Claim · #6495183
Syrphidae (family) · pollination · Angiospermae (class)
pollination · effect: beneficial
pollinates GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“diverse pollinator communities including hoverflies benefit crop production”
- Authors
- Dainese M., Martin E.A., Aizen M.A., Albrecht M., Bartomeus I., Bommarco R., Carvalheiro L.G., Chaplin-Kramer R., Gagic V., Garibaldi L.A., Ghazoul J., Grab H., Jonsson M., Karp D.S., Kennedy C.M., Kleijn D., Kremen C., Landis D.A., Letourneau D.K., Marini L., Poveda K., Rader R., Smith H.G., Tscharntke T., Winfree R., Zhang W., Zou Y., et al.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Science Advances
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Syrphidae as crop pollinators is well-documented (Rader et al. 2016); contribution to pollination services beyond bees is established.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Adult hoverflies are validated non-bee pollinators; pollen transfer mechanism correct. Inferred tier appropriate given source quote generality.”
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