Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system

E Barreto, MMA Boehm, E Ogutcen… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant–hummingbird interactions are considered a classic example of coevolution, a process
in which mutually dependent species influence each other's evolution. Plants depend on …

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 …

Pollen as the link between floral phenotype and fitness

ØH Opedal, R Pérez‐Barrales, VLG Brito… - American Journal of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pollen plays a key role in plant reproductive biology. Despite the long history of research on
pollen and pollination, recent advances in pollen‐tracking methods and statistical …

Polypropylene fragments block pollen–pistil interactions and reduce seed production in a monkeyflower species

GO Carvallo, V Muñoz-Michea - Environmental Science & …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Microplastics, which are indicative of global change, pervade all ecosystems, and their mass
surpasses the total animal biomass of Earth. Pollination, the transfer of pollen among plants …

Flowering synchrony modulates pollinator sharing and places plant individuals along a competition–facilitation continuum

B Arroyo‐Correa, I Bartomeus, P Jordano - Oikos, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Indirect interactions among species within ecological communities govern ecological and
evolutionary processes as much as, or even more, than direct effects. In insect‐pollinated …

Do Silene species with exposed stigmas tolerate interference by heterospecific pollen?

K Hao, Q Fang, SQ Huang - American Journal of Botany, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Premise Co‐flowering species that have not evolved an avoidance mechanism may have
tolerance to heterospecific pollen (HP) deposition as an adaptive strategy to minimize any …

High resource overlap and a consistently generalised pattern of interactions in a bat–flower network in a seasonally dry landscape

CJ Tremlett, M Chapman, KH Maher… - Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pollination is an ecosystem process that is crucial to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem
function. Bats are important pollinators in the tropics and are an integral part of complex …

Impact of empty flowers on foraging choice and movement within floral patches by the honey bee, Apis mellifera

CY Forster, EJT Middleton, R Gloag, DF Hochuli… - Insectes Sociaux, 2023‏ - Springer
Floral displays often signal the presence of nectar, but nectar may not always be present
due to previous visits by nectarivores or temporal changes in nectar availability. But how …

Invasive Asteraceae plants can enhance community stability by changing pollination network structure, yet cause intense pollen disturbance to native plants in an …

XP Wang, X Fu, MM Shi, ZT Zhao, SJ Li, TY Tu - Biological Invasions, 2023‏ - Springer
Invasive plant species severely threaten natural plant communities around the world,
especially for islands. As introduction rates rise, novel species interactions appear within …

Evaluating the influences of floral traits and pollinator generalism on α and β diversity of heterospecific pollen on stigmas

TL Ashman, N Wei - Functional Ecology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator sharing often leads to receipt of heterospecific pollen (HP) along with conspecific
pollen. As a result, flowering plants can accumulate diverse communities of HP on stigmas …