• ickplant@lemmy.worldOPM
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    8 months ago

    I’ll be happy to update the sidebar, I understand the need for accurate communication in science. I also would have thought that Canadian Geographic would be a good source, but apparently not.

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      8 months ago

      Well its a good lesson. Thanks for being open minded. Also check out the video to see what a cacao flower looks like.

      Afaik, the paper found a 37% increase in yields when birds and bats had access to cacao. However, I think this is likely due to bats and birds eating the predators of cacao midges (tiny gnats that pollinate cacao).

      This is the key figure from the paper that shows that:

      Here is the link to the paper:

      https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eap.2886