Table 2 Conversion factors between plant-specific leaf deposition and standardised measurements of pollen deposition
Conversion factors | Standardised technical methods | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Specific leaf deposition | Integrated deposition PMO {3404 n/cm2} | Standardised deposition PMF {359 n/cm2} | |
Maize (Zea mays) | |||
Mean (50 % quantile) | \(\bar{D}_{\text{ZM}}\) (50 %) {478 n/cm2} | 0.14 | 1.33 |
90 % quantile | DZM (90 %) {5780 n/cm2} | 1.70 | 16.1 |
95 % quantile | DZM (95 %) {11,716 n/cm2} | 3.44 | 32.6 |
Nettle (Urtica dioica) | |||
Mean (50 % quantile) | \(\bar{D}_{\text{UD}}\) (50 %) {244 n/cm2} | 0.07 | 0.68 |
90 % quantile | DUD (90 %) {2067 n/cm2} | 0.61 | 5.76 |
95 % quantile | DUD (95 %) {3791 n/cm2} | 1.11 | 10.5 |