As global surface temperatures rise, global precipitation rates are predicted to increase.
These localised increases in rainfall patterns may significantly affect plant–pollinator …

Currently, a global analysis of the information available on the relative composition of the
floral scents of a very diverse variety of plant species is missing. Such analysis may reveal …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

Insects use several senses to forage, detecting floral cues such as color, shape, pattern, and
volatiles. We report a formerly unappreciated sensory modality in bumblebees (Bombus …

Pollinators visit flowers for rewards and should therefore have a preference for floral signals
that indicate reward status, so called 'honest signals'. We investigated honest signalling in …

Pollinators use their sense of smell to locate flowers from long distances, but little is known
about how they are able to discriminate their target odor from a mélange of other natural and …

Karl von Frisch's studies of bees' color vision and chemical senses opened a window into
the perceptual world of a species other than our own. A century of subsequent research on …

Flower colour is mainly due to the presence and type of pigments. Pollinator preferences
impose selection on flower colour that ultimately acts on flower pigments. Knowing how …

Plants produce and emit a large variety of volatile organic compounds that play key roles in
interactions with abiotic and biotic environments. One of these roles is the attraction of …

Much research debates whether properties of ecological networks such as nestedness and
connectance stabilise biological communities while ignoring key behavioural aspects of …