small-sized bees PC4 0.038 Humulus scandens (+), Vitex negundo (−), Amygdalus persica (−)
PC6 0.008 + Digitaria sanguinalis (+), Cirsium setosum (+), Trigonotis peduncularis (+)
Large-sized bees PC4 0.036 + Vitex negundo (+), Amygdalus persica (+), Humulus scandens (−)
Social bees PC6 0.017 + Digitaria sanguinalis (+), Cirsium setosum (+), Trigonotis peduncularis (+)
Solitary bees PC3 0.003 + Vitex negundo (+), Artemisia argyi (+), Cerasus pseudocerasus (−)
Aboveground-nesting bees PC4 0.012 + Vitex negundo (+), Amygdalus persica (+), Humulus scandens (−)
PC5 0.018 + Cerasus pseudocerasus (+), Humulus scandens (+), Malus pumila (−)
Belowground-nesting bees PC3 0.010 + Vitex negundo (+), Artemisia argyi (+), Cerasus pseudocerasus (−)
PC6 0.010 + Digitaria sanguinalis (+), Cirsium setosum (+), Trigonotis peduncularis (+)

−, negative effect; +, positive effect.