Because most plants rely on animals for pollination, insights from animal sensory ecology
and behavior are essential for understanding the evolution of flowers. In this review, we …

▪ Abstract Floral evolution has often been associated with differences in pollination
syndromes. Recently, this conceptual structure has been criticized on the grounds that …

Darwin recognized that natural selection could not favor a trait in one species solely for the
benefit of another species. The modern, selfish-gene view of the world suggests that …

Individuals of some species of pollinating insects tend to restrict their visits to only a few of
the available plant species, in the process bypassing valuable food sources. The question of …

The evolution of floral traits in animal-pollinated plants involves the interaction between
flowers as signal senders and pollinators as signal receivers. Flower colors are very diverse …

Even before the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, the perception of evolutionary
change has been a tree-like pattern of diversification-with divergent branches spreading …

There is increasing evidence of the benefits of introducing urban meadows as an alternative
to amenity mown grass in public greenspaces, both for biodiversity, and human wellbeing …

The tremendous diversity in flower color among angiosperms implies that there have been
numerous evolutionary transitions in this character. The conventional wisdom is that a large …

Floral isolation is a form of prepollination reproductive isolation mediated by floral
morphology (morphological isolation) and pollinator behavior (ethological isolation). Here …

The publisher's policy is to use permanent paper from mills that operate a sustainable
forestry policy, and which has been manufactured from pulp processed using acid-free and …