Is Cut-Flower Industry Promotion by the Government Negatively Affecting Pollinator Biodiversity and Environmental/Human Health in Uganda?
Figure 3
(i) Variability in bee species richness (a1), bee abundance (b2), total visitation frequency (c1) and in number of fresh flowers (d1) countable per transect with the distance way from the edge of the flower farm into grassland habitat; (ii) variability in bee species richness (a2), bee abundance (b2), total visitation frequency (c2) and in Number of fresh flowers (d2) countable per transect with the distance way from the edge of the flower farm into farmland (cropland) habitat. [The data is the total from 10 focal observation plots (25 m2) per transect (20 m × 1 km). For each sampling plot, data recorded was then number of bee-visits (number of bee coming and landing on the flowers)/20 min observations/50–500 flower patches/25 m2). The flower patch was composed of diverse flowering plants.] Concerning the pattern (trend) in the raw data collected, it was observed that across the five distances (10,500, 1000, 1500, 2000 m), there were significant differences (Tukey test at ) in the number of bee individuals/species richness/transect and in the number of total bee visits/number of fresh flowers/transect. Either in cropland or in grassland habitats, within each distance, overlapping error bars indicate no significant differences (Tukey test at ) between consecutive flower farms; Error bars are ± SE.
