Table 4. Bee abundance change scored for strong environmental variation (ENSO and extremely wet years). Comparisons are by by pairs of years (t test) of species abundance in euglossine bee assemblages.

Comparison and season
Mean abundance per species
df
t
P
February (dry season)
Very wet: 1981
14.66
26
0.21
0.83
Other years
14.02



ENSO: 1983
15.92
26
0.52
0.61
Other years
13.93



ENSO: 1992
16.66
26
1.05
0.30
Other years
13.90




May (wet season)
Very wet: 1981
13.53
31
1.71
0.09
Other years
17.46



ENSO: 1983
18.15
31
0.28
0.78
Other years
16.96



ENSO: 1992
28.96
32
2.72
0.01
Other years
16.09



ENSO: 1997
22.03
32
1.04
0.30
Other years
16.44