Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

RE Irwin, D Cook, LL Richardson… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The study of plant secondary chemistry has been essential in understanding plant
consumption by herbivores. There is growing evidence that secondary compounds also …

Green flowers need yellow to get noticed in a green world

JC Del Valle, M León-Osper… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Flower colour is a key feature in plant–pollinator interactions
that makes the flowers visible amid the surrounding green vegetation. Green flowers are …

Disjunct distribution of chloroplast DNA haplotypes in the understory perennial Veratrum album ssp. oxysepalum (Melanthiaceae) in Japan as a result of ancient …

R Kikuchi, P Jae‐Hong, H Takahashi… - New Phytologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Quaternary climatic changes resulted in range shifts of species, providing chances for
hybridization. However, the genetic signatures of such ancient introgression have rarely …

Effects of climate change on mast‐flowering cues in a clonal montane herb, Veratrum tenuipetalum (Melanthiaceae)

AM Iler, DW Inouye - American Journal of Botany, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: Climate change threatens to alter the timing and magnitude of abiotic
cues that synchronize mast flowering, such as temperature and precipitation. Climate …

Reproductive biology of Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae), a medicinal tree species from arid zones

VIKAS, R Tandon - Plant species biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Neem or the Margosa tree, Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae), is a versatile tree species
common in arid zones. We investigated the reproductive biology of Neem, including …

The contribution of carbon budget to masting intervals in Veratrum album populations inhabiting different elevations

Y Ito, G Kudo - American Journal of Botany, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Premise Mast flowering/seeding is often more extreme in lower‐resource environments,
such as alpine compared to lowland habitats. We studied a masting herb that had less …

First Results About Pollination of Silene migjornensis, an Endemic Plant Species of the Southern Dunes of Mallorca

FD Cortés‐Giménez, AJ Far, MD Cerrato… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Silene migjornensis is a plant species restricted to a unique location in the south of Mallorca.
Its floral syndrome suggests nocturnal pollination by lepidopterans, but pollinators of this …

Mass emergence of a specialist sawfly species on unpalatable herbs under severe feeding pressure by sika deer

N Nakahama, M Yamasaki… - Entomological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the increase in sika deer populations has had a significant impact on forest
ecosystems. Many studies have reported that this increase has led to the dominance of …

Diverse flies (Diptera) likely pollinate an alpine death camas, Anticlea elegans (Melanthiaceae)

JH Cane - Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2024 - pollinationecology.org
Several populations of a species of death camas (Anticlea elegans)(Melanthiaceae) were
found growing and flowering above treeline in the remote Lemhi Mountains of southeastern …