Supporting insect pollinators in Ecuador: visitation interactions to the native Andean plant Dalea coerulea (L.f.) Schinz & Thell (Fabales: Fabaceae)
Bibliographic record
Abstract
The global decline of insect pollinators highlights the urgency of identifying native plants that can support their conservation. One promising candidate is Dalea coerulea (Fabaceae), a legume native to mid- and high-elevation Andean ecosystems of Ecuador. This study reports insect visitation data from different Andean habitats, documenting its role as a floral resource. A total of sixteen native bee species were recorded visiting D. coerulea. These included Anthophora pilifrons, Bombus funebris, B. hortulanus, B. pauloensis, B. robustus, Centris inca, Exomalopsis sp., Thygater aethiops, and Xylocopa viridigastra (Apidae); Caupolicana niveofasciata, Colletes sp., and Lonchorhyncha sp. (Colletidae); Anthidium vigintiduopunctatum, Coelioxys sp., Megachile alpigena, and M. ecuadoria (Megachilidae). In addition, the introduced honeybee (Apis mellifera) and other insects were observed. Dalea coerulea thrives in both natural and disturbed sites, showing high ecological adaptability. Beyond its role in supporting pollinators, this species is also valued in local culture and traditional medicine. Its tolerance to altered environments, combined with its ecological and cultural importance, makes it an excellent candidate for revegetation programs in urban and peri-urban areas of the Andes. Promoting D. coerulea offers a native alternative to exotic ornamentals currently favored in Ecuadorian green spaces, potentially enhancing pollinator diversity and ecosystem resilience.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".