Knowledge graph centered on Concentric circle floral density estimation (Megachilidae) with 71 nodes and 191 connections. Top connected: Bombus, Ligusticum porteri, Bombus terrestris, Bombus appositus, Bombus impatiens.
Floral resource availability was quantified by counting flowers while walking in progressively larger circles from a central point until reaching 100 flowers or 100m radius. Density was calculated as 100/πr² where r is distance to 100th flower.
Synthesized from method descriptions across 4 papers using this protocol.
Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee (2017), Ecology. The protocol was originally introduced by Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee, <i> Osmia iridis </i> (2021). Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.