Pollination is a crucial ecosystem service, yet pollinator species diversity is declining as a
result of factors such as climate change, habitat loss and agricultural intensification. While …

Pollinator shifts are often related to speciation in angiosperms, and the relationship between
them has been discussed in several plant taxa. Although limited information on plants …

Flowers pollinated by mammals have evolved in many plant families. Several scent
compounds that attract bats to flowers have been identified, but the chemical ecology of …

Volatile emissions may play a key role in structuring pollination systems of plants with
morphologically unspecialised flowers. Here we test for pollination by small mammals in …

Pollination by non-flying mammals (NFMs) is thought to be associated with cryptic, dull
coloured, strongly scented flowers. In Western Australia, various Banksia species exhibit …

Vertebrate pollination has evolved in many plant lineages, with pollination by birds the most
prevalent strategy. However, in Banksia (Proteaceae) many species are visited by a …

Background and aims-Fluorescence is the emission of light by a fluorophore that has
absorbed light of shorter wavelengths. While the role of fluorescence in visual …

Pollination by small non-flying mammals occurs in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Neotropics.
One hotspot is in the winter rainfall zone of the Cape Floral Region of South Africa. This …

Fragmentation of plant communities is generally considered to be detrimental to the survival
of the constituent species, especially those that are rare. We investigated the effects of …

Many angiosperms are pollinated by animals1. Among them, certain species are pollinated
exclusively by mammals, although mammal-pollinated plants are fewer in number than …