AgroEco

Claim · #6492456

Bombus terrestris · pollination · Cytisus scoparius

pollination · effect: beneficial

pollinates GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“only accessed by heavy insects such as bumblebees that depress the keel”
Authors
Goulson D.
Year
2010
Publication
Oxford University Press
Page
82

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Cytisus scoparius has explosive keel-tripping flowers requiring heavy visitors; Bombus terrestris as keel-depressor pollinator is well-documented and mechanistically consistent.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Cytisus scoparius has explosive keel-trip pollination requiring heavy visitors; Bombus terrestris as a primary pollinator via keel depression is well-documented.”

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