Table 1 Description of mesocosm-based studies

From: Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield

Study

Country

N

Variety

Sterility

Taxonomy

Yield metric

M1: Jauker and Wolters52

Germany

23

Licosmos (Rest.Hyb.)

MF

Di.

Seeds silique−1

M2: Jauker et al.28

Germany

28

MSL 501C (Hybrid)

MS

Hy. Di.

Seeds silique−1

M3: Steffan-Dewenter14

Germany

19

Express MSL (Hybrid)

MS

Hy.

Seeds silique−1

M4: Steffan-Dewenter14

Germany

19

Express (Rest.Hyb.)

MF

Hy.

Seeds silique−1

M5: Garratt et al.47

UK

70

Heros (Conv.)

MF

Hy. Di.

Seeds silique−1

M6: Soroka, et al.67—1994 experiment

Canada

10

PC FU1981 (Hybrid)

MS

Hy.

Tonnes ha−1

M7: Soroka, et al.67—1995 experiment

Canada

12

PC FU1981 (Hybrid)

MS

Hy.

Tonnes ha−1

  1. These studies assess the impacts of abundance and species richness on oilseed rape yield under controlled experimental conditions. As the taxonomic breath of species in mesocosms is low (≤2) more complex community measures (e.g., functional divergence or CWM) were not assessed in these meta-analyses. Oilseed rape plants are either male sterile and male fertile (MS) or are all male fertile (MF). Studies are split by the variety of oilseed rape and year of observation. N = number of sample units defined as fields or mesocosms. Conv., conventional variety; Rest.Hyb., restored hybrid variety. The taxonomic range of the level of species identification includes hymenoptera (Hy.), Diptera (Fl.) and Lepidoptera (Bu.). Yield metric describes the units of the measure of yield. In all cases zero pollinator abundance mesocosm were used as controls
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