Indirect effects of drought on bumblebee pollination of common charlock
How does drought influence floral traits of Sinapis arvensis and how does this affect visitation by bumblebee pollinators?
Tag: floral traits
‘Two households, both alike …’? How differences between sexes varies with time in flowering plants
Botanists find out who’s the daddy
The role of ultraviolet reflectance and pattern in the pollination system of Hypoxis camerooniana
It’s the colours you cannot see that are important to the bees of Cameroon.
The role of pollinator preference to maintain pollen colour variation
You’re familiar with the idea that pollinators look at flower colour, but what about pollen colour? New research shows pollinators may have a much more significant influence than thought.
Male reproductive success and floral trait evolution in animal-pollinated plants
The rewards of chasing nectar
We know that flowers entice pollinators with nectar, but how much and what causes a flower to produce as much or as little nectar as it does. In this guest post, Amy Parachnowitsch, Jessamyn Manson and Nina Sletvold introduce their review of the topic, which you can get free from the Annals of Botany.
Evidence for asymmetrical hybridization despite pre- and post-pollination reproductive barriers between two Silene species
Specialisation and modularity of plant-pollinator networks
Plants with similar colours attract different pollinators
Variability in style deflexion and its fitness consequences
Buzz pollination, floral traits and pollen release
Bumble-bee workers assort themselves among Pedicularis species according to size, adjusting their buzzing behavior in relation to the species’ floral traits
