It's not just a matter of number of visits, a pollinator has to arrive at the right time too.
Tag - plant–pollinator interactions
Fi Gennu
The diversity and evolution of pollination systems in the Apocynaceae
Interactions between flowering plants and their pollinators are known to be responsible for part of the tremendous diversity of the angiosperms, currently thought to number at least 350,000 species. Using a new database...
Alex Assiry
A review of European studies on pollination networks and pollen limitation, and a case study designed to fill in a gap
Europe has a long history of human use of grassland ecosystems as hay meadows, yet these ecosystems have very high biodiversity. These ecosystems have recently become threatened by changing land use patterns and...
William Salter
Bees look for more than just a warm reception from flowers
Not only can insects view ultraviolet patterns in flowers, they also seem to be sensitive enough to be able to sense heat patterns in flowers too.
Dale Maylea
What happens if bees disappear?
New research shows that loss of a group of pollinators doesn't always have a predictable decline in pollination success.
Alun Salt
Getting out in the sun can lead to better sex
What could make sex better for a plant? When it brings in new genes from other plants. And this is what happens when faba beans get heat stress.
Plants with similar colours attract different pollinators
Different pollinator groups (bees, ants, wasps, flies, beetles and butterflies) preferentially visit flowers of certain colours. Interestingly, these colour preferences match the predictions of the pollination syndrome...
botanyone
Pollinators and corolla shape robustness in Brassicaceae
How pollinators may influence the integration and developmental robustness of angiosperm flowers is still unknown. Using geometric morphometrics, Gómez et al. studied the evolution of the phenotypic variation, disparity...
Long-tongued hawkmoths form a pollination niche
The study highlights the value of a niche perspective for understanding the geographical context and functional significance of floral traits.
Climate change reduces nectar secretion in two common Mediterranean plants
The negative effect of climate change on plants and plant–pollinator interactions is a matter of concern worldwide. The Mediterranean region is considered particularly susceptible to climate warming and the communities...
AoBPLANTS
Global warming may reduce plant nectar yield
Although flower nectar yield is well known to be temperature dependent, the effects of climate change on the availability of nectar to pollinators have rarely been studied. Asymmetric warming is one of the...
Pollination syndromes in Australian epacrids
Pollination syndromes investigated using a multivariate approach based on published literature and field observations.
