Flower-Insect Timed Counts (FIT Count): protocol adaptation and preliminary results in Brazil.
FIT Count (Flower-Insect Timed Counts) is a citizen science initiative that seeks to monitor flower visitation by diverse pollinator groups, including bumblebees, stingless bees, honeybees, flies, hummingbirds, among others. The protocol entails determining a 50 x 50 cm plot area around a target plant species, photographing the plant and conducting a standardized 10-minute survey on this area to estimate the frequency of flower visits by different pollinator groups. Conducting FIT Counts in different habitats and locations produces data on the temporal and spatial dynamics of these interactions (Carvell 2022, UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme 2018).
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Format: | Artigo de periódico biblioteca |
Language: | Portugues pt_BR |
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2023-11-06
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Subjects: | Contagens temporizadas de flor-inseto, Monitoramento participativo, Participatory monitoring, Biodiversidade, Polinização, Biodiversity, Pollination, |
Online Access: | http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1157794 https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.111545 |
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Summary: | FIT Count (Flower-Insect Timed Counts) is a citizen science initiative that seeks to monitor flower visitation by diverse pollinator groups, including bumblebees, stingless bees, honeybees, flies, hummingbirds, among others. The protocol entails determining a 50 x 50 cm plot area around a target plant species, photographing the plant and conducting a standardized 10-minute survey on this area to estimate the frequency of flower visits by different pollinator groups. Conducting FIT Counts in different habitats and locations produces data on the temporal and spatial dynamics of these interactions (Carvell 2022, UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme 2018). |
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