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Table I

Frequency of occurrence (FO, %) of the different types of pollen encountered in nests of C. tarsata in the EBC, Canudos, Bahia State, Brazil. Averages FO < 0.05 are represented by -.

Average JUL AUG MAR SEPT DEC
Samples FO (2004) (2004) (2005) (2006) (2006)

pollen types I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII
AMARANTHACEAE
Alternanthera ramosissima - 0.1
ASTERACEAE
Conocliniopsis prasiifolia - 0.2
BIGNONIACEAE
Anemopaegma laeve - 0.1
Tabebuia heptaphylla - 0.1
CAPPARACEAE
Capparis yco 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.1
KRAMERIACEAE
Krameria tomentosa 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.4 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.3
LAMIACEAE
Rhaphiodon echinus 1.4 2.6 3.0 1.8 3.8 2.2 4.7
LEG.-CAESALPINIOIDEAE
Apuleia leiocarpa - 0.1
Caesalpinia microphylla 0.6 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.6 5.1 0.7
Caesalpinia pyramidalis - 0.4
Chamaecrista ramosa 46.5 96.6 96.4 97.2 93.0 87.0 92.4 36.6 1.0 3.7
Chamaecrista swainsonii - 0.1
Senna rizzinii 19.3 29.6 9.1 66.1 40.4 90.8 14.4
LEG.-MIMOSOIDEAE
Anadenanthera colubrina - 0.1 0.3
Mimosa filipes - 0.1 0.1 0.2
Mimosa misera 0.1 1.2 0.4
LEG.-PAPILIONOIDEAE
Aeschynomene brevipes 0.8 10.7
Aeschynomene martii - 0.1
Lonchocarpus araripensis 0.1 0.1 0.6
Zornia brasiliensis 0.6 5.6 1.9 0.3
Zornia echinocarpa 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.2
MALPIGHIACEAE
Banisteriopsis muricata 0.5 0.6 0.1 1.9 1.6 2.3 0.9
Banisteriopsis pubipetala 0.2 2.6
Barnebya harleyi 0.1 1.1 0.3 0.1
Byrsonima vacciniifolia 8.7 0.5 0.1 1.1 9.1 0.6 2.8 13.7 1.7 7.7 2.9 3.1 69.6
MALVACEAE
Herissantia tiubae - 0.1
MYRTACEAE
Campomanesia sp. - 0.1
OXALIDACEAE
Oxalis psoraleoides - 0.2
RUBIACEAE
Spermacoce sp. - 0.1
SOLANACEAE
Solanum megalonyx 0.7 8.6 0.1
Solanum paniculatum 19.6 44.4 53.4 71.4 19.7 54.7 0.3 10.4