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Table 2 Total number of visits (visits per day and inflorescence) by the four pollinator groups to Mikania micrantha growing as a monoculture or under mixed culture conditions

From: Suppression of reproductive characteristics of the invasive plant Mikania micrantha by sweet potato competition

Pollinators

Ratios (sweet potato: M. micrantha)

3:1

2:1

1:1

1:2

1:3

0:4

Apidae

8.75 ± 0.95d

10.50 ± 1.11d

13.50 ± 1.04c

24.50 ± 1.14b

27.50 ± 1.43a

28.50 ± 1.40a

Calliphoridae

4.92 ± 0.70c

6.00 ± 0.63c

6.50 ± 0.50bc

8.02 ± 0.75b

9.74 ± 0.88a

10.26 ± 0.96a

Syrphidae

1.26 ± 0.46c

1.54 ± 0.45c

2.28 ± 0.40c

3.76 ± 0.39b

5.63 ± 0.54a

5.75 ± 0.85a

Other pollinator

2.53 ± 0.48a

1.63 ± 0.57a

1.76 ± 0.41a

2.23 ± 0.73a

1.77 ± 0.92a

2.04 ± 0.67a

Total

17.46 ± 1.19d

19.66 ± 2.60d

24.04 ± 1.76c

38.50 ± 1.55b

44.63 ± 2.13a

46.55 ± 0.95a

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Different letters within the same row signify significant differences at P < 0.05