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. 2020 Aug 11;11:4019. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17875-1

Fig. 5. Seasonal changes in pollination niche.

Fig. 5

a Main pollinator of spring flowers: long-tongued bee (Anthophora sp.). b Main pollinators of summer flowers: small bee (Lasioglossum sp.), small beetle (Mordellistena sp.) and butterfly (Pieris sp.) (photographs taken by F. Perfectti). Outcome of the modularity analysis of the pollination networks built upon the visitation rate of the main pollinator functional groups c to three M. arvensis populations during summer and spring; d to experimental plants displaying spring flowers and summer flowers during spring in the field; e to experimental plants displaying spring flowers and summer flowers during summer in the field. Pollinator Functional Groups: 1. short-tongued small bees; 2. short-tongued medium-sized bees; 3. short-tongued large bees; 5. long-tongued large bees; 6. ants; 7. small wasps; 8. small hoverflies; 9. large hoverflies; 10. beeflies; 11. large flies; 12. long-tongued small flies; 13. small butterflies; 14. large butterflies; 16. hawkmoths; 17. beetles; 18. trips. Insect silhouettes drawn by Divulgare (www.divulgare.net) under a Creative Common license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).