BMC Ecology

Table 1 Sampled host plants, nectar traits, flower visitors, & diversity index

From: Nectar sugars and bird visitation define a floral niche for basidiomycetous yeast on the Canary Islands

		Nectar traits					Visitation frequencies					Yeast diversity
Species	Year	Sucrose	Fructose	Glucose	Volume	Concentration	Bumblebees	Bees	Flies	Birds	InvSimpson	Shannon
*Canarina*		%			μL	%	visits/flower/minute				1/λ	H
C. canariensis	2013	0.1	49.7	50.3	22.7	27.1	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.003000	1.0	2.4
*Echium*
E. leucophaeum	2012	8.7	45.5	42.7	4.5	14.5	0.000013	0.000258	0.000070	0.000077	2.3	1.7
E. leucophaeum	2013	8.7	45.5	42.7	6.3	17.2	0.000059	0.000257	0.000236	0.000000	2.4	1.0
E. plantagineum	2012	70.3	13.6	16.1	1.5	18.6	0.001384	0.000316	0.000109	0.000000	1.6	1.7
E. plantagineum 1	2013				2	19.2	0.000368	0.000247	0.000040	0.000000	2.2	1.3
E. plantagineum 2	2013				1.9	19.5	0.000346	0.000284	0.000072	0.000000	2.4	1.9
E. simplex	2013	4.4	45.7	49	8.8	14.6	0.000023	0.000222	0.000007	0.000107	2.1	1.9
E. strictum	2012	67.2	13.9	18.3	1.2	24.9	0.000900	0.002742	0.000135	0.000000	1.7	1.7
E. strictum	2013	67.2	13.9	18.3	0.9	24.8	0.002863	0.000800	0.000139	0.000000	1.6	1.9
*Isoplexis*
I. canariensis	2013	0.1	42.9	55.7	5.4	31.1	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.011000	1.0	1.6
*Lavatera*
L. acerifolia	2013	0.1	48.7	51.3	3.5	42.7	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.2
*Teucrium*
T. heterophyllum	2013	78.9	10.7	10.4	3.5	42.7	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.1

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