Anthropogenic impacts on plant-animal mutualisms: A global synthesis for pollination and seed dispersal

AL Teixido, LF Fuzessy, CS Souza, IN Gomes… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global anthropogenic changes cause major impacts on species interactions, with cascading
effects on ecosystem functioning. Animal-mediated pollination and seed dispersal are major …

The pollen virome: a review of pollen‐associated viruses and consequences for plants and their interactions with pollinators

AM Fetters, TL Ashman - American Journal of Botany, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The movement of pollen grains from anthers to stigmas, often by insect pollinator vectors, is
essential for plant reproduction. However, pollen is also a unique vehicle for viral spread …

Honey production and climate change: Beekeepers' perceptions, farm adaptation strategies, and information needs

R Landaverde, MT Rodriguez, JA Parrella - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Most crops grown globally require pollination to produce food, and honey
bees are the most important pollinators. Without honey bees, the food supply would …

Mutualisms weaken the latitudinal diversity gradient among oceanic islands

CS Delavaux, TW Crowther, JD Bever, P Weigelt… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) dominates global patterns of diversity,, but the factors
that underlie the LDG remain elusive. Here we use a unique global dataset to show that …

Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes

C Maurer, L Sutter, C Martínez‐Núñez… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐natural habitats provide important resources for wild bees in agricultural landscapes.
Landscapes under management are dynamic and floral resources fluctuate in space and …

Broadband omnidirectional piezoelectric–electromagnetic hybrid energy harvester for self-charged environmental and biometric sensing from human motion

Z Wang, Y Chen, R Jiang, Y Du, S Shi, S Zhang, Z Yan… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Vibration induced by human motions features a wide frequency spectrum and
spatiotemporal-variable directions. Yet, it is challenging to concurrently expand frequency …

The pollen virome of wild plants and its association with variation in floral traits and land use

AM Fetters, PG Cantalupo, N Wei, MTS Robles… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pollen is a unique vehicle for viral spread. Pollen-associated viruses hitchhike on or within
pollen grains and are transported to other plants by pollinators. They are deposited on …

Bioinspired omnidirectional piezoelectric energy harvester with autonomous direction regulation by hovering vibrational stabilization

Z Wang, Y Du, T Li, Z Yan, T Tan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Multidirectional approaches are essential for harnessing mechanical energy of random
varying directions. Traditional multidirectional technologies are difficult to effectively …

Dutch landscapes have lost insect‐pollinated plants over the past 87 years

K Pan, L Marshall, GR de Snoo… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The interruption of plant‐pollinator interactions may threaten global plant diversity, food
security and ecosystem stability. Recent reports of strong declines in both insects and plants …

[LLIBRE][B] Competition theory in ecology

PA Abrams - 2022 - books.google.com
Competition between species arises when two or more species share at least some of the
same limited resources. It is likely to affect all species, as well as many higher-level aspects …