A critical evaluation of network approaches for studying species interactions

N Blüthgen, M Staab - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Ecological networks of species interactions are popular and provide powerful analytical
tools for understanding variation in community structure and ecosystem functioning …

Predicting plant–pollinator interactions: concepts, methods, and challenges

G Peralta, PJ CaraDonna, D Rakosy, J Fründ… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Plant–pollinator interactions are ecologically and economically important, and, as a result,
their prediction is a crucial theoretical and applied goal for ecologists. Although various …

Plants, pollinators and their interactions under global ecological change: The role of pollen DNA metabarcoding

KL Bell, KJ Turo, A Lowe, K Nota, A Keller… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activities are triggering global changes in the environment, causing entire
communities of plants, pollinators and their interactions to restructure, and ultimately leading …

Patterns and drivers of pollen co‐transport network structure vary across pollinator functional groups

LT Carneiro, JN Williams, DA Barker… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The patterns and drivers of pollen transport on insect bodies can have important
consequences for plant reproductive success and floral evolution; however, they remain little …

Community-wide patterns in pollen and ovule production, their ratio (P/O), and other floral traits along an elevation gradient in southwestern China

S Nepal, J Trunschke, ZX Ren, KS Burgess, H Wang - BMC Plant Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background As the male and female gametophytes of flowering plants, pollen and ovules
largely determine the upper and lower boundaries of plant reproductive success. It is …

Pollen analysis reveals the effects of uncovered interactions, pollen‐carrying structures, and pollinator sex on the structure of wild bee–plant networks

C Tourbez, C Gómez‐Martínez… - Insect …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination networks are increasingly used to model the complexity of interactions between
pollinators and flowering plants in communities. Different methods exist to sample these …

Plant‐centred sampling estimates higher beta diversity of interactions than pollinator‐based sampling across habitats

CS Souza, PK Maruyama, KCBS Santos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
When describing plant–animal interaction networks, sampling can be performed using plant‐
or animal‐centred approaches. Despite known effects of sampling on network structure, how …

Using DNA metabarcoding to identify floral visitation by pollinators

A Lowe, L Jones, L Witter, S Creer, N de Vere - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
The identification of floral visitation by pollinators provides an opportunity to improve our
understanding of the fine-scale ecological interactions between plants and pollinators …

A review of the challenges and opportunities for restoring animal-mediated pollination of native plants

DP Cariveau, B Bruninga-Socolar… - Emerging Topics in Life …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Ecological restoration is increasingly implemented to reverse habitat loss and concomitant
declines in biological diversity. Typically, restoration success is evaluated by measuring the …

Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation

X Xu, ZX Ren, J Trunschke, J Kuppler… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Successful pollination in animal‐pollinated plants depends on the temporal overlap
between flower presentation and pollinator foraging activity. Variation in the temporal …