Fungus gnats might not be a glamorous group of insects but they are important pollinators, especially attracted to plants with dark red flowers. Not much is known about their pollination behaviour and plant species...
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Juniper Kiss
Does a supergeneralist plant locally specialize on the most effective pollinators?
Umbellifers, a plant family that includes carrots, have striking inflorescences on stalks. Botanists have thought umbellifers have been generalists. They attract many different types of insect to their flowers. But is...
Alex Assiry
Fi Gennu
Relative contribution of reproductive attributes to density-dependent effects on fruit-set
How much fruit can a plant set? Pollinator dependence and pollinator behaviour play a role, as does plant density.
William Salter
Pollination mechanisms in palms (Review)
Understanding of palm–pollinator interactions has implications for tropical silviculture, as well as for our knowledge of the evolution and diversification of Arecaceae. Barfod et al. review 25 years of progress in palm...
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